WCS Gattone Sports Performance Newsletter
Monthly News and Information
May 2007
in this issue
- Message from Mike
- Quality Behind the Business - All About the Coaches
- WCS/Gattone Sports Performance Athletes & Coaches Compete at the Illinois State Weightlifting Championships!
- Olympic Weightlifting and Sports Performance
Greetings, Athletes & Friends!
Message from Mike
Happy New Year! We at WCS/Gattone Sports Performance wish all of our clients, their families, and friends all the best for 2008.
Hello everybody and Happy Spring (we hope!) It has been a long winter and it's nice to feel the change of seasons.
This month we are featuring the start of a new series outlining the backgrounds of our staff. I have been very proud of the staff we have gathered and retained and I truly believe this is one of the many things that sets us apart.
This month we are featuring our Director Weightlifting, Roger Nielsen! Once our members read about Roger's experience I believe the high quality of his resume will speak for itself. Allow me a moment to "brag" and point out an incredible honor. ROGER HAS BEEN NAMED HEAD COACH FOR THE USA MEN'S OLYMPIC WEIGHTLIFTNG TEAM AT THE 2008 BEIJING OLYMPICS!!! I feel positive that no where else in Chicagoland will your child have the opportunity to experience this level of expertise and learn from one of the best!
Quality Behind the Business - All About the Coaches
Coach Roger Nielsen with Anna Swisher and Coach Angela Sorensen after a local weightlifting competition.
Many of you are probably new to WCS/Gattone Sports Performance having come to us by word of mouth and know only that we produce great results! However, you may not know the quality behind the business and how we've come to achieve superior results with your athletes. Starting this month we'll be keeping you up- to-date with what the coaches are doing and how we continually strive to stay on top of what's happening in the sports performance world. We'll start off with biographies of the coaches and what they've been up to recently, each month highlighting a different coach.
This month we're featuring Coach Roger Nielsen!
Roger is currently the Director of Weightlifting for WCS/Gattone Sports Performance and Head Coach of the Windy City Weightlifting Club. He actively works with numerous athletes in all sports from beginning level to Olympic Team members. He has been named Head Coach for the United States Men's Olympic Weightlifting Team for Beijing 2008 and also served in the same capacity in Barcelona 1992! Roger was United States World Team Head Coach in 1989, 1990, 1991, and 2007. He was the USA Junior Squad Coach and Junior World Coach from 2000- 2005. He was also the personal coach of three athletes on the 1992 Olympic Team.
Roger is a Senior International Level Coach with USA Weightlifting. He is a member of USA Weightlifting's Board of Director's and Coaching Committee. He is a nationally sought after teacher and educator on Olympic Weightlifting.
WCS/Gattone Sports Performance Athletes & Coaches Compete at the Illinois State Weightlifting Championships!
WCS/Gattone Sports proudly hosted the 2008 State and Open Weightlifting championships March 29th.
Congratulations to the following individuals for their great performances:
Mike Johnson
Sam Handler
Conor Shanks
Nate Johnson
Cody Maples
Coach Angela Sorensen
Olympic Weightlifting and Sports Performance
Research and experience have shown that the full body power, ground reaction strength, and total body stability developed by Olympic Style Weightlifting techniques are excellent for sports performance training. Numerous college and professional teams around the country use these techniques. Please have a look at this informative and cool video for more information on the benefits of Olympic Weightlifting. As one of the articles above demonstrated, our staff is one of the most highly qualified in the country at teaching and applying these techniques.
Click the video link below to see how Olympic style weightlifting benefits your performance out on the field!
Olympic Weightlifting = Improved Performance
Contact Information
email: mgattone@sbcglobal.net
phone: 847-947-7398
web: http://www.wcsrehab.com