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Feature Story - Human Performance team

FEATURE STORY - HUMAN PERFORMANCE TEAM

If you have been to the weight room this year, you will know that there is a welcomed addition to Legacy. The new Athletics Human Performance program consists of coaches who are committed to the betterment of student athletes in their sport as well as everyday responsibilities. The goal of this coaching team is to not only improve the students athletic performance through intense and specific strength and conditioning training, but to also cultivate the mentality needed to carry greatness into every aspect of life. Coach Terrence O’Brian of LSU says he has always had a passion for the strength and conditioning pathway. “It started with myself, and understanding the body. I always enjoyed the process of getting stronger, getting faster,” he says. “I started to study development and how this stuff works… Then I just started working with more and more people and kids and developed my passion for helping people and developing individuals whether it be in sport or fitness in general.” Coach Chanquis Robertson is a first generation college graduate. Growing up, her family was very strict academically, not accepting anything under an 85%. This benefited her through and through, graduating high school in the top 10 percent resulting in college being funded almost entirely through academic scholarships. This upbringing of high expectations influenced her to not set limits on herself. She ended up graduating from Texas A&M with a Bachelors of Science in both sports kinesiology and sport administration as well as double minoring in biomedical sciences and coaching. The two coaches share the same mindset of never being satisfied. Coach Chan said, “...just the general idea that if I sit still, I’m no longer moving forward or making progressions or growing as a person because you change over time,” and keeps her from being content with a mundane routine. Similarly, Coach T says to do something everyday that will make you better tomorrow. By taking this initiative you are able to have more of a control of where your life is heading. “If you never take the time to understand why you do everything you do, why you get yourself in every situation you get in, you’re just pretty much playing the same game with your life that everybody else is,” Coach T said. “You always got to be on top…. [know] what it is and who you are.” For the strength and conditioning program, the coaches have created a getaway, a place you can walk into and walk out feeling better about yourself than before. “We want to create an environment here, where you can come in here and learn something about yourself or do something for yourself on a daily basis, that can make you better,” said Coach T, “We want y’all to know we’re locked in, like, we’re ready for you to do well here because that's our job. Our job is about y’alls performance.” The layout of the program is run on the regard of individuality while still accommodating the team aspect. There is a high value in self discipline and self responsibility because a college atmosphere has been created. Coach Chan loves working with student athletes because she gets to teach them how to prepare for real life. Lessons in sport are lessons to be transferred into everyday life. “A person who does not know what it means to commit, what that word actually entails, will never be sustainable in what they are trying to do,” she said. “Because you can come in and be just a natural athlete all day, but you can be two times or 10 times better if you commit yourself to actually structuring your day, doing what you need to do so that you can be better than yourself, not better than someone else.” Ultimately, the coaches want to know your goals and they want to help you reach them, and they will by getting to know the athlete as an individual. Great measures have been taken to get more personal with the student athlete by emailing out SWOT analysis surveys. Questions were asked about diet and past injuries, as well as personal goals and where you see yourself in a number of years. Coach T and Coach Chan are looking for student athletes who are willing to take the initiative and commit to working daily to become a better version of themselves. This can be done through strength training, taking care of your mind, perfecting your fundamentals in your sport, staying on top of your grades, taking care of your body, managing your time, and the list goes on. For anyone wanting to improve themselves in the athletic world and if you are willing to commit to yourself, then the Athletics Human Performance coaches are ready to help you complete your aspirations.

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