Hockey Performance Academy: The secret to becoming a fitter, stronger and faster player

Hockey Performance Academy is a premium training system which has been designed to help hockey players to improve their performance to take their game to the next level.

The person behind this company is the international South African hockey player Lauren Penny. She played club hockey in the UK and after some good performances was spotted by a British Journalist who got in touch with the South African National Coach. A week later Lauren was invited to attend national selection camp back in South Africa. After the national selection camp that Lauren attended, she was selected to represent her country for the first time and scored a goal on her debut and she even got to play at the Olympic Games of London 2012.

Lauren Penny is a former International Hockey Player & Hockey Performance Coach. Born in South Africa, Lauren’s love for hockey began at age 10 when she was fortunate enough to have a former SA Hockey Player as a teacher at school. He encouraged her to not only play hockey, but also cricket in the boys team (as there was not girls team). After finishing school Lauren decided to take a gap year to the UK, but landed up living in the UK for 9 years, working as a fitness expert and sport’s mental trainer.

However, during the preparations for the 2012 Olympic Games, Lauren dislocated her shoulder. It was just six weeks before the Games, which meant she would travel with the team but would not play unless someone else got injured.

Lauren has struggled with injuries throughout her years of playing hockey and has recently undergone a shoulder operation after several dislocations, missing out on international tournaments. She has helped others to not only deal with injuries but also prevent them with the correct training and functional assessments. She has dedicated her career to helping sports people particularly hockey players not only with the mental part of the game but also teaches others how to reach their optimum performance whilst maintaining a low risk of injury.

“We found a huge need for information that can help hockey players in various aspects of their game which is why we decided to put together a package dedicated especially for hockey players.”, Lauren says.

Her company, Hockey Performance Academy, helps players and people to improve in body and mental fitness. The personalised program will strengthen the inner self of the player and make him or her discover the secrets to becoming a fitter, stronger and faster individual.

Even though her company is based in South Africa, she is able to work and reach players from any country in the world conducting her program via skype or using other online platforms. Her program has proven to achieve excellent positive results, it is indeed worthy of trying.