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Strength strength and Conditioning conditioning
The Joe E. Taylor Center
Wofford alumnus and South Carolina Secretary of Commerce Joe Taylor donated $1 million for the renovation of the Curry Building into the Joe E. Taylor Athletic Center The Taylor Center features a 7,000 square foot weight room and offices for athletic department staff. The building, located next to Gibbs Stadium, was completed in June of 2009. The weight room facility is equipped with a total of 24 racks with built-in pull-up bars and nearly 25,000 pounds of plates, dumbells and olympic weights. The 24 racks are divided, with twelve used with platforms and twelve used with benches. Additional equipment includes four pulldown machines, four low row machines, five power runners, six glute/ham machines, two decline ab machines, a leg press and exercise bike. Also included is a large area of Mondo track flooring, which is used with the step-up boxes, plyo boxes and hurdle sets in speed development. The Taylor Center also provides offices for administration and numerous sports, including men’s and women’s soccer, baseball, men’s and women’s golf, volleyball, men’s and women’s tennis and cross country and track and field. A conference room and several work areas give the coaching staff much needed space.
Mission Statement
The Wofford College Strength and Conditioning Department embraces the mission of both the college and athletic department. The mission of our program is to foster a positive, safe, challenging, and training environment. Our approach allows coaches, athletic trainers, and athletes to work together towards developing an athlete’s full physical and mental potential. A focal point of our training programs will be to not spend too much time training one specific aspect of development, but to train with balance. We will be hitting all areas, not neglecting another to prevent injury. Our coaches will inspire the athletes to be consistent, disciplined, and to put forth a great effort every day; never allowing their feelings to affect their performance.
The Philosophy
The Strength and Conditioning Program consists of a year-round training philosophy designed to improve all aspects of physical and mental development of each athlete. The training cycles consist of different phases, all of which follow sound fundamental training principle and periodization ranging from low to high intensity and high to low volume. These are all encompassing sport specific macrocycles, mesocycles, and microcycles, which will allow each athlete the best opportunity for reaching maximum genetic potential.
Goal
The goal is to improve the strength, speed, agility, balance, and coordination of the athletes. We will further develop proprioception, kinesthetic awareness, eye-hand and eye-foot coordination. We will be focusing on injury prevention, flexibility, and overall power of the athletes trained under the direction of the strength and conditioning department. This will enable each athlete to have the skills and tools necessary to achieve success.
2010 Wofford Women’s Soccer Media Guide