Congratulations to Kinetic Connections’ Alumni
2010 Awards so far:
- Andrew Dana – MVP – University of Dubuque Baseball
- Randi Rederer – MVP, 2nd Team All Conference – Westosha Central Varsity Softball
- Sarah Fonk – Rookie of the Year, 2nd Team All Conference – Westosha Central Varsity Softball
- Hayden Krueger – Offensive Award, All Conference Honorable Mention – Westosha Central Varsity Softball
- Jess Shane – All Conference Honorable Mention – Westosha Central Varsity Softball
- Lexi Hermes – Most Hustle – Westosha Central Varsity Softball
Baseball
Dear Larry & Steve:
I would like to thank you for all you have done for me. I’ve been coming to your workouts/camps for the past four years and had great success from the workouts and help you’ve given me. Before I came to your workouts I had pain in my arm and after working with you for the first year I never experienced any pain or injuries in my arm. I gained strength, got faster and led my team in hitting for the first three years while working with you. Going into high school as a Freshman, I was moved up to the Sophomore level and I played shortstop, third base, and I pitched. I led my team in pitching, doubles, and triples.
At the end of the year I was moved up to Varsity to play third base and made key plays to win the Fox Valley Conference Championship. I can only attribute this success to your hard work and dedication in helping me achieve my goals. I hope to succeed in my future high school career thanks to you.
Thank you,
Kevin DeRue
Fox Valley Conference Champion baseball player
Softball
I have had the pleasure of working with Larry Stone and Steve Colletti for the past 3 years. They offer a wide variety of training, workshops, clinics, seminars and therapy for athletes of all kinds and all sports. As Athletic Director for Lightning Youth Athletics and Manager of the 14U fast pitch girl’s softball team I have seen tremendous improvement since we started with Kinetic Connections three years ago. The player’s speed for base running has greatly improved and base-stealing is highly successful. The strength in our players hitting has shown batting averages increase. When Larry, Steve and their staff demonstrate the many drills and variety of exercises (during the speed and agility camps) then you can incorporate them into your weekly practices. Contract them today!! You and the team will not be disappointed.
Thank you,
Scott Hermes
Lightning Youth Athletics
23201 111th Place, Trevor, WI, 53179
Baseball
Kinetic Connections athletic training helped me tremendously as an athlete. I went into their program expecting to get into better shape. To my surprise my skills as a collegiate baseball player improved significantly. I am able to make better reads on balls and run the bases more effectively. The extensive work on my core strength contributed to my ability to remain injury free throughout a long grueling season. Kinetic Connections helped cut my sixty-yard time down by two tenths of a second. The increased speed has helped my performance in the outfield and has attracted scouts at a higher level. Overall this was a great experience and it has helped me become a premier athlete at a high level of competition with the ability to play to the highest level of energy and athleticism.
Brandon Ziemann
Division 1 baseball player
Boston College
Soccer
After going through the workouts with Kinetic Connections I immediately started to see improvements in my performance as a soccer player. My workouts with Kinetic Connections started in the summer before I left for my college pre-season. I had just come off a broken leg and desperately needed to improve my agility, quickness and fitness. I saw immediate results after only a couple weeks of training with Kinetic Connections. Their eagerness to work with me and their positive attitude made me trust what they had me doing and want to be there to work hard and get better. Through Kinetic Connections, I became stronger in the areas I needed to develop, which made it easier for me to compete at the collegiate level. I loved everything we did, but what I liked most was the core exercises. Here I saw the most improvement. With my training from Kinetic Connections I went into the pre-season in shape and stronger. Also, I was the only freshman to pass all three pre-season fitness tests.
Megan McGrath
Division I Soccer Player
Southeast Missouri State
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Football
I have been coaching for over twenty years and I can’t tell you how many times I have heard the cliché, “you can’t coach speed.” I learned first hand that’s not necessarily true. Last spring Kinetic Connections and their staff came to our high school and offered a summer speed camp at our year-end football meeting. It was NOT a one-day lecture for a ton of money complete with a how-to manual; optional DVD’s, equipment and extras all for an additional fee. To the contrary, Kinetic Connections offered a six-week program three days a week, complete with multiple trainers present for each session. Twenty three of our players participated. Each player who attended the camp improved their forty yard dash time. These were times we as a coaching staff took before and after the summer speed camp. Our quick kids made gains of 1 to 2 tenths of a second , but that was not the most impressive result. We are not a big school and we don’t line an athlete up at every spot. We had some linemen running over 6 second 40’s who had amazing transformations. Our starting left tackle was among them. In the fall, following the speed camp, we clocked him at 5.5 seconds – down from 6 point forever. He became an excellent puller and was selected all conference and all area.
There were some unexpected benefits. The fact that the Kinetic Connections’ program wasn’t our coaching staff telling our players this was one more thing we expected them to do. It was something they chose to do on their own. It gave them a sense of advantage over other players, an edge. We pounded home the summer lifting and didn’t have to worry about being tuned out when the running was added. After all, the trainers at Kinetic Connections were the running experts. Don’t underestimate the power that has on an athlete’s motivation. I sincerely recommend all Kinetic Connections has to offer. I can also tell you this year we won’t have to say much to our kids about signing up; the players from last year have already spread the word.
Brent Gandolfi
Westosha Central High School
Defensive Coordinator
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