Chicago Christian Speed & Agility Camp Designed to Maximize Athlete's Potential

If you've ever arrived at a sporting event early or witnessed a practice, you might see members of the teams running short sprints, stretching and doing some rather odd looking walking patterns.

A few of these stretches are speed and agility drills. Chicago Christian High School athletes are participating in a month-long speed and agility camp with a coach from an athletic training company in Evergreen Park.

Almost every school does some sort of speed and agility drills, but Chicago Christian athletic director Eric Brauer sees a special emphasis for a school his size.

"Speed, agility, core, and weight-room training is very important to a school our size because we need to get the most out of each student athlete we have," Brauer said. "The best way for us to maximize potential in our athletes is to train them and get them in the best shape we can to perform at their highest level."

Trever Popp of Athletic Edge Sports Performance in Evergreen Park was on hand leading some of the speed drills on Thursday.

"We focus on the technique, because we notice that a lot of kids don't have the proper technique until they get to high school," Popp said. "We focus on making them work hard and give it their all. If you don't give 100 percent, then it won't turn out right. We want them to use the skills they learn in practice."

Each student's ability was tested before camp started last Monday and will be tested again at the end of July to see how much he or she improved.