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https://web.archive.org/web/20130214032823/http://iycasummit…Dear Coach,Every year strength coaches, trainers, sport coaches and youth fitness & sports performance business owners gather together for two days of intense training, networking, and performance secrets. Sports performance and youth fitness coaches from around the globe flock to Louisville, KY to take part.The annual IYCA International Summit provides an opportunity for trainers and coaches at all levels of experience to sharpen their skills and to form lasting connections within the industry.(If you have a passion for training today’s youth and you’re serious about raising your level of knowledge, improving your client’s results, and becoming the best in your area, then keep reading!) What’s Working NowWhen you attend of the IYCA International Summit you’ll come away with new strategies to help your athletes to reach their potential, dramatically improved program design skills, and a toolbox full of movements and tactics and proven concepts to maximize the impact you’re having on the athletes they coach for years to come.During the two-day event, over a dozen of the industry’s experts cover a variety of topics important to you from improving speed and power in their athletes to motivation and program design.You will learn strength & conditioning from REAL coaches and trainers who are out there doing work every day providing REAL results.This isn’t the type of event where we will have researches up their presenting theories on things that may never work for you. We gathered the best coaches around that are known for the results that they produce and convinced them to share with you all their ‘secrets’.And, all the while you’ll have the opportunity to approach experts with their questions, to engage with fellow colleagues, and make sure that you head home after two days an event better coach than when you arrived.It’s two days that can change the course of your coaching career forever. What will one weekend in Kentucky do for you?Answer: A Lot.At The IYCA International Summit You’ll …Learn firsthand from industry leaders like Eric Cressey, Mike Robertson, Wil Fleming, Dave Gleason, Dave Jack, Jim Kielbaso and many others…Master crucial performance training concepts that will take your athletes to the next level…Have the opportunity to ‘pick the brains’ of every IYCA Expert so you get the EXACT information you want and need…And walk away with coaching techniques and proven athlete development strategies to take your coaching and your athletes to a new level the day you return home. IMPACT…Two Days that Can Change Your Life ForeverFor two days this March, the industry’s top experts will help you become the best coach you can be! Register Today!By the time we wrap up on Saturday, you’ll know:How to Safely and Effectively Ensure All Your Young Athletes Achieve Their Full Athletic Potential…Regardless of Sport, Age or GenderEye-Opening Ways To Develop Game Breaking Speed In Your AthletesHow to Design The Ideal Program No Matter The Athletes You Coach or The Resources You Have AvailableThe Blueprint For Developing Explosive Power In All The Athletes You CoachA Proven Step By Step Business For Building The Leading Sports Performance Business In Your AreaExactly What Our IYCA Experts Are Doing With Their Own Athletes So You Can Apply Their Proven Approach In Your Own ProgramHow To Develop A Winning Culture That Magnetically Attracts Athletes To Your ProgramAge Specific Considerations To Ensure That You’re Delivering The Best Possible Coaching To ALL Of Your Athletes, No Matter If They’re 6 or 16How to develop highly effective long term training programs for any sportA complete system for young athletes from 6 – 18 years oldHow to teach optimal agility & decelerationThe secrets to maximizing the ability of ALL your athletesAnd Much, Much More! In addition to learning all of this, you will also:Connect directly with our IYCA Experts and get to ask them the questions that you want answered.Network with like-minded, motivated coaches to share ideas and build relationships to help you long after this Summit is over… How This All Came About…Back in 2004, the IYCA was created to unite the youth fitness and sports industry by providing a solid leadership and defining voice within the field of conditioning and developing youngsters. All conferences and seminars at the time were mainly focused on adult clients and there was no one out there providing the much needed training and resources to our youth coaches.Since then, it has been our mission to bring the leaders of the youth fitness and sport training industry together and raise the level of education and care we are providing for our youth.We do that by, each year, gathering the top youth coaches and trainers in the industry to our International Summit where they share EXACTLY how they train and make a difference with their clients. So our attendees can gain the knowledge and application of the most cutting edge techniques and methods, and continue to make a difference in the lives of todays youth.Together we are changing youth fitness and changing lives.If you share our vision, join our cause and become part of the fitness revolution.Meet This All-Star Lineup of Industry Experts … Only at The IYCA International Summit!Get ready for two incredible days flooded with fantastic “real world” coaching expertise from today’s top in the trenches experts.This powerhouse lineup of experts will help you speed through the learning curve presenting the core coaching and athlete development techniques and arm you with the confidence you need to take your athletes and your business or career to the next level.Eric CresseyEric Cressey is President and Co-Founder of Cressey Performance. A highly sought-after coach for healthy and injured athletes alike, Eric has helped athletes at all levels – from youth sports to the Major League All-Stars and Olympians – achieve their highest levels of performance in a variety of sports. Eric specializes in applied kinesiology and biomechanics as they relate to program design and corrective exercise; maximal relative strength development; and athletic performance enhancement.Eric’s writing and his work with athletes have been featured in numerous local and national publications.  