Student Athlete Development
Academic Assistance
Our full-time academic assistance staff provides support for the entire St. John’s football program. Student athletes have their academic performance monitored and evaluated closely not only in season, but throughout the entire calendar year to support consistent improvement and success in the classroom.
In order to ensure a seamless transition into the college preparatory academic environment at St. John’s, our staff preemptively acclimates incoming student athletes. During the summer prior to the start of their first fall semester, a required introduction course is taken to prepare for upcoming academic rigor and expectations.
Performance Training
Our full-time performance coaching staff provides professional-level training to all St. John’s athletes. Innovative, evidence-based strength and conditioning programs are customized by sport to give each athlete the tools they need to take their performance to the next level.
The health of each St. John's athlete is a top priority. Injury prevention, recovery training and optimal nutrition practices are emphasized in the performance training program.
St. John’s offers two performance training classes during the academic year that are open to any interested student. In addition, each athletic team receives sport-specific training year-round from the performance coaches.
Program Highlights Include
STRENGTH TRAINING - Comprehensive training programs designed to target the entire body using multi-joint movements (including Olympic training). Athletes train in the newly renovated Smith Weight Room (2014), which houses cutting-edge weight and resistance training equipment.
CARDIOVASCULAR TRAINING - Interval training that incorporates stationary bikes, jump ropes, stadium runs, sleds, prowlers and drills on the multi-purpose turf field.
MOVEMENT TRAINING - Resistance training, plyometrics and mobility and flexibility exercises.
SPEED & AGILITY TRAINING - Linear and multidirectional drills designed to teach athletes to move more effectively.
PREHABILITATION TRAINING - Sport-specific training to correct imbalances and weaknesses in the body that could lead to injury.
RECOVERY TRAINING - Athletes receive nutrition plans and learn myofascial release techniques designed to return their body to a normal state of mental and physical health in order to prepare them for the next practice or competition.
NUTRITION TRAINING - Introduce athletes to principles of sports nutrition and performance. Emphasizes the selection of the right food choices to optimize sports performance, the importance of hydration, pre- during- and post- exercise fueling and recovery nutrition.