Carle Sports Medicine: Sports Enhancement Programs

Carle is the Primary Health Care Provider of the University of Illinois Division of Intercollegiate Athletics

When you’re an athlete, every advantage counts. At Carle Sports Medicine, we can help you get the edge over the competition. We offer a number of performance enhancement programs that can help individual athletes and teams improve agility, vertical jump, body mechanics, strength and speed, and prevent injury. When you want to win, you have to get the edge.

Athletic Republic™ Acceleration Training Programs

Basic strength and conditioning programs are important. But adding Athletic Republic™ Sports Training in the off-season can take athletes in every sport to the next level. Athletic Republic™ is a nationally franchised program scientifically developed to improve overall athletic ability. Carle Sports Medicine is its exclusive provider in Champaign County.

Athletic Republic™ Running Program

The Athletic Republic™ Running Program is a six- to eight-week sport-specific, speed and agility training program that enhances performance by focusing on foot speed, body mechanics, and sprint work. Our state-of-the-art treadmills will push you past your previous limits to a new level of speed and performance.

Athletic Republic™ Resistance Cord Programs

Want to increase your kicking, throwing or hitting speed? Improve your spike or 3-point shot? We offer a trio of programs that can help: Kicking Cord^TM, Throwing Cord^TM and Power Cord^TM. All of these six-week programs use patented technology and can be tailored to your sport. Plus, each one is designed to be effective on its own or as a compliment to our other programs.

Sport Specific Technique Coaching

Our certified athletic trainers* offer expertise in a wide array of sport specific skills. Whether you want to perfect your high jump approach or learn the right way to use starting blocks, let us help you get the edge by learning the proper technique necessary to excel. We also offer a hitting and swinging instruction program for baseball, golf and tennis athletes.

VertiMax^TM Vertical Jump Training

Adding a few more inches to your vertical jump can make the difference between hitting and missing that jump shot. This 4-, 8-, or 12-week program will help basketball and volleyball athletes achieve explosive leaping ability through the use of VertiMax ^TM training, plyometrics, focused lower-body strength and power lifting. We will record pre- and post-training measures to gauge your improvement.

ACL Risk-Reduction Program

While statistics show that ACL injuries are among the most common injuries for female athletes, a majority of these are the result of non-contact incidents. You can reduce the risk of ACL injury with proper evaluation and instruction in biomechanics and strength training. Our six-week program will assess areas of need, focusing on proper landing techniques, body awareness and positioning, deceleration when cutting or stopping, and increasing core and leg strength.

Personal Training

Athletes of all ages and levels can work towards their fitness goals through this individualized program. Workouts are based on specific evaluation and testing that focus on the strengths and weaknesses of each participant. Through the support and professional guidance of our certified athletic trainers*, you will learn how to train and exercise safely, while improving your fitness, strength and physique.

Off-Site Training

Let us bring our expertise to your school. Our staff can design and implement programs that will help your team achieve your goals. We will teach you how to get the most from your facility and equipment, while bringing in specialized equipment to enhance your training. A 10-athlete minimum is required for this program.

* Carle Sports Medicine athletic trainers are certified by the National Athletic Trainers Association and hold specialty certifications from the National Academy of Sports Medicine and National Strength and Conditioning Association, both nationally recognized organizations for performance enhancement.