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West Michigan is known for its volleyball prowess. From high school, to club, to college, the area has produced some top talent in the sport. This will continue as evidenced by a young group of athletes that are elevating their game at PowerStrength Training Systems (PSTS) in Jenison. For Lexi Armstrong, Ava Bush-Nelson, Rylee Paddock, […]

Major props and congratulations to dedicated volleyball player Jenna Reitsma of Lowell (Far Out Volleyball Club) for achieving her goal of playing Division 1 college volleyball! Jenna started at PowerStrength as a 14-year old freshman hungry to learn and ready to work, hoping to maximize her athletic future as a volleyball player. She wanted to […]

Sara (Byron Center) has earned our Athlete of the Month! She dedicated herself to another solid month of training and huge testing results! She’s gotten better with her approach jump, chin-ups, push-up, and sprints during the season! Sara has trained with massive consistency throughout the year and through her club volleyball season. She has continued […]

FaR Out Volleyball Club 16 Black squad took first place playing against other top area teams…in the 18s Division! These girls have been training at PSTS with Coach Skyler at least 2 sessions per week for the last 4-months and they get better every week! Even during a busy club 🏐 season, they MAKE it happen and it’s […]

An integral part of our athlete training is performance testing. New athletes are tested in relative strength, speed, power, and body composition when they begin, and all of our athletes are tested before the start of each sports season to track results. When we say performance testing we are not referring to common “1-rep max” […]

We see the same pattern every year as soon as high school volleyball nears the end of the season.  Volleyball girls seek out training with the goal of increasing their vertical as quickly as possible before club tryouts. (picture – Parker K. is a Division 1 volleyball commit. She has trained consistently at PowerStrength for the […]

We have had the opportunity to train Cornerstone University’s volleyball team for the last 7 off-seasons. The team trains with us 3 days a week throughout the winter and spring, and many of the local girls train with us over their summer off-season.   The seniors this year have an obscene career win-loss record of […]

When you play Division 1 volleyball, you have little time in the off-season to dedicate yourself to a training program. All of our college volleyball athletes are doing a fantastic job. But we wanted to highlight Zoe. Our girl Zoe did work when she was home for the summer. In 6-weeks she BURNED off 16lbs […]

April Athlete of the Month goes to TWO athletes Lauren and Peyton Helsen! These twin sisters are college volleyball players who love the process of improvement! Peyton and Lauren train 3x per week with us and are ultra-consistent. They are getting stronger, faster, and jumping higher. Being a college athlete always brings along injuries and […]

Cornerstone University Volleyball finished another 12-week off-season program tonight at PowerStrength! These girls train hard 3x/week and improve every year! This was their 6th off-season with us and they’re only getting better! This past season they won their conference and set a school record with a 22-game win-streak to close out their regular season. They […]