He has authored over 200 published articles, published four books and co-created three DVD sets that have been sold in over 50 countries around the world.  Eric has also been an invited guest speaker throughout the USA and internationally. Mike RobertsonMike Robertson has helped clients and athletes from all walks of life achieve their strength, physique and performance related goals. Mike received his Masters Degree in Sports Biomechanics from the world-renowned Human Performance Lab at Ball State University. Mike is the president of Robertson Training Systems, and the co-owner of Indianapolis Fitness and Sports Training which was named one of America’s Top Ten Gyms by Men’s Health magazine in 2009 and 2010. Wil FlemingWil Fleming is the Co-Owner and Director of Athlete Performance at Force Fitness & Performance. His systems of athletic development have helped countless athletes of all ages and abilities, including those just starting their pursuit of athletic achievement , NCAA All-Americans, high school state champions, and Olympians.Wil earned All-State honors in multiple sports while competing in high school. He went on to attend Indiana University to pursue track and field. His career culminated at the collegiate level with All-American status in Track and Field. Wil holds his bachelor’s of science in Nutrition Science and is certified by the NSCA as a Strength and Conditioning Specialist, as well as holding his credentials as a Youth Fitness Specialist from the International Youth Conditioning Association. Dave GleasonDave Gleason was the 2010 IYCA Member of the Year and, along with his wife Andrea, owns Fitness Revolution Southshore and Athletic Revolution Southshore .Dave has been coaching young athletes for 2 decades, dating back to 1989 as a soccer coach to hundreds aspiring soccer players.  In the mid to late 90′s Dave was strength coach for some of the most successful young tennis players in New England – many of them reaching top ten rankings regionally and nationally.  Dave has served as a strength and conditioning coach for private swim club teams and has worked individually with hundreds of children 6-18 years old with a wide ranging ability level. Dave JackDave Jack has been in the industry for nearly 15 years and has worked with top professional athletes and teams throughout the National Football League, Major League Baseball and beyond..  His vision is to inspire people to live healthy lives and provide them with tools to do so. In addition to being the Fitness & Wellness  Director of TeamWorks Fitness in Acton, MA, Dave is a national advisor and consultant for brands like Reebok, Rodale, Men’s Health, Women’s Health, Prevention and NBA All-Star Paul Pierce’s Truth on Health Foundation. Dave is also a National Level Speaker on Sports Performance, Fitness and Wellness and Co-founder of “Sports and Life,” a wellness curriculum for schools Pat RigsbyPat Rigsby is the Co-Owner of some of the most successful brands in the fitness industry, including the International Youth Conditioning Association, The Fitness Consulting Group, Resistance Band Training and the two fastest growing training-based franchises in the world – Fitness Revolution and Athletic Revolution. I’m also the Best Selling Author of The Little Black Book Of Fitness Business Success.Over the past few years I’ve helped thousands of fitness professionals grow their businesses, make more money and enjoy more freedom. Ryan KetchumRyan Ketchumis the Co-Owner Force Fitness & Performance and Athletic Revolution Bloomington as well as the of VP Business Development for the Fitness Consulting Group.After his time as an All American Track and Field athlete at Indiana University he launched my own training business from nothing and eventually grew it into what is now Force Fitness and Performance/Athletic Revolution Bloomington with business partner Wil Fleming. Over the past 6 years he has made it my mission to discover a better way to run a fitness business and change the standards set before us.Ryan is one of the most sought after experts on business development in the fitness and sports performance industry and has played an integral role in developing two of the most respected franchises in the industry, Fitness Revolution and Athletic Revolution. Dave SchmitzDave “the Band Man” Schmitz is the Founder and Co-owner of Resistance Band Training Systems the  Resistance Band Certification for fitness professionals and coaches and RBT Live, a weekly online video newsletter with over 5000 subscribers. He is also a member of the Board of Experts for the International Youth Conditioning AssociationIn addition to having produced 7 DVDs exclusively teaching how to use flat bands to enhance fitness and performance, Dave also lectures nationally on implementing elastic resistance for fitness, performance and rehabilitation. Not only is Dave the in the trenches Owner and trainer of G’Town BootCamps and G’Town Fast-n-Fit, he continues to train personally and get better with bands on a daily basis. Toby BrooksDr. Toby Brooks serves at the Director of Research and Education for the IYCA. A native of Golconda, Illinois, he was recently named as the 2013 Most Distinguished Alumni by Southeastern Illinois College where he graduated with an Associate of