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National Signing Day is the time when high school seniors officially make their college commitment to continue their academic and athletic careers. This day is a major milestone for athletes, parents, and their school programs as it marks years of dedication, hard work, and sacrifice. It is a great achievement and one that always warrants […]

Sacrifice Earns Reward Picture this. You are standing at the free throw line in a crowded gymnasium. The sweat drips down your face and all eyes are on you to sink the shot. You take a deep breath and release the ball from your fingertips – it hits the rim and rolls on its edge, […]

Our February Beast of the Month was earned by youth soccer athlete, Jacob, from FHC. He is consistently in the gym 2x per week and works extremely hard every session. Jake put up some very impressive results for his first testing numbers, some of those being 15 chin-ups, and 32 push-ups! We are very proud […]

40 athletes took part in our Premier Advanced Training Program this past winter between both of our PowerStrength locations. Our Premier Program is typically reserved for athletes who have PSTS training experience and want to take their training and focus to the next level – which includes higher production, optimizing potential, and earning the opportunity/scholarship […]

High School soccer standout, Baxter Baas (EGR) has worked hard to add speed and quickness. With his quiet demeanor, Baxter consistently shows up 3x per week and absolutely dominates his sessions! The effort and energy that Baxter brings on a daily basis to push himself and get better really spoke volumes during his last testing […]

Members of the East Grand Rapids lacrosse team have been working hard getting stronger and improving their speed and agility. Here are the dudes hitting some angles in a recent change of direction drill. They train 2 sessions per week and in just 56 days since they started they have built some incredible results so […]

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” […]

This is the first basketball pre-season Coach Ken George has had available in 25 years. The previous 24 he was preparing the Forest Hills Central varsity boys team for the season. During that same time period was when Coach Jason Martin launched the Grand Rapids Storm AAU Basketball Organization. 50 combined years later, and thousands […]

This High School Basketball Combine is a free event for grades 9-12th. Want to know where you’re at athletically before the off-season? Want to have a measuring-stick for future improvement? Want to know you’re getting accurate results? Click HERE to learn more and to reserve your spot!

We’ve been asked about development for younger kids numerous times – we typically start them in the gym around 5th grade. ‘PowerPLAY’ is our answer to the questions… for now! Kids need to move, play, and have fun doing it. In the screen-driven, fast-paced childhood our kids are (unfortunately) exposed to – movement and fun […]