Over 4 scorching hot days in July, approximately 30 youth players from around the South Bay area, took part in the Velocity College Training Combine. The first year event was held at the Aviation Sports Complex in North Redondo Beach, and was co-hosted by Velocity Sports and the South Bay Soccer Club. The daily program, consisited of a 1/2 days work with the Velocity team, and a 1/2 days work with the invited College Coach.
The Velocity Sports Training Staff, were on hand each morning to push the players thru an intense, but detailed warm-up session, that specifically dealt with "firing" the muscles needed to perform as an Elite Athlete.
College coaches were on hand each day to give the players an idea of what the next level of training is about. College coaches included:
Each coach led a different training session each day, with the players getting very detailed instruction from the top collegiate coaches in Southern California! Sessions ranged from individual technique training to offensive team possesion and tactics.
For more information on this year’s program or information on the Summer 2008 event, contact:
Todd Saldana tsaldana@southbaysc.com (310) 640-3550 x2
Velocity Sports www.velocitysp.com/southbay (310) 297-9001
*If you attended the 2007 Combine, and you would like to look at and/or purchase pictures from the event, please go to:
www.pantherprints.net, click on the "Velocity Soccer Camp" link, then double-click the link to see the entire image gallery.
