Athletic Performance Training

Why choose Ignite Fitness for Sports Performance Training?
Our performance program builds the qualities your sport demands: speed, power, strength, agility, resilience, using evidence-based methods and repeatable testing. You’ll follow a customized plan, retested regularly, so progress isn’t a guess – it’s measured.
- 1:1, 2:1 or coaching (contact us for small groups/team training & testing)
- Testing-driven programming and retesting every 4–8 weeks
- Sport-specific needs analysis and movement assessment
- Tools for reaction, speed, and power (OVR speed timing & jump/power testing, Blazepods)
- Clear goals, clear data, clear results
Start with a Free Athlete Consultation
If you’re coming to Ignite as an athlete or youth athlete, this is your starting point. Please choose the Athlete Consultation, not our general new-client consult. This will be your chance to tour our facility and also receive:
- A Sport Needs & Training History Review
- Postural / Stability / Movement Screen
- Goal setting + season timeline planning
- Intro baseline tests as appropriate
Outcome: your training roadmap + next steps for the Advanced Assessment.

Head Sports Performance Coach
Education/Experience:
- MS in Exercise Science with a concentration in Performance Enhancement & Injury Prevention
- NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
- NASM Certified Personal Trainer (CPT)
- NASE Speed Specialist Certification (NASE-CSS)
1-1 Coaching
At the start of your training program, you’ll complete a deeper, sport-specific assessment. Depending on your goals and sport, your testing battery may include:
- Maximum Power (e.g., jump height, take-off metrics)
- Linear Speed & Acceleration (10–40 yd/m splits)
- Change of Direction & Agility
- Maximum Strength (appropriate variations)
- Muscular Endurance
- Anaerobic & Aerobic Capacity
- Technical Benchmarks tied to your position/event
We use OVR for speed and power testing and BlazePod for reactivity and decision speed. Results create your baseline and guide training. We retest every 4–8 weeks.
Training Approach
- Customized program designed by Nicki around your sport calendar, then work with Nicki or any one of our other sports performance specialists.
- Strength, plyometrics, SAQ, mobility, and recovery tactics
- Technique coaching + workload management
- Return-to-performance progressions (when relevant)
- Ongoing data tracking to adjust and progress

Sports Performance Coach
Education:
- M.S. Exercise & Sport Science
- B.S. Kinesiology
- NSCA Certified Strength & Conditioning Specialist (CSCS)
- NSCA Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT)
- USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach
- USA Track & Field Level 1 Coach
- CPR/AED/First Aid Certified
Experience
- Strength and conditioning coaching experience across 11 NCAA sports at Western Colorado University
- Strength and conditioning coach for WCU Nordic Ski, contributing to national podium finishes and 10 All-American honors
- Helped establish Southeastern University’s pole vault program and coached conference champions, school-record holders, and collegiate recruits
- Coached high school pole vaulters to state, regional, district, and conference honors
Athletic Accomplishments
- NCAA Division II RMAC All-Conference pole vaulter
- NAIA All-American in pole vault
- Member of an NAIA national championship team
- Four-time NAIA national qualifier
- Two-time Sun Conference champion in pole vault and decathlon
- Multiple-time Sun Conference All-Conference athlete

Sports Performance Coach
Education/Experience:
- MA Exercise Physiology (UNC-Chapel Hill)
- Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (NSCA)
- USA Weightlifting Level 1 Coach
- Certified High Performance Coach-L2 (Athletic Lab)
- Coached Olympic/Professional Clients, National Record Holders, International Medalists, and D1 College Recruits
Athletic Accomplishments
- U25 2025 National Champion USA Weightlifting 65kg Class
- 6x National Medalist
- 3x State Champion
- NC State Record Holder
