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The Nike Vapor Strobe improves athletic performance by enhancing visual skills such as focus, attention, anticipation, reaction, visualization, balance, stability, and peripheral vision. Sensory training gives players a competitive advantage so they are able to react faster and make better plays in critical situations.

Tune in this weekend to Sports Stars of Tomorrow, a half hour nationally syndicated television show hosted by legendary NFL announcer Pat Summerall, which will feature the U.S. Army All-American Bowl (USAAB), the Eastbay Youth All-American Bowl and the Youth Combine held in San Antonio's AlamoDome on January 8 and 9, 2011.

Estero, Fla. -- Last weekend the Florida Junior Blades won all four games in a Philadelphia national qualification tournament, earning them a Wild Card invitation to the USA Hockey National Championships March 25 – 29 in Boston. 

Post by: Charlie Graves, CEO

March in Japan is usually a time of great joy as the world turns to the island's celebration of the annual cherry blossom festival. But on March 11, 2011, the largest earthquake to hit Japan in the nation's history struck mid-afternoon. Thousands of lives and livelihoods have been devastated by the powerful earthquake and subsequent tsunami.

Like former NHL Centre Marty Murray, some professional athletes make a compelling decision to take their sport’s passion and use it to train young, hopeful athletes who aspire to some day live the dream Murray did.

A small but gritty centreman, Murray, now director of hockey at Athletic Republic in Minot, N.D., enjoyed a 15-year professional hockey career where he was named captain on a number of teams.

Athletic Republic’s Chelsea Piers BlueStreak has seven athletes fully participating in the drills at the NFL Scouting Combine, which started Wednesday and runs through Tuesday at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis.

Post by: Tad O'Had, VP of Hockey

It's been said, "If you can't skate, you can't play hockey." But to me, if one can’t skate well, you can’t have success in hockey.

A great post by James Walker about Pittsburgh Steelers' linebacker LaMarr Woodley and his stellar postseason performance. Woodley's done a lot of legwork and upper body strength training in the off-season at Athletic Republic in Auburn Hills, Mich.