Our Programs
Sonic Athletics takes a different approach than most programs out there. We do what’s proven* to be best for kids by using physical fitness as a medium to develop the whole child. We build competence and confidence in kids using the following progressive method to allow them to go through life with freedom and fearlessness and accomplish anything they set their mind to both physically and mentally.
BASE
BUILD
BOOST
At the BASE level kids are learning movement skills and body awareness that have the greatest transference to our movement patterns we use through the rest of our program.
We then BUILD those movement patterns and express them in multiple ways. For example, a hinge at the hips is used to both pick things up and to jump and throw.
Finally, we BOOST the movement patterns when they perform them flawlessly and develop strength through weight training in our high school class.
Come join us and BASE ● BUILD ● BOOST your kids.
* using the BrandX Method the leaders in youth athletics and strength.
High School
Teenagers have their own special needs when it comes to strength training. They are undergoing change at a constant rate, both physically and emotionally. Our High School program is specifically designed for teenagers, to improve their strength in the most effective way while minimizing injury risk.
What am I going to do?
The focus is going to be on the deadlift and back squat. The plan is to make progressive gains so coming regular is key for this.
When you first come in we work on cementing good movement. As you progress and learn to neutralize your spine and brace we begin exploring weight. Teens that have been with us for a period of time begin moving significantly heavy weight for strength gains.
Availability
Tuesday and Thursday
4:30-5:30
MIDDle School
In this age group we continue to build upon kids physical abilites to promote healthy growth and development. Using functional movements and teaching good mechanics builds strong bones and muscles while improving balance, coordination, agility, core strength and fitness. By estabishing healthy habits early, kids build self-confidence, self-esteem, resilience, and a lifelong connection to physical activity.
We begin our class by preparing for the class ahead and to get the moving after a day at school. The warm-up is broken into two sets. The first is general, designed to raise the heart rate and prepare the body and includes a variety of physical skills. The second is more specific to the focus of the day and designed to target the movement patterns the will be focused on throughout the class.
We move on by practicing the movment pattern of the day, a portion of a movement, a specific movement skill (such as safe shoulder) or a whole movement. Practice may contain drills or games intended to embed the movement pattern we are teaching. At this stage in development repetition of good body mechanics builds strength and embeds better movement in the gym and outside our walls.
We end by playing and in this portion of the class, exploration, experimentation, and, yes, work occur. During this time, conditioning is done. We encouraged teens to work on skills such as climbing a rope, throwing medicine balls for distance or height, or walking on a slack line for balance. We also like to include stability and corrective mobility work here.
Availability
Kids - 3rd through 5th Grade
In this age group we build upon kids physical abilites to promote healthy growth and development. Using functional movements and teaching good mechanics builds strong bones and muscles while improving balance, coordination, agility, core strength and fitness. By estabishing healthy habits early, kids build self-confidence, self-esteem, resilience, and a lifelong connection to physical activity.
Our 45 min class, begins with a playful warm up to prepare for the class. A mix of many movement patterns, along with physical literacy skills get kids going after a day at school. Following the warm up, we get ready by stretching and teach the habit of preparing the body for specific exercises in class.
We continue on by practicing a movement skill and focus on a portion of a movement, a specific movement skill (such as safe shoulder) or a whole movement. Practice may contain drills or games intended to embed the movement pattern we are teaching.
We always end class by playing a game.
Availability
Tuesday & Thursday
3:00-3:50
team Training
We develop athletes first
At Sonic we focus relentlessly on safe movement to ensure durability. We want your athletes to perform through the season uninjured and thriving, and not just ready to train, but hungry to train, season after season, year after year.
Our primary goal with athletes is to teach and refine foundational movement mechanics that carry over to sports-specific skills and perfect those positions. The principles driving our methods are based on clinical and empirical understandings of how the human body naturally moves.
For example, a baseball catcher sits in the bottom of a squat for long periods of time during games and practices. If they are unable to brace and squat properly and lack mobility, they end up with back, knee, ankle, and foot pain through the season and perhaps beyond. Soccer players kick the ball as hard as they can accurately. They repeat this movement hundreds of times during games and practices. If they are unable to brace and lack core strength and function and a stable ankle joint, this can lead to injury.
We combat overuse injuries seen in sport by specifically addressing the faults and needs of individual athletes while including a broader range of physical tasks for general physical fitness.
What this means is that we are developing athletes that are better prepared for their current sport and any other sport or physical activity they may want to explore in the future.
The STRENGTH component of our program revolves around an uncompromising focus on motor pattern training. This principle allows us to increase weights safely and progressively, developing greater strength through the efficient repetition of sound patterns under load.
Teams Sonic has worked with:
Holy Names Rowing
- 2017 Youth Lwt 4+ National Champions
- 2018 Womens Youth 8+, Youth National Championship- 7th place
- 2019 Womens Youth 8+, Youth Nationals Championship- Bronze medal