强度 & 调节

To compete at the highest levels requires dedication, passion, and encouragement.

We Believe in Learning

保利预科 student-athletes are supported in reaching their full potential by using the most effective methods of strength and conditioning training. 聚’s high performance staff works closely with student-athletes to prevent injury, 安全康复, and enter competition in their best shape.

聚’s student-athletes benefit from long term athletic development plans specifically formulated by the high performance coaches for each team. 聚’s year-round training program focuses on improving goals based on appropriate training age. 

It’s All Right Here

Students have the opportunity to train both indoors and outdoors on 聚’s beautiful 25-acre campus, which includes a high performance training center, sports medicine facility, and weight room among the courts, 运动场, 和健身房. They reach for their personal best in a safe, 监督, and judgment-free environment where our highly experienced staff brings more than 25-years of experience from the Olympic level and Division I college level, both as athletes and coaches.

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强度 and 调节 Coaches

Few coaches at any school possess the athletic credentials of the Jamaican-born 理查德•詹姆斯. An All-American runner at Southwestern Christian College and LIU 博彩网站排名, he competed with Jamaica’s 2004 Olympic 4×400 relay team and won the world indoor championship in the mile relay that year. After earning his master’s in exercise physiology from LIU 博彩网站排名 in 2007, he became the school’s sports performance director and adjunct sports science professor. Since joining 聚 in 2018, James has teamed with Assistant Director of 体育 Performance Jillian Wojcik to develop what he describes as a “college model” program for its student-athletes, and alternately serves as the sprint coach for the track team. For a man who’s reached the pinnacle of human speed, his instruction centers on principles of motion. “Movement is life他说。. “As we move with more power, we improve our quality of life.“

Career Highlights

• 2004 World Champion
• 2004年奥运
• 4-time All American
• 4-time National Team Representative for Jamaica
• LIU Hall of Fame 2014

Jillian Wojcik studied kinesiology at University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) as an undergrad, a choice that put her on the path to earning a master’s in exercise science from Long Island University, 博彩网站排名. Following internships at the University of Central Florida, 普林斯顿大学, and Monmouth University, Wojcik joined 聚 in 2018 just after the arrival of fellow sports performance coach 理查德•詹姆斯, the two forming a dynamic team that elevates the training of our student-athletes. Along with training 聚’s teams, Wojcik developed a strength and conditioning physical education curriculum for the school’s fifth and sixth graders, focusing on movement-based activities to educate students and teach them that fitness is fun and rewarding. She models what she teaches, as she is often found lifting at 聚. Wojcik was a competitive dancer for many years, which adds even more layers to her strength and conditioning programs for our students.