Alabama’s sports performance team of David Ballou and Dr. Matt Rhea has fans excited for the upcoming season.
After seeing the duo craft success at IMG Academy and Indiana University, Nick Saban hired both guys to Alabama for their expertise in strength training, speed training and injury prevention. Since the hires were made in March, the two have been creating different ways to ensure that the Tide will be elite in the fall. One scheme that has separated them from Scott Cochran is having tailored made workouts for each player and each positional group.
While Cochran had more of a “cookie-cutter system,” Ballou and Rhea provide student-athletes with custom workouts that are designed to target specific muscles, joints, ligaments, tendons, etc… The method behind the process is to strengthen every muscle for maximum performance.