![]() Three weeks later, I made Stack Sports Performance my new home and haven’t looked back. It was short lived, but I believe everything happens for a reason. Weeks later, I was told there was an issue with NCAA regulations for coaching on the high school level that would require me to be removed from coaching at least two years before returning to the college level. Georgia Tech gave me a position as a Strength and Conditioning Intern that brought me to Atlanta. It wasn’t until last summer that I realized I wanted to try something different and decided to pursue my career on the collegiate level. This allowed me to see both sides of training and how I could make what I did translate onto the field. In addition to the performance training, I found time to coach the defensive backs at my old high school. As hard as that was as a recent college graduate, I realized that seeing the difference I can make in someone’s life, an athlete’s performance, a senior citizen’s health, was the most fulfilling part. It was never about money but about my purpose and my passion. The goal was to learn everything about something and something about everything. For the next two years, I continued to learn as much as possible to perfect my craft. In August 2016, I was hired full-time at Velocity and had the opportunity to work with some great athletes from youth to the pros. The process taught me the importance of training with a “WHY” – a question many people fail to ask. I went from being injured to being the strongest and fastest I’d ever been throughout my entire football career. Throughout my internship, I not only gained knowledge about Sports Performance and Speed Development, but I also went through it. I decided then that it was time to much finally hang up the cleats. Not only was my season ended, I still wasn’t cleared to participate in any CFL or Pro-day tryouts. He gave me my second internship position. I moved back home to South Carolina and contacted who is now my mentor and Owner of Velocity Sports Performance of Greenville Mike Johnson. In the summer of 2016, I graduated with a Bachelors degree in Exercise Science. During that time, I became obsessed with Anatomy, Physiology, and Biomechanics and continued to stay present around the team as a Strength and Conditioning Intern. The injury required surgery and took six months to heal. Like many athletes, I never gave my career much thought until my senior year when I suffered from a Lisfranc Fracture in my right foot that ended my season. I became interested in Human Sports Performance in college as an Exercise Science major. We’d love to hear how you got started and how the journey has been so far. Today we’d like to introduce you to Kenny Watt.
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