USA Karate National Coaches and Trainers

USA Karate Announces Coach Chris Stratis as Head Coach for Sports Performance

On Friday, March 22, 2024, USA Karate announced major changes to its National Coaching Structure. Among the changes announced was the creation of Head Coach roles for “five key programs crucial for nurturing talent and fostering excellence.” In addition to the new structure of Head Coach leadership roles, another significant change is the creation of the Director of Sport role …

Good Enough Is The Death Of Greatness

Good Enough Is the Death of Greatness

Want to be a great athlete? Don’t settle for effort that is “good enough” or you will let yourself down. Want to be a great teammate? Don’t settle for effort that is “good enough” or you will let your teammates down. Want to be a great student? Don’t settle for effort that is “good enough” or you will fall short …

Champion Sports Performance & WIKF Texas Athletes and Coaches at the 2024 USA Karate Senior Team Trials at the USA Olympic Training Center in

Great Showing at the 2024 USA Karate Senior Team Trials

We are incredibly proud of these athletes who competed at the 2024 USA Karate Senior Team Trials over the weekend of February 2-4 at the US Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs. They all showed grit throughout the competition and I am proud of how they prepared and how they performed. In the photo above, the Athletes pictured left to …

Champion Sports Performance Progress Pyramid Levels

Celebrating Progress Pyramid Promotions

Beyond helping athletes get stronger and faster, we believe that a big part of being a Champion is the character you display and the consistency with which you bring focus, effort, respect, and preparation to training and everything you do. This is why we emphasize the Champions Code in each session with our athletes. This is also why promotions on …

CSP All-Time Records 2024

New All-Time Records!

The Champion Sports Performance training Programs and Coaches are devoted to helping athletes develop their overall athleticism – especially with building the strength, speed, coordination and conditioning that help them excel and separate themselves from their competition. In order to track each athlete’s progress over time, we conduct Assessments every 2-3 months to quantify how much their hard work in …

Consistency: The Overlooked Key to Help Athletes Reach Their Potential, Stay Injury-Free and Separate Themselves from the Crowd

Consistency: The Overlooked Key to Help Athletes Reach Their Potential

An important aspect of our training philosophy is maintaining a big-picture perspective and pursuing improvement over the long-term. When talking with the athletes in our programs we emphasize the importance of taking a long-term perspective when it comes to their development. We want athletes (and parents and coaches) to understand and embrace the concept of Kaizen. Kaizen is a Japanese …

Champion’s Code

Our “Champions Code” sign is mounted just inside the entrance of the Building Of Champions, with a second sign mounted in the Armory (throwing area). This sign is a visible reminder of our culture for every coach, athlete, and parent every time we come in to train. Building Champions Our mantra is “Building Champions”. Not just building athletes, but building …

Champion Sports Performance Open House

Champion Sports Performance Open House!

Celebrate With Us At Our Open HouseChampion Sports Performance is moving into a NEW building at Southfork Sports Complex, and we’re inviting you to come celebrate with us at our Open House event!WHO?All Athletes in All Sports And their Families, Parents and CoachesWHEN?Saturday, April 28, 2018 12-4pmWHERE?Southfork Sports Complex5955 Lindsey LaneParker, TX 75002Come visit our new Building of Champions:Tour the …

Champion Spotlight: Jake Jennings

Champion Spotlight: Jake Jennings

Jake Jennings is a Baseball athlete with an outstanding work ethic and a drive to become the best he can be. To feature Jake in this Champion Spotlight, we asked him some questions about his training and his progress. For an additional perspective we asked his dad, Steve Jennings, some similar questions. Congratulations, Jake – and keep up the great …