Testing, evaluating and assessing young athletes is and should be a continual process.  Those terms are all synonymous with each other.  One overlooked commonality they have is that they are largely misunderstood.  All to often the concept of grading young athletes is based solely on performance measures that illustrate how far, how far, how fast and how much.  A key problem with this connotation is it lacks a the emphasis  on the very skills required to perform any movement or exercise.

The Athletic Revolution Testing and Promotion System is based on 9 levels of achievement based on skill aptitude, character and fitness level.

This was our biggest Testing and Promotion Day EVER!!

Discovery Phase 1 (white)

Zach Phinney
Nathan Rossi
Matthew Wolf
Owen Mayer
Lily Jones
Matthew Buzalsky
Jillian Pillard
Meg Campbell

Discovery Phase 2 (orange)

Jack Willshire
Jacob Lyons

Discovery Phase 3 (black)

Andrew Gleason
Daniel Ellis

Exploration Phase 1 (white)

Sean Meaney
Matt Kreckie
Jenna Qualter

Exploration Phase 2 (orange)

Trevor Gleason
Bo Rinkus
Justin Troia
Serge Canepa
Cameron Maggiore

Exploration Phase 3 (black)

Tyler Mello

Thank you to all who participated!  A huge THANK YOU to all the parents, grandparents, friends and neighbors who filled our facility to encourage, support and cheer on our young champions!!

Pembroke, November 21, 2011 – Congress recently unveiled a new bill
which includes language that will allow a serving of pizza to be
considered a vegetable if spread with two tablespoons of tomato paste.

The bill would deny funding to the new school meal nutrition standards
that were proposed earlier this year by the USDA. Those standards
include increasing the availability of fruits and vegetables on the
school lunch menu while limiting the availability of high sodium items
and starchy vegetables such as potatoes.

According to a statement from Margo Wootan, the Nutrition Policy
Director of the Center for Science in the Public Interest, “This
legislation may go down in nutritional history as a bigger blunder
than when the Reagan Administration tried (but failed) to credit
ketchup as a vegetable in the school lunch program. Pizza should be
served with a vegetable, not count as one.”

The bill comes in response to heavy lobbying campaigns from large food
corporations that wanted to fight the proposed USDA standards.

“Although many people are outraged by the bill, this does not surprise
me,” said Timothy Ward, Vice President of Operations for Athletic
Revolution International, the fastest growing youth fitness franchise
organization in the country.

“What we have to realize is that businesses are always going to try
and protect their own revenue streams. It is up to us as responsible
adults to empower our kids to make healthy food choices. We have the
power to change lives regardless of what the government decides to
do.”

Dave Gleason, owner of an Athletic Revolution franchise in Pembroke
could not agree more. At Athletic Revolution, kids and teens
6-18 years old are given the opportunity to learn the value of
physical activity and healthy food choices on their health and
wellness… as are their parents.

“All we need to do is take personal responsibility for the well-being
of our children our young athletes and the community. If we do that,
everything will work out just fine, said Gleason.

And it’s true. What kind of vegetables did you serve your kids at
dinner last night? When was the last time you enjoyed participating in
free play with your kids at the local park? If you aren’t ashamed to
answer those questions, your kids are probably happy and healthy.

In an effort to help parents help their kids, Athletic Revolution will
be giving away as a holiday gift 2 free weeks of fun and fitness
training to all kids aged 6-18 in the South Shore if they come
in before the New Year. To take advantage of this opportunity, email info@athleticrevolutionsouthshore.com or call 781-312-7808.

“With or without the government’s support, we will continue fighting
to keep the kids in our community healthy.”
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Speed Clinic: Friday November 11^th 10:00am

Boys and Girls u10-u12
ONLY $29.00

Developing game changing speed is a skill.  Speed, agility and quickness can be learned just like shooting, dribbling and passing, skating, etc. Take your game to the next level with our cutting edge programs specifically designed for superior athletic performance.  All winter sports welcome!

Speed and Agility Skills:

• Acceleration
• Lateral vs. Linear Speed
• Agility
• Cuts
• Braking skills
• Power and Explosiveness
• Strength
• Timing and Rhythm

Pre-registration required.  All payments with the form below must be received by Friday, November 11th.

