Adrian W.

I have been a football coach and sports performance trainer for over 14 years. From 2010 to 2018 I coached Semi Pro football as a Running Backs, Receivers, Defensive Backs Coach as well as 2 seasons as a Head Coach. From 2016 to 2020 I was the Varsity Running Backs Coach and spent 1 season as the JV Head Coach at Brebeuf High School. I have been a youth football HC for the last 4 years throughout multiple Indianapolis Organizations. I have owned my own Sports Performance Training Company since 2010, "Explosive Performance 1", and have trained athletes in all sports and specific sports positions from ages 6 to athletes as old as 35. I typically work with athletes between the ages of 8 to 18. I have a Degree in Business Sport Management with a Minor in Exercise Science from Indiana State University.

As a high school player, I was All-Conference my Jr. and Sr. year, was an All-State RB as a Jr., won a State Title and State Runner-Up, starter for the USA Today’s 4th Best team in the Country Sr. year and rushed for over 1,000 yards in every season. I got a full ride scholarship to Western Kentucky University and played as a freshman. I finished my collegiate career playing at Indiana State University under my father and long-time Division I Coach Lou West. I earned All-Conference honors my Jr. and Sr. year and was ranked 40th best RB out of 255 FBS/FCS RB’s after my SR. year. Also placed 6th in the MVC conference indoor track and field meet in the 60 meter dash my senior year.

First thing I do will all my athletes is find a baseline through testing drills as well as have them do basic movements and exercises to see their form and technique. I also make sure I check their flexibility during that 1st session. For football players specifically, I will do the typical testing drills, pro agility, broad jump, vertical, L drill and get their weight. I have them do simple exercises like body weight squats, push-ups, plank hold, and lunges which gives me a baseline on their form, technique as well as strength. This all allows me to build a custom program to improve the athlete's weaknesses and maintain or excel on their strengths. The 1st session of each month we will do all testing to make sure they are improving overall. If there are areas that did not improve, I will be able to adjust the months workout agenda. With my younger athletes (ages 6 to 10) workouts will focus on the basics like form running, working with their own body weight, balance, band resistance, flexibility, and core strength. With this age group the main thing is developing them as overall athletes for all sports. My athletes (ages 11-13) I will begin to introduce more some light weights and basic exercises with those weights. Focusing on correct form and technique. This is also the time I will add in more specific position drills for the sport they are currently in. Athletes (ages 14 and up) I now implement Olympic lifts (dead lifts, power cleans, hang cleans, hang snatch etc.) in order to get them ready and comfortable doing them before they reach high school. Sessions will also have the base core lifts like bench press, back squats, in which the focus will be to make sure the form and technique is correct with lighter weight. I will not ever max out with an athlete because they do that with their school's strength and conditioning program. Sessions will also be geared to work on making a player faster as well as more explosive. As sessions go on, I will be coaching and teaching my athletes through drills and situational drills to improve their IQ in their sport. Through my training and coaching each session, my athletes will become smarter, faster and more explosive all around athletes.