Volt Athletics Elevates AI-powered Athlete Development Platform with Acquisition of ZAMA Health

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Volt Athletics Elevates AI-powered Athlete Development Platform with Acquisition of ZAMA Health

At Volt Athletics, we're committed to empowering athletes to reach new heights of performance, fitness, and health. Today, we're thrilled to announce a significant leap forward in our journey: the acquisition of ZAMA Health. This strategic move enables Volt to deliver both physical training and mental wellness solutions to athletes worldwide, signifying our unwavering dedication to holistic athlete wellbeing.

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Mastering Consistency: How Champions Celebrate the Holidays While Training

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The holiday season brings joy, festivities, and, often, a myriad of distractions that can challenge an athlete’s focus and dedication to training. Coaches, athletes, and trainers face a unique challenge during this time – balancing the celebration of the season with the maintenance of disciplined training routines. Amidst the tempting aromas of holiday feasts and the allure of relaxation, staying focused on training can be an uphill battle. However, with strategic planning and unwavering determination, athletes can not only navigate but also excel during this festive period.

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Finding Identity After Sport - Forever An Athlete

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Finding Identity After Sport - Forever An Athlete

In the realm of athletics, the pursuit of excellence is a never-ending odyssey characterized by passion, commitment, and achievements. For student-athletes, the collegiate and high school experience is intricately tied to the identity of being an athlete. But what emerges when the final whistle blows and the final chapter of your competitive career concludes? This blog sheds light on the intimate and complex theme of identity in sports, illuminating the mental health hurdles that often confront retired student-athletes.

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Pump Your Brakes: The Power of Deceleration in Sports

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Pump Your Brakes: The Power of Deceleration in Sports

We've all heard it before: what goes up must come down. This basic principle doesn't just apply to gravity, but to sports as well. While we're usually focused on acceleration as coaches and athletes, it's time to shed some light on the other side of the equation: deceleration.

Acceleration is undoubtedly important for success in sports, but to excel, athletes must also be efficient at slowing down. This is especially true for sports that require changes in direction and quick movements.

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Coaching Athletes on Their Period: Normalizing the Conversation

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Coaching Athletes on Their Period: Normalizing the Conversation

If you’re reading this, chances are that you have women in your life that are important to you or you may coach female athletes at some point in your career. People often debate whether female athletes should be coached differently than male athletes. This article will talk about important physiological differences between females and males that coaches need to take into account when training female athletes.

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Readiness. Set. Go! How to Interpret and Respond to your Athletes' Readiness Data

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Readiness. Set. Go! How to Interpret and Respond to your Athletes' Readiness Data

How do you know if your athletes are ready to compete?
How do you know if they’re ready to take on the practice or the workout of the day?

It’s hard to assume everyone is always ready or will be ready at the same time. Although your athletes may be enduring the same practices and workout regimens, it does not mean their bodies will all respond the same to them. Each athlete will have a slightly different perceived rate of exertion and they’ll each have their own set of external stressors or factors that are influencing their performance. These external factors may not be additional physical stressors, but may be mental and emotional stressors. Some external factors may include: personal hardships, relationships, school, work, a traumatic event, internal or external pressures, sleep deprivation, lack of nutrition, or financial struggles.

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Coaching Cues from the Summer Weight Room Part 1

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Coaching Cues from the Summer Weight Room Part 1

As teams gear up for another year of competition, Volt wanted to take a glimpse at summer training insights from coaches across the country. In the first part of this mini-series, Coaching Cues from the Summer Weight Room, we sat down with Coach Mike DeRoehn of Two Rivers High School, WI. After a successful career as the Health and Fitness Coordinator at Two Rivers, DeRoehn is turning the page and will be starting a new position as the Director of Strength and Conditioning at Lakeland University, also in Wisconsin. Before making the transition, Coach DeRoehn shared some final takeaways from his time training athletes at the high school level.

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Introducing V3: Volt's Next-Generation Coaching Platform for Groups and Organizations of All Sizes

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Introducing V3: Volt's Next-Generation Coaching Platform for Groups and Organizations of All Sizes

Introducing V3, the next generation of its coaching platform, designed to deliver safe and effective fitness guidance at scale. Volt’s new coach platform was designed to be more flexible, personal, powerful, and actionable for coaches and trainers across many different markets. Whether an organization has a team of coaches who need to create and manage training programs or many individuals who need training guidance without the benefit of an in-person coach, V3 provides the flexibility organizations are looking for in a strength and conditioning solution.

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Managing Mental Health: Real-life Takeaways from Volt CEO Dan Giuliani

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Managing Mental Health: Real-life Takeaways from Volt CEO Dan Giuliani

Mental health and wellbeing are firmly on the agenda, and many CEOs are responding to the challenges of the past 2 years by championing open conversations and sponsoring initiatives in the workplace. It is important that we educate ourselves about what we can do—as individuals, as organizations, and in our communities. We sat down with Volt Athletics’ Dan Giuliani as he opens up about his personal journey with mental health and his catalyst for long-term change.

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Employee Spotlight: Bo Pearson

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Employee Spotlight: Bo Pearson

In this month's Employee Spotlight, we are featuring Bo Pearson. 👋 Bo joined our company in a sales role about six years ago, and has continued to grow his career. He is now our Head of Customer Success here at Volt, providing amazing service to our customers.

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