By Coach John "JT" Torres - May 08

Santa Clarita continues to be not only cultural magnet, but our propensity to attract high profile sports performance businesses is second-to-none.  Picture if you will, a cross between Golds’ Gym – an X-Box 360 – and the Rose Bowl and you may get a small picture of the new kid on the block in Velocity Sports Peformance.  I took a recent tour and came away impressed and wishing I were a teenager again.  This place is not only really cool but the coaches there are top notch!

The Velocity team consist of the Brains (Brad Beale – Owner) and the Brawn (Head Coach Adam Johnson).  Brad brought this venture to the SCV after running the same business in Redondo Beach where he reached “elite status” by coaching several future NFL draftees (see his comments below).

The Brawn, Head Coach Adam Johnson, is a former college football player who has a plethora of credentials and references behind his name, including a Masters degree in Kinesiology.  He has coached NFL players such as Chad Henne (Chad led the Wolverines to a Big Ten Championship and Rose Bowl berth as a true freshman of Michigan).  Coach Johnson said that the main goal of Velocity is to improve the quickness, speed and strength of their students.   Coach Johnson also is currently coaching a female power lifter who has a good chance of making the Olympics in Beijing this summer.  

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