Science degree in 1995. He completed his undergraduate studies in athletic training and was named one of the Top 25 Graduating Seniors at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. He then accepted a graduate assistant athletic trainer position at the University of Arizona. At the U of A, he completed both his Masters and Doctoral degrees in Physical Education while working with the Wildcat women’s gymnastics, football, and baseball programs.After completing his studies, Brooks has worked as a certified athletic trainer and/or strength coach with numerous professional, collegiate, and high school athletics programs, including the USA Baseball national teams, the Oakland Raiders, the Florida Firecats AF2 Football franchise, and the Southern Illinois Miners Frontier League Baseball team. He has published multiple articles and studies, and presents regularly at national and international conferences.Brooks has served as an Assistant Professor and Clinical Coordinator in the Master of Athletic Training Program at the Texas Tech University Health Science Center in Lubbock and is Co-Founder and Creative Director of NiTROhype Creative. He is active in his church, and in his scant free time, he enjoys writing, drawing, playing the drums, working on cars, and spending time with his wife Christi, daughter Brynnan, and son Taye. Dr. Chris MohrDr. Chris Mohr holds a Masters in Nutrition, a PhD in Exercise Physiology and is a Registered Dietician and Board Certified Specialist in Sports Dietetics. He is a consulting Sports Nutritionist for the Cincinnati Bengals and Under Armour’s TNP Training Council. Through his company Mohr Results, Inc., he works with all types of individuals from youth to professional athletes.Dr. Mohr is a Nutrition Spokesperson and Consultant to a number of media outlets and corporations including  Discovery Health Channel, The Dairy Council, Clif Bar, Nordic Naturals.  He is on the Advisory Board for Men’s Fitness Magazine and has written over 500 articles for consumer publications, such as Men’s Fitness, Weight Watchers, Men’s Health and Fitness, to name a few. Pamela MacElreePamela MacElree holds a Bachelor of Science from Pennsylvania State University and  a Masters of Science in Exercise Science from California University of Pennsylvania.  Pamela is co-owner of Urban Athlete, which operates a strength and conditioning studio and Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu academy in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.Recognizing the value in quality programs and their applications Pamela has also collaborated on developing and delivering the only peer-reviewed Kettlebell training certification for Fitness Professionals through Kettlebell Athletics in the United States and Germany. Jim KeilbasoJim Kielbaso is an IYCA Expert and Director of the Total Performance Training Center in Wixom, Michigan.  As a Collegiate Strength Coach he was named NSCA Strength & Conditioning Professional of the Year for the Midwestern Collegiate Conference.Jim is also a published fitness author and featured presenter at clinics, camps, and conferences across the country and co-founder of Ultimate Strength and Conditioning. He has worked with thousands of athletes at all levels of competition (youth, high school, national level, collegiate, Olympic, NFL, NBA, MLB and NHL) and has consulted for many teams and schools including the 2012 NCAA Champions – the University of Kentucky Men’s Basketball Team.Jim has worked with professional athletes, including: Antonio Gates, Jalen Rose, Kyle Vanden Bosch, and many more. CJ EasterBen Bruno graduated Summa Cum Laude from Columbia University. He currently trains athletes at Mike Boyle Strength and Conditioning in North Andover, Massachusetts.As a writer, Ben works as the assistant editor for Strengthcoach.com and has written over 50 articles for various publications such as T-Nation, Men’s Fitness, Livestrong, Elitefts, and Strengthcoach.com. He also publishes a blog at www.benbruno.com. Corey TaylorCorey Taylor is the owner of Corey Taylor Sports Performance, a private sports performance business with the goal in mind of providing a unique environment where athletes can develop and maximize all aspects of sport performance through Mind, Body, and Athlete Development.Corey’s background as a successful collegiate and professional football player helped develop his passion for training high school to elite athletes, including Olympic and Professional athletes. He has spent several years developing and managing specialized programs for thousands of athletes and has worked with everyone from 6 year old to NFL players as well as working a performance coach on the PGA Tour.Corey is a powerful motivator, strong leader, and a passionate trainer who thrives on helping others achieve their goals. Melissa LambertMelissa Lambert is the 2012 IYCA Coach of the Year and a Licensed Professional Counselor (Connecticut) and a Child and Adolescent Clinician at Natchaug Hospital. Her experience includes IICAPS (In-home program for children and adolescents), running pre-adolescent groups in middle schools and co-facilitating parenting classes. She currently works with middle school aged kids between the ages of 10 and 14 in a partial hospital program and is an International Youth Conditioning Association Fitness and Nutrition Specialist.  