Avera McKennan Acceleration Program

Avera McKennan's Acceleration Program's sports training system is a unique speed, strength and conditioning approach that uses non-traditional methods to make athletes faster and more explosive. Opened in the spring of 1994, our training center is the seventh in the line of more than 160 Frappier Acceleration Sports Training outlets worldwide, the largest network of its kind. More than 6,000 athletes have trained locally and more than 400,000 athletes nationally have trained using the Acceleration program.

Performance Enhancement

Avera McKennan Acceleration results in significant improvement in speed, vertical jump, strength, quickness and agility. The traditional Acceleration Program is six to eight weeks in length, with two to three 90-minute training sessions per week. Or, we can develop a year-round training program for you.

Professional Trainers

Our trainers are each certified by the National Strength and Conditioning Association. A trainer-to-athlete ratio of 1 to 5 or under virtually guarantees significant improvements. Whatever your sport, age or ability level, the Acceleration Program can help you reach the next level. We begin with athletes in the middle school age group, on up to high school, college and even pro levels.

Proven Results

Avera McKennan Acceleration is the only sports training program in Sioux Falls that has trained or now trains NFL, NBA and MLB athletes. Some of those professional athletes include All-Pro Kyle Vanden Bosch of the Tennessee Titans, Kevin Kaesviharn of the Cincinnati Bengals and Josh Ranek, former South Dakota State University star and now a member of the Hamilton Tiger Cats of the Canadian Football League.

The Science of Acceleration

Frappier Acceleration Sports Training focuses on increasing maximum sprint speed, vertical jump and anaerobic conditioning - the physiological constructs that govern the speed and power sports such as football, volleyball, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, baseball, softball, wrestling, track and field, and soccer. The program is based on scientific research and the tenets of exercise physiology, not simply strength training.