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04/15/2026 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 04/15/2026 14:43
Discounted Summer Training for Youth to College Athletes
April 15, 2026
Is your youth, high school or college athlete eager to step up their game? The University of Kansas Health System's Sports Medicine and Performance Center in Overland Park is offering a 20% discount for its youth summer program if you sign up early.
The 11-week program runs May 26-August 7 and offers sessions for athletes who are 8 years old through college. Sign up by May 15 for the discount.
"Our summer program introduces athletes to the fundamental movement patterns that are needed to compete in all sports," says Roger Allen, strength and athletic development supervisor at the Sports Medicine and Performance Center. "Each week, drills progress in difficulty, and every session ends with sport-specific drill work, giving athletes an edge over their competition."
It's a well-rounded program that checks all the boxes of athletic development. By committing to training now, athletes can be in mid-season form on day 1 of their fall season. Ryan Sloop
Program and facility coordinatorDevelopmental class (ages 8-12)
- Offered up to 5 times per week
- Morning option: 9-10 a.m. Monday-Friday
- Evening option: 6:30-7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday
Sports performance or female sports performance class (ages 12 and up)
- Offered up to 4 times per week
- Sports performance: 4-5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday
- Female sports performance: 5-6:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday
Collegiate sports performance
- Offered up to 4 times per week
- 4-5:30 p.m. Monday-Thursday
Ryan Sloop, ATC, facility coordinator at the sports performance location, says the summer program targets linear speed development, change of direction/agility, strength training and power development.
The multiple class times allow middle school, high school and college athletes to attend as little as once per week or up to 5 times a week.
"It's a well-rounded program that checks all the boxes of athletic development," he says. "By committing to training now, athletes can be in mid-season form on day 1 of their fall season."
See the summer schedule and prices.
The Performance Center is at 8302 W. 125th St., Overland Park, KS 66213. For information, download the UKHS Sports Performance Center app in Google Play or the Apple App Store, email us or call 913-239-0646.
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Presenter:
It's more than just sweat and reps. It's preparation, passion and performance. At The University of Kansas Health System Sports Medicine and Performance Center, student athletes are training for more than just the next game. Saint Thomas Aquinas junior Laila Boylan is coming off a state championship basketball season. She credits this 10-week summer program for sharpening both her mind and her body.
Laila Boylan:
If you don't have that, like, mental fitness, you're not really going to make it that far. It takes a lot, and it's hard, but you just got to push through it.
Presenter:
Laila trains with performance coach Mariah Elmore. She says the mental conditioning is just as tough and just as important.
Laila:
Just to like strengthen and work on my agility and quickness and stuff. And they've actually been paying off.
Presenter:
On the turf, Saint Thomas Aquinas senior Max Manske is gearing up for his final high school football season. Like Laila, he's coming off a state championship, and like her, he's seeing the results of this program.
Max Manske:
I think without this, I don't know if I would have even have started last year. I think it's done a lot.
Presenter:
Max has been training with the health system's sports medicine and performance team since he was little and transitioned into the new program when the health system took over.
Max:
Working with Roger has doubled or tripled my, like, skill level and my football knowledge.
Presenter:
Roger Allen, the strength and athletic development supervisor, says safety and injury prevention are top priorities, especially for young athletes. They work with kids as young as 8 through the age of 21.
Roger Allen:
KU has a ton of really educated individuals that we can collaborate with. It helps us identify injuries and really helps us find ways to train athletes to prevent them from having injury.
Presenter:
Laila has already received scholarship offers from more than a half dozen universities, and she's only a junior. Max is chasing a Division 1 football opportunity. Both say this summer program has given them the edge.
Max:
It helps a lot having someone look just at you and only try to coach you. Because like at school, you're still getting coaching, but the coach has to look at 5 other guys every single rep.
Roger:
All my coaches have a specialty that we can work with a wide range of athletes.
Presenter:
Roger and his team of trainers run programs for youth athletes. Helping the next generation not just play, but play smarter, stronger and safer.
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