Melissa is also a published author on children’s fitness and mental health for Today’s Parent. CJ EasterC.J. Easter is the founder of the Performance Science Training Institute and the creator of the XFT Speed System. Upon completing his career as at defensive back at Stanford University, C.J. decided devote his life to helping other young athletes fulfill their potential and reach great heights through athletics. C.J. found a unique niche running speed camps in the San Francisco Bay Area and the Performance Science Training Institute has quickly become one of the fastest growing fitness and sports performance companies in California. Through his XFT Speed System, which teaches coaches how to implement his speed training techniques with no equipment, C.J. has been able to help athletes all over the world become better athletes. This Year’s Summit Guarantees To Be Even Bigger and Better Than Ever Before!Whether this is your first time or you’re coming back to keep improving at your craft, this event will accelerate your coaching success in two intense, action-packed days. So How Much Will All This Cost?In the four years we’ve been holding IYCA Events, they’ve all been massive successes. The value that the 5th Annual IYCA Summit offers attendees is tremendous: A blueprint for coaching success that can literally take your career to the next level.Because of this we could easily justify charging $997 or more and it would be a bargain for the impact that it will have on your career.But as I’ve mentioned throughout this letter, our focus is to help IYCA professionals become the best coaches in the world. With that in mind, getting the right people is far more important to us than making a few extra dollars on enrollment fees. Since you are a loyal IYCA reader you know what we stand for… and since you have shown a deep interest in becoming the best coach you can be…you’re probably the type of professional that fits that mold. Because of this we’re going to allow you to enroll for the 5th Annual IYCA Summit for just $299.95.If you delay, you will miss out on the lowest price we offered for this comprehensive event. The price will go up.A World-Class Event at a World Class LocationAll the details on times, locations, etc. appear again on the registration page which follows – and will also be emailed to you after you register.But for now, here are the key particulars…Hotel: We have a limited quantity of rooms locked in at our gorgeous host hotel, The Historic Brown Hotel in Downtown Louisville, for the highly discounted rate of just $129 per night. This showpiece hotel has been the setting for movies and hosted Presidents – and now it’s going to be the setting for one of the most powerful weekends of your coaching career. And it’s only a few hundred yards from Fourth Street Live – the perfect setting for you to socialize and network with your fellow success minded coaches.Forth Street LiveDate and Time: You will want to arrive Thursday night to network with fellow attendees and prepare for a career changing weekend.Registration starts in the early morning Friday. The opening session is at 9:00 AM on Friday, March 15. We will wrap up the activities on Saturday, March 16 at around 6:00 PM. WarningThe content at this year’s IYCA International Summit is intermediate to advanced. If you just got certified yesterday, then this conference is not for you. Our experts will share with you exactly how they train their clients and will answer any question you have but if you’re brand-new and you’re still having a hard time grasping the strength & conditioning basics, this probably is not the best place for you to start. It’s Career-Changing Decision TimeAre you ready to become a better coach?I’ve shown how we’re going to make you more successful…I’ve shown that you can trust what we say to be true…Listen, our goal for the 5th Annual IYCA Summit is simple: We want you to succeed.We’ve assembled a team of the world’s top coaching experts.  Each of whom is going to give you exactly what is working for them and the athletes they serve – the blueprint you need to bring out the best in each and every athlete you coach.We’ve selected a great location that’s easily accessible from anywhere in North America. We’ve negotiated you a terrific rate on the rooms. We’ve done practically everything but arrange your flights!Plus, if you act IMMEDIATELY, you can reserve your seat for only $299.95large-registernow.png *** Our Promise To You ***Come to the 5th Annual IYCA Summit and you’ll know immediately how valuable it is. But if you have any doubt, just let us know by the end of the first day and we’ll give you back every penny. No questions asked.If you sign up now, and find out later you’ll be unable to attend for any reason, just let us know by February 15, 2013, and you’ll receive a complete refund. This way, there’s absolutely no risk for you to register today. Don’t Wait Another Day… Commit To Becoming the Best Coach You Can Be Today! You’ve worked hard to become a good coach.  This single weekend in March will take you to the next level.large-registernow.png I promise you that when I shake your hand at the end of the 5th Annual IYCA Summit, you will know – and agree – that we are completely committed to helping IYCA Coaches become the best in the world.Our word is our reputation, and our reputation is our business. Come out to Louisville and let us prove it to you as together, we help you reach your coaching potential.large-registernow.png Dedicated To Your Success,Pat Rigsbypat rigsbyPat RigsbyCEO – International Youth Conditioning Association P.S. – Come see 13 leading industry experts reveal exactly how they are training their clients and experience what new strategies they are using in 2013.  Join us in March for the 5th Annual IYCA Summit by reserving your seat here.P.P.S – Remember, we take all the risk. We guarantee that the IYCA Summit will make you a better, but if you have any doubt, just let us know by the end of the first day and we’ll give you back every penny. No questions asked.P.P.P.S. – The Annual Youth Fitness & Sports Performance Conference improves more coaches than any other. Since you are still reading this, you want to take your coaching and training skills to the next level.