This last weekend we hosted the Rivals Northeast Five Star Showdown Combine at our facility. It was a great event showcasing the best football talent in the Northeast. We were extremely happy to be a part of it. There were great scores in the combine metrics, and some amazing performances in the positional drills.

One thing that struck me while spectating was the strength of performance I saw from athletes who were products of Athletic Republic programs, ours, and Blue Streak’s (Stamford, Conn facility). I got to hear the back story from trainers who had worked with them and hear about how their training had progressed. Even athletes who had come to the programs with a lot of natural strength or coordination made noteworthy gains.

What I was thinking through position drills and viewing of 40 yard dash attempts was that “we can help a lot of these athletes”. Our training could take these guys a lot further. I don’t say this in any way that takes away from strong athletes and strong performances. But I was struck by the fact that we could make significant impacts on these guys with our training, from running mechanics and form, to strength during multi-directional movement. The guys who had been through Athletic Republic programs showed appreciable advantage. I can say that without any “sell” intention as I myself asked numerous times “who is that guy?” only to be answered by “Oh, we trained him” uttered by a Blue Streak trainer.

We are committed to helping our athletes and making available the best training there is so we can send more athletes to these combines and into the upper ranks of athletics. Our program can do it. This weekend was real proof of that. These athletes were being looked over by the best coaches and scouts in the country. It was pretty exciting to see what can happen as a result of the work these athletes put in to the programs and the combined result.