Akana Athletics, LLC

The acronym for T.O.P Sports Training stands for three latin words meaning endurance, swiftness, and agility. Tolero is latin for endurance, Ociter means swift, and Pernix means agility. This is the basis for the T.O.P Sports Training model.

The goal for every athlete that participates through the T.O.P Sports Training program is to develop the endurance to perform your respective sport at a maximum level, execute athletic moves in a swift fashion, and done with amazing grace and agility ... period.

We understand that in todays sports, everyone is looking to gain the advantage and edge over their opponent. Truth is, you never really know how hard your competition is working to gain the competitive edge over you. The only factor you can control is how prepared you will be when game begins. T.O.P Sports Training will help you achieve your athletic goals, and help you get to the TOP of your game!

Ry leading trainees through stretches at the Nike Football Training Camp at Husky Stadium.

The "Field General" in football refers to the offensive leader of the team, or the quarterback. A successful field general is one who is able to consistantly and very quickly assess the situation in front of him, read defensive keys at the line of scrimmage, make the necessary adjustments, and execute plays that will advance his team down the field of play and put 6 on the scoreboard.

Our primary goal at QBFG Academy is to develop and fine tune the core

quarterback mechanics and basic fundamentals necessary for quarterback play. Through our four tier quarterback training module, we mold and sharpen the quarterback IQ, to produce astute and effective field generals by developing these skill sets:

• Footwork • Gap Rush/Blitz Escapes • Running Game Work

• Body Mechanics • Coverage Drills/Reads • Leadership Skills

• Throwing Mechanics • Throw on the run • Tight Window Throws

• Accuracy Drills • Chalk Talk • Pocket Sensory

• Drops • Quick Release • Film work

Upon completion of each of the four tier training modules, our dedicated quarterbacks earn the distinction of a "Field General" status, recognizing mastery for that particular tier module. The four tiers are:

• Boot Camp

• I.C.T (Intermediate Core Training)

• A.F.T (Advanced Field Training)

• OC-6 (Offensive Condition-6)

Ry drilling QB's on pocket agility at QBFG's Boot Camp

The QBFG Academy searches for young talent in the Puget Sound region to mold and train to play the quarterback position at a high level. Our training model also helps individuals build self-confidence, develop type A characteristics that will help them succeed at being a leader. These skills are invaluable on, and off the playing field. If you are ready to take your QB game to the next level of play, let's get going!

Mayhem 7's is the brain-child of Coach Ry. Mayhem 7's, simply put is 7 on 7 with a rush on the quarterback. He developed the twist on the traditional 7 on 7 over the many years that he spent coaching high school football, and the time he spent coaching quarterbacks. He began to get frustrated with the lack of quality work his quarterbacks received while participating in 7 on 7 scrimmages, and their involvement in organized passing leagues. He admits he is not a big proponent of 7 on 7. His opinion on the traditional 7 on 7 format is that it's a very highly overrated drill, as it pertains to the quarterback position.

Noting that the traditional 7 on 7 format is not realistic for the quarterback, in that the quarterback rarely will have four seconds to make uncontested throws in the pocket, with no pressure.

In Coach Ry's pass offense/pass defense periods in practice, he began to add live pressures in the drill in order to give his quarterbacks quality repetitions in making better decisions on where to throw the ball, based on predetermined pressures by live rushers holding hand shields. What evolved from these drills, is the basis of the "Mayhem 7's" format.

Simply put, Mayhem 7's is the traditional 7 on 7 format, with a live rush on the quarterback. It is designed to give all positions on the field of play a better and more realistic look at game situations.

The game of American football has been under attack for the last 10 years. With new revelations of CTE (Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy), which is a denegeration of the brain, caused by repeated trauma to the head.

The game has seen youth participation plummet up to 60% in some states across the nation, and up to 76% over the last 10 years.

However, awareness and a swift push to correct the way tackling methods have been traditionally taught, has seen vast improvements to the amount of concussions and head trauma being reported at the youth and high school levels.

Akana Athletics has created its version of a safer tackle called the H.U.F.S Tackle. H.U.F.S is the acronym for "Heads Up-Front Shoulder". We teach that the strikepoint of the tackle is the front of the chest area, up to the frontal deltoid. When contact is made in this surface area, it makes it very difficult for the head to be in a downward, vulnerable position. When the crown of the head is in that down position, impact to the spine can cause paralysis and can even be life threatening.

No one tackle is rarely ever the same in football. There are tackles from every angle, and every orientation point. Knowing what tackle to use, in the position that your body is in, can be very daunting to a defensive player given the speed of the play. That's why it needs to be practiced often and heavily repped, so that your mind and body can work in unison to commit it to muscle memory. We even have a special tackle clinic for Punters and Kickers, who to take pride in not getting their ankles broken, and being made to look silly on a returners highlight film!

Student 1 - Athlete 2 is a program that helps athletes understand that if they want to pursue a career in athletics at the collegiate level, they need to really understand that majority of NCAA schools look for athletes who maintain a 3.5 - 4.0 GPA.

Your chances of being recruited as a potential student athlete diminishes greatly, the lower your GPA is in high school (fig. 1 below).

We have developed a program, to assist you as early as your sophomore year in high school, to assist you in contacting the colleges of your choice that you have an interest in attending as a student athlete. Here is how we help:

1. Liason, between you and your high school academic counselor

2. Liason, between you and the college athletic department/coach of your choosing

3. Instruction on Study & Time Management, Verbal Skills, and Writing Essays

We do not claim to guarantee you a college scholarship, nor can we determine the grades that you will receive in high school. However, we provide you with the necessary and proven tools for you to excel in your classes. As with anything in life, you alone, determine your outcome.

Here is some information that is often times misunderstood by junior high and middle school student athletes. If you want to compete in fall sports in high school your freshman year, you need to have ended your 8th grade year with a minimum 2.0 G.P.A.

Fig.1: NCAA Eligibility Center/Recruiting criteria

The Leadership Alliance class is designed to help student athletes become better, more effective leaders and captains on their respective sports teams.

The curriculum for our class is taken primarily from Jeff Janssens' book "The Team Captain's Leadership Manual". We cover a 10-week course in about a month.

Student athletes will learn and explore different leadership roles and styles, and also how to cultivate a leadership style that fits thier own personality. They learn to commit themselves to a leadership role that helps them develop confidence. Student athletes are taught how to develop composure, and how to remain cool and level headed in heat of the moment situations. Probably the most important aspect of the class, in our opinion, is the relationship building skills that student athletes learn to acquire to lead their team. We want them to be the kind of leader that coaches can trust, and that team mates will respect.