Athletic & Personal Development

What is APD?

Performance goes beyond physical capabilities. IMG Academy’s unique Athletic & Personal Development (APD) program offers performance training in areas like leadership, vision training, nutrition, mental toughness and athletic body management. Developed over the course of 40 years by our team of innovative performance experts, our APD program promotes athletic progression, character development, and overall personal development. Our goal is to help you reach your full potential in sport and life, while preparing you to take on all of life’s challenges.

The Eight Disciplines

As the operating system for all sports, Athletic & Personal Development (APD) training disciplines have helped countless student-athletes maximize their potential. Utilizing a revolutionary training curriculum that addresses al key areas, Athletic & Personal Development programs promote athletic progression, character development, leadership and personal evolution.

Physical Conditioning

Outwork and outlast the competition with IMG’s Physical Conditioning program. Our team of performance experts will design a program, that supplements your sports training, to help you reach your optimal physical shape.

Speed, agility, and movement
Endurance conditioning
Strength and power
Flexibility, balance, and core

Athletic Body Management

IMG’s Athletic Body Management program educates and helps athletes to keep their bodies healthy during their demanding training and competition schedules. Our team of performance experts promote optimal training and help to decrease the chance of injury in our athletes.

Athletic training
Physical therapy
Regeneration massage
Corrective exercise work
Sports therapy evaluation
Education on injury management

Nutrition

At IMG Academy, we understand how important it is for athletes to fuel their bodies to meet their high-level lifestyles and sport demands. Our Nutrition program educates and provides our athletes with the right tools so that they’re ready to compete at home, or out on the road.

Optimal everyday nutrition
Athlete eating plans
Nutrient intake and timing
Hydration strategies
Dietary supplements
Body composition and framework
Body weight issues
Energy balance

Visual Training

Vision training is not just about seeing – it’s about doing. Athletes will train the eyes to perform more quickly and efficiently through eye muscle and visual system development.

Hand-eye coordination
Peripheral vision
Reaction time
Depth perception
Vision strength

Mental Training

Our Mental Conditioning program helps athletes develop a high-performance mindset to help them build the confidence, focus and determination to train and compete at their best on any given day.

Mental toughness
Awareness
Energy management
Thought management
Teamwork

Leadership Training

IMG incorporates John Wooden’s legendary “Pyramid of Success” into our own proprietary techniques to develop leaders with better communication skills, conversational skills, accountability, character building and personal presence.

Effective communication
Authentic leadership
Media training
The power of collaboration
Interview skills
Building team culture
Developing identity

Life Skills

With a sense of structured independence, we want to let student-athletes take ownership of their life here at IMG. While they are making these independent choices, our support team is there to provide structure and help them make the right decisions.

Personal growth
Responsibility
Peer-to-peer interactions
Health and wellness
Career planning
Adaptability
Organization and time management

Athletic Performance Training Facilities

Athletic performance and speed campers have access to our 65,000 square-foot Performance Center that houses all of our performance disciplines with a 12,000 square-foot weight room, mind gym, yoga studio, Gatorade Sports Science Institute and a physical therapy and rehab center. All of our sports performance facilities are maintained at a professional standard to ensure the perfect training environment for every athlete.

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5650 Bollettieri BLVD.
Bradenton, FL 34210

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