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These are just a few exercises you would find on one of Platform Athletic’s off-season training schedules. Each schedule is tailored to a specific team’s athletic needs.
Wayland High School football coach, Sam Breslin and his fellow Colgate graduate and teammate, Alex Relph, launched Platform Athletics online in January 2013 to create a program that gives high school coaches access to knowledge that only strength and conditioning professionals might have, so they can create the most effective off-season training program for their players.
“It’s a way for teams of any level to implement a full in season/off-season workout schedule, along with all the other things that come with running an athletic program,” Breslin said.
They originally created the program to address the issues they had faced while coaching football teams.
“It evolved into something that we think a lot of other people could use too, so we decided to run with it,” Breslin said.
Breslin works with the programming for strength and conditioning training, while Relph works more with the networking and business aspects of the company, although they share most of the responsibilities.
In order to get the word out about their company, the duo traveled to different football and strength and conditioning conventions.
“It’s a lot of fun, but it’s a lot of work too, especially at the first couple conventions where no one really knew who we were. It was kind of hard to break the ice and get people to understand what you’re there for,” Breslin said.
After attending numerous conventions, the company became better known to coaches, and Platform Athletics now has personalized off-season training schedules for around 15 schools including Wayland High School, Wellesley High School and Newton South High school.
Breslin and Relph are currently working to become more known in the athletic community, as well as get feedback on their business. Within the next year, they hope to finalize Platform, and within the next year and a half, their goal is to have 100 or so schools to work with.
Breslin’s passion for the company stems from his love of football and coaching.
“It follows our passions — football, coaching, strength-training and conditioning are all things that I live and breathe every day. It’s something I use on a regular basis, so I care about it just as much as I care about it being successful.”
Football Training • Dec 4, 2014 at 8:23 AM
If you are truly passionate about what you are doing it will somehow become a hobby instead of a job, I think this is what Sam Breslin is feeling about coaching a football team.