Are you a coach looking to take your team to the next level? An individual athlete looking for a competitive edge? A member of a team that could benefit from sport-specific group growth?

Lakeshore Foundation’s Sports Science and Performance Center (SSPC) offers a comprehensive range of services designed to optimize athletic performance. From camps to individual residences, there’s a plan for you or your athletes.

What is SSPC?

Lakeshore’s Sports Science and Performance Center (SSPC) offers world-class training and personalized guidance to athletes of all levels and abilities through a wide range of services available for both individual athletes and teams. SSPC’s team of experts works with athletes to create personalized fitness, nutrition and mental performance plans built with their goals in mind.

Established to combat disability inequity in sports science, SSPC is at the forefront of disability sports, combining cutting-edge science with expert guidance to empower all athletes to achieve extraordinary results. SSPC opened in January of 2024 and is located in Birmingham, AL.

Camps: Elevate Your Team

SSPC offers camp options for teams or groups of athletes. Camps can include group training sessions and team-building activities, as well as individual consultations and performance assessments. SSPC can provide valuable insight and strategies to help you optimize your group’s performance, while simultaneously helping each athlete reach their personal goals.

Teams and groups can either host their camp at SSPC’s facilities and incorporate its services into their camp experience, or SSPC can create and run a camp for them. Howell Smith, a veteran and wheelchair rugby player, recently attended a veteran camp at SSPC supported by VA National Veterans Sports Programs and Christopher & Dana Reeve Foundation.

“SSPC is wonderful — it’s breakthrough science for adaptive athletes,” Smith said. “I think every adapted athlete should try it or at least give it an attempt. You don’t know what you’re going to find here that’s going to change the trajectory of your adaptive career.”

Individual Residencies: Unleash Your Potential

SSPC also offers individual experiences for athletes, tailor-made to address individual needs and goals. Athletes will work one-on-one with SSPC’s team of experts to assess their current performance level and create a plan to meet their athletic goals, whatever they may be.

After initial assessments and sessions at our facilities, SSPC provides virtual support throughout the athlete’s fitness plan. From video sessions to online resources, SSPC is with athletes throughout the entire process.

For athletes like Lindsey Zurbrugg, 2-time USA Paralympic medalist, SSPC provided resources she needed to elevate her game even more in preparation for the 2024 Paralympics; she ended up taking a silver medal home from Paris in women’s wheelchair basketball.

“Something that sets apart SSPC from other training facilities is the fact that it is tailored to adaptive athletes,” Zurbrugg said. “All the mental training, nutrition, strength conditioning, that is specified for athletes with disabilities.”

Why Choose SSPC?

• Cutting-Edge Services:
  • Performance Assessments: Gain valuable insights into strengths and weaknesses through advanced testing and analysis.
  • Mental Performance: Enhance mental toughness, focus and resilience with expert mental performance sessions.
  • Nutrition: Optimize diets and fuel performances with nutrition education and personalized nutrition plans.
  • Strength & Conditioning: Develop power, speed and endurance through customized strength and conditioning programs.
• Adapted Athlete Specialization:
  • SSPC was created to provide specialized services for athletes with disabilities, ensuring they receive the support and resources they need to excel.
  • Our staff specializes in adapted athletics and understands the unique experiences of athletes with disabilities. Our team and our facility were built for athletes with disabilities and adapted sports.
• Focused, Personalized Plans Built for You:
  • SSPC believes that every athlete’s journey is unique, and their training plan should be as well. Each plan created by SSPC is completely personalized and customized for the individual athlete or team.

Ready to Elevate Your Performance?

Contact SSPC today to learn more about its services and how you or your team can achieve your athletic goals and unlock your full potential. For more information on SSPC, visit lakeshore.org/sspc.

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