Virginia Tech Strength & Conditioning Mission Statement
The mission of S&C/Athletic Performance is to enhance sport-specific athletic performance and reduce the frequency and severity of athletic-related injuries. We take a holistic approach to designing and implementing year-round training programs. We use the latest technologies to evaluate progress, monitor development, and gain insight into managing physiological stress across the different training phases of the year.
As part of an integrated performance team, we collaborate closely with sports medicine, sports nutrition, and sports psychology. Virginia Tech Athletics features three weight rooms and 14 coaches who support a diverse range of sports and more than 500 student-athletes.
About the Program
The stated objectives for the Virginia Tech strength & conditioning program include improved athletic performance and decreased severity and incidence of athletically related injury.
A holistic approach is taken when designing the student-athlete’s training plan to address all relevant aspects of the student-athlete’s physical needs, including strength and power development, speed and agility training, flexibility and specific conditioning. This year-round approach, under the direct supervision of qualified, motivated strength and conditioning professionals, offers Virginia Tech student-athletes their best chance to perform well and stay healthy.
Regular and comprehensive physical testing and evaluation of all aspects of the program combined with close communication between the athletes, the sport coaches and the strength and conditioning coaches, provides the student-athlete and sport coach with the appropriate information related to program efficiency and the individual student-athlete’s training progress.
Virginia Tech strength and conditioning is blessed with spacious, state-of-the-art training facilities, including the Merryman Center strength and conditioning facility, (17,000 sq. feet), the Olympic sports athletic performance training facility, (7,500 sq. feet) and the men and women’s basketball strength and conditioning facility (4,000 sq. feet.).
Facilities, coaching and a commitment to excellence create the cornerstones of the Virginia Tech strength and conditioning program.
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