CLICK HERE for the registration form

Speed Clinic: Friday November 11^th 11:00am

Boys and Girls 14+
ONLY $29.00

Developing game changing speed is a skill.  Speed, agility and quickness can be learned just like shooting, dribbling and passing, skating, etc. Take your game to the next level with our cutting edge programs specifically designed for superior athletic performance.  All winter sports welcome!

Speed and Agility Skills:

• Acceleration
• Lateral vs. Linear Speed
• Agility
• Cuts
• Braking skills
• Power and Explosiveness
• Strength
• Timing and Rhythm

Pre-registration required.  All payments with the form below must be received by Friday, November 11th.

CLICK HERE for the registration form

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Friday November 25^th 2011

10am – 11am

Boys and Girls u10-u12
ONLY $29.00

Developing game changing speed and vertical leap are skills.  Speed, agility and vertical leap can be learned just like shooting, dribbling and passing.  Get an advantage over the competition during this intensive 1 hour clinic!

Great news: I’m on the team. Thanks for everything, you’re a huge reason why I was able to make it, and I appreciate all you’ve done to help me.
-James Conor, AR Athlete and member of the Brandeis University Men’s Basketball team.

Hoop Speed, Quickness and Vertical!

• Acceleration
• Multi directional Speed
• Side shuffling
• Agility
• Braking skills
• Power and Explosiveness
• Strength
• Landing Skills
• Timing and Rhythm

**Pre-registration required.  All payments with the form below must be received by Friday, November 18th.

CLICK HERE to download and print the registration form.

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WATCH THIS to see what I mean!

See you soon!

Coach Dave

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Speed Clinic: Monday October 17th^th 7-8 pm

Vertical Leap Clinic: Monday October 24^th 7-8 pm
ONLY $29.00 or $50.00 for BOTH!

Developing game changing speed and vertical leap are skills.  Speed, agility and quickness and vertical leap can be learned just like shooting, dribbling and passing.

Hoop Speed:

Acceleration

Lateral vs. Linear Speed

Agility

Cuts

Braking skills

Vertical Leap:

Power and Explosiveness

Strength

Landing Skills

Timing and Rhythm

Pre-registration required.  All payments with the form below must be received by Friday, October 7th.

TO REGISTER CLICK HERE

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Monday October 10^th (Columbus Day)

Boys and Girls U10-U14

10:00-11:00 am
ONLY $29.00

Developing game changing speed is a skill.  Speed, agility and quickness can be learned just like trapping, passing and dribbling.

MLS All-Stars like Kevin Alston from the New England Revolution work on these skills at Athletic Revolution and now you can too!

Acceleration

Putting on the brakes

Agility

Multi-directional speed

Quickness

ACL Injury Resistance

FUN

Each player will learn take home skills they can practice on their own and with their team to become the best they can be.  Players should wear flats and loose athletic clothing.  Bring a water bottle.

Pre-registration required.  All payments with the form below must be received by Friday, October 7th.

Click Here to print out the registration form.

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Remember playing in the rain as a child?

The thrill of stepping outside the conformity of nice and neat.

The anticipation of the unknown depth of a puddle

or forethought of consequence, concluded with an ignition of sensory bliss.

The exhilaration of the first splash.

The seemingly illogical need for further investigation into the degree of accumulated mud and water one could achieve.

The drenching of clothing and shoes…fully immersed.  Fully engaged.

Then comes adulthood where where forethoughts of “but I’ll get wet” supersede  all notions of stepping outside.

The comfort of dry and groomed becomes the paradigm by which we operate.

The result is allowing the mundane hamster wheel of life in all its “normalcy” to govern our decisions.

Envisioning the practicality of the need to change back into dry clothes while managing the mess left behind is enough to take the fun out of life.

Most will wake up on any given morning hoping for the rain to fall harder…

Not to play, but as more ammunition stay where they are.

Yet outside, in the rain, is where life is happening.

We have the choice, the opportunity and potential to play as if it were to never rain again.

Thank God!

Let rain.

Play.

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