12 Bringing health care news to your home Gavin Bywater, a senior at Schuyler Community Schools, wants to play sports in college. So when he read about the new high-performance training program in Columbus, he saw it as a tool to help him get closer to that goal. “I can always get better, so it was a no-brainer for me,” said Bywater. “I was also looking for more opportunities to expand my learning base for track and trying to get faster for my last year of high school.” Columbus Community Hospital’s Columbus Sports Performance Center offers a science-based program that boasts individualized, results-driven training for off-season, pre-season or in-season athletes. How it works Throughout the program, high school- and college-aged athletes work with expertly trained staff who have helped Division I and high school athletes successfully transition to collegiate athletics. “We do a lot of explosive power work and injury prevention,” said Bywater. “We do depth jumps, box jumps and other activities — using normal movements you would do in most sports.” Lauren Vasicek, a sophomore at Columbus High who is participating in the program, said she is impressed by her progress. “I wanted to start coming here to improve,” she said. “When I started, I wasn’t expecting as much as I have gotten.” During the sessions, athletes train in small groups using laser timers and advanced technology to track vertical and horizontal power. Training staff COLUMBUS SPORTS PERFORMANCE CENTER A safe place for kids to their sports game
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