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Off season football classes started at Gamespeed last weekend, but there is still space available. These classes focus on athletic football drills and combine prep.

The classes are offered on Saturdays, from 9-10 a.m. for youth and 10-11:15 a.m. for high school age players. The cost is $27/$30 per session.

Classes are held at Gamespeed Sports Performance, 6800 Sierra Court Suite O, in Dublin.

For more information or to sign up, please call 925-513-8676.

“Fail To Prepare, Prepare To Fail!!!!!”

The last thing athletes should do during the off season is nothing! Great athletes and competitors get back to training almost immediately following their season, because they want to get the edge on their competition. The off season is where your season is built and won. It’s during this time that you train your body to perform at a high level all season long, by maintaining and gaining explosiveness, speed, and power.

Remember, as an athlete you play a sport. You are not a body builder, so going to the weight room everyday to get bigger is not necessarily going to improve your game or your fundamental skills.  Someone can be the biggest and strongest person on the team, but if they don’t know how to use their size or strength it doesn’t help them or contribute to their team’s success.

While training, athletes need to have a reason, a purpose, and a goal they are training to reach. Without any of those, they are simply just working out and not training or preparing their body for the upcoming season.  When you fail to prepare your body and mind for the season, you are preparing to fail […]

By Mike Neal, Gamespeed Coach

Many people want to work out, but find themselves short on time or without access to a fully equipped gym. Here are a few bodyweight exercises that anyone of any age can do, indoors or out. 

Equipment needed:

• Room space
• Jump rope
• Large box or stairs
• Pull-up bar

Upper body:

Push-ups– wide, close, one arm, inclined/declined, and clapping

Pull-ups– wide, close, and alternating grip

Dips

Lower body:

Squats- wide stance, jump squats

Lunges- forward, backward, walking, side, jumping slip

Skips- high, low

Box jumps- two foot, single foot

Bounding

Total body:

Jump rope

Mountain climbers

Burpees

Jumping jack

Crunches

Congratulations to Gamespeed football athlete Ryan Toney (Valley Christian) who was just named the Bay Football League’s Most Valuable Player!

Ryan, who is a senior at Valley Christian in Dublin, played running back/safety for the Vikings and finished as the Bay Football League’s rushing leader with 1,538 yards. He had 25 touchdowns during the regular season.

Congratulations, Ryan, for a well-deserved award!

We are excited to report that another Gamespeed athlete has signed a letter of intent, joining the 12 athletes – both present and past Gamespeed athletes – who we reported on earlier in the month. Congratulations to:

Baseball

Joey Mellow (Dublin) – Oregon

Congratulations to Gamespeed athlete Ryan Toney, who was named an East Bay Athlete of the Week by the Contra Costa Times. Here’s what the CC Times had to say about Ryan:

Ryan Toney

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SCHOOL: Valley Christian

SPORT: Football

YEAR: Senior

POSITION: Running back/safety

THE STAT LINE: Toney, a Division I prospect, finished as the Bay Football League rushing leader with 1,538 yards after amassing 240 yards and five touchdowns in the Vikings’ 57-8 rout of Harker-San Jose. Toney broke runs of 65, 55, and 38 yards. He has 25 touchdowns overall entering the North Coast Section Division IV playoffs.

We’re excited to announce Gamespeed and The Fory Soccer Academy are presenting a one-day only Complete Speed & Soccer Skills Training Camp.

How many camps incorporate soccer with bona fide speed and agility training? This is the first of its kind and is certain to benefit any committed soccer player. This camp is for boys and girls, ages: 7-12.

Here’s a nice write-up on Gamespeed athlete Ryan Toney who plays football at Valley Christian: http://ow.ly/3cd9r.

Congrats, Ryan, and good luck at the NCS Division IV playoff game on Friday!

Congratulations to all Gamespeed athletes present and past who recently signed letters of intent. We are thrilled for you and wish you well. Congratulations to:

Baseball

• John Hochstatter (SRV) – Stanford
• Chaz Meadows (Clayton Valley) – Long Beach State
• Joe Ross  (Bishop O’Dowd) –  UCLA
• Robert Stephenson (Alhambra) – Washington
• Austin Wiggins (Deer Valley) – Fresno State

 Girls Basketball

• Emily Vann (St Mary’s) – UC Davis

 Softball

• Cheyeene Cordes (Rodriguez) – UC Berkeley
• Kiara Garcia (Rodriguez) – Oregon State
• Jenna Krummen (Alhambra) – Santa Clara
• Sara Pacioni (SRV) – East Carolina

 Women’s Row

• Sarah Hultin (California) – San Diego State

Track

• Sarah Griffith (SRV) – UC Davis

A great “Intro or Primer” to our full Athletic Infielder Skills Development Program, this dynamic camp offers a two-pronged approach to developing the ultimate playmaker. Participants will sharpen their fielding skills and techniques with former SF Giants player Erik Johnson and strengthen their athletic skill development with Gamespeed owner Aaron Thigpen. It promises to be the most effective 90 minutes of training a baseball or softball athlete can undergo.

Participants will work on the development of:

• Soft-quick hands
• Range
• Reaction
• Footwork
• Instincts
• Vision

Using fun, challenging and innovative training methods, participants will also work on “fielding specific” speed, power, agility, conditioning and balance.

Two-Day Camp

Price: $125 ($25 non-refundable deposit)

Ages: 9+ are welcome, boys and girls

Date/Time: Tuesday, Dec. 27 & Thursday, Dec. 29, from 10-11:30 a.m.

Participants: Small instructor to group ratio

Where: Gamespeed Dublin, 6800 Sierra Court, Suite O, Dublin

Instructors: Aaron Thigpen and Erik Johnson

No make-ups, refunds or pro-rations

Classes fill up quickly. To reserve your spot, please call Gamespeed at (925) 513-8676.