Athletes will take away: how to maximize athletic training, athletic brain science, and what you need to do to gain your personal peak performance.
Parents and Coaches will take away: in addition to the above, how to best support the athlete(s) in your life/program, motivating teen athletes, and maximizing mental and physical performance.
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About John:
John Underwood Director/ Founder American Athletic Institute A former NCAA All-American, International-level distance runner and World Masters Champion, John has coached or advised more than two dozen Olympians including many World and Olympic Champions. He holds three International Olympic Solidarity diplomas for coaching and has been a crusader for drug-free sport at all levels. John is an internationally recognized human performance expert, specializing in recovery, peaking training and lifestyle impact on mental and physical performance. John’s innovative program “Life of an Athlete”, has gained international prominence. He is the Master Trainer for the New York Public High School Athletic Association drug prevention program which is one of the largest mandated programs in prevention history. He has conducted the only physiological case studies, of the residual effect of alcohol on elite athletic performance. John recently published a position statement on youth access to alcohol, for the World Health Organization. He has appeared as a guest commentator for ABC Wide World of Sports for Olympic Drug Scandals. He recently created the Athlete Global Weed Project. John has worked with nearly all sport federations including the National Federation of High School Athletics, NCAA, NHL, NFL, NBA, the U.S. Olympic Committee, Sport Canada and the International Olympic Committee. John Underwood is Human Performance Consultant for the U.S. Navy SEALS.