No Failure, Only Feedback

Hello Everyone!

Whether it is in sports or in life, you have to remember that there is no failure, only feedback. (think answers)

• You miss an important shot. It is not failure, but feedback to set your feet better.
• You miss a clean in the weight room. It is not failure, but feedback that you didn't get your elbows through.
• You didn't make the team. It is not failure, but feedback that you need to get faster.
• You lost your starting spot. It is not failure, but feedback that your teammate is doing a better job of the details.

Take the attitude of feedback over failure. Each setback can actually be a step forward to a better you - if you let it.

Everyday at AGSP our athletes get feedback. Our coaches provide the answers our athletes need to take their athletic ability to the next level.

Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart and Akron General Sports Performance 

Green High School Sports Performance Highlight

Hello Everyone!

As we wrap up the school year it is important that we take a moment to acknowledge a couple of hard-working CONSISTENT athletes at Green High School. Check it out.

Keep Training! (I know two guys that will be)
Coach Amanda Kephart and Akron General Sports Performance

Coach Amanda Celebrating 5 Years at Akron General

Hello Everyone!

I am so grateful to be celebrating 5 years at Akron General Sports Performance! It has been an honor to be a part of so many people's lives and athletic journeys! 

If I have learned anything it is this: you get what you give. I hope I've given the passion, excitement, and encouragement that all of Akron General Sports Performance's athletes (and yes, that includes our wonderful adults!) deserve!

Here's to many more years and many more successes at Akron General Sports Performance!

Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart and Akron General Sports Performance

It is not how you start, but how you finish

Hello Everyone!

When something is new and exciting it is easy to get up and put good energy towards it. Whether it is the opening kickoff, the first day of school, a new job, a new workout routine, a new years resolution...the beginning, the start, is often a powerful time in our lives.

Yet, it is not how you start, but how you finish that matters most.

• Everyone remembers the last seconds of the game, not your great assist in the second quarter. 
• Everyone remembers the goals you accomplished, not the good intentions towards goals you never accomplished.
• Everyone remembers the last thing you say, not the countless words said earlier.
• Your coach remembers how you finished (good or bad).
• Your teammates remember how you finished, or failed to finish.

Memorable moments, powerful moments are in the finishes of life.

At AGSP we emphasize finishing what our athletes start. Whether it is the last few reps of squats, the final push to improve their speed, or the final moments of the day's training session. We want our athletes to finish strong.

What was the last thing you finished strong? For many athletes, right now it is time to finish the school year strong!

Keep Training!
Coach Amanda Kephart and Akron General Sports Performance

Get to Know Coach Noe

Hello Everyone!

Athletes at AGSP get to work with the area's best sports performance coaches during their training sessions. Recently I did a QandA with Coach Noe, check it out and get to know your coaches better!

Our athletes know you as Coach Noe, what does Coach Noe like to do outside of making athletes better?
I enjoy playing competitive sports as well as participating in outdoor activities such as hiking, biking, bonfires, etc.

How did you get started working with athletes?
I started training high school volleyball and track athletes during the course of my college career to earn extra money. However, it wasn't until my undergraduate internship for Exercise Science that I realized I thoroughly enjoy helping athletes reach their full potential.

Based on your experience, what is the one, biggest physical skill that today's athlete lacks? How do you address that need?
I believe the biggest physical skill that today's athlete lacks is maintaining proper flexibility and developmental support throughout their training and growing experience. I address this by emphasizing the need to stretch both before and after physical activity as well as the need to learn proper technique before increasing weights during lifting.

You've been a Collegiate Division One Athlete, how has time at the collegiate level helped your current athletes?
It has helped me to better understand how the body functions at all levels and how to properly design different speed, strength and conditioning components of a workout.

What do you like most about working with athletes?
Being able to watch them mature and grow within their sport!

What advice would you give today's athlete?
Work hard all the time and never give up. Also, do your research! Don't wait for a school to recruit you. They are recruiting from hundreds of thousands of athletes all over the world. If you are interested in playing at the collegiate level, you have to recruit the school just as much as the school recruits you!

Thanks Coach Noe for your great coaching!

Keep Training!
Akron General Sports Performance