Velocity Sports Performance Teams Up With Sand & Surf Soccer Club

MANHATTAN BEACH, CA – Velocity Sports Performance has teamed up with Sand & Surf Soccer Club, the only Manhattan Beach-based soccer club for an exclusive collaboration. Velocity Sports Performance was founded in 1999 and focuses on four key components to improve athletic performance: Acceleration, Change of Direction, Multi-Directional Quickness, and Max Velocity Sprinting. This method has helped over one million athletes around the world, including 31 medalists at the Rio Olympics and 20 first round NFL draft selections, according to a Velocity Sports Performance press release.

“Velocity has the top reputation in the area in terms of helping maximize athletic potential,” Carl Dickson, Sand & Surf’s Director of Coaching said in a statement. “Like us, Velocity has a development focused philosophy. The staff knows that by focusing on small details, you get big results.”

The partnership will begin with a pilot program this fall that will expand into a more comprehensive program next year. Sand & Surf will periodically bring entire teams to work with Velocity trainers, starting with a physical assessment of the older age groups that will help players and coaches identify targeted areas like strength, speed, and quickness to focus on during their on and off season training, according to the statement.

“We are very excited to be partnering with Sand & Surf Soccer Club to deliver well-rounded human performance solutions for their players and families,” noted Velocity CEO Ken Vick in a statement. “We’ve worked with organizations around the country and the world, and we know that the Sand & Surf approach will help build a solid foundation to help players perform their best and stay healthy.”

Velocity Sports has recently added a Regen and Recovery lounge and will offer Sand & Surf members (young and old) exclusive discounts on all Velocity classes and rehabilitation programs, along with membership education. This fall, Velocity plans to host a Sand & Surf seminar on Concussion Awareness and Prevention, a current hot button topic in youth soccer.

“The Velocity partnership is one more example of how Sand & Surf looks at soccer as just one component in a young athlete’s growth,” Dickson said. “We don’t just want to go out and grab the best players at a tryout. We want to help build the best players. The more an athlete puts into something, the more they get out of it. Velocity gives us tools that no other club has to build our teams.”

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