For optimal performance you need the optimal team.
Athletics for teens is often more than a hobby, it's a way of life and path toward their future. Professional athletes receive specialized care and training, and teens need the same. Injuries and illness are the number one cause for shattered hopes and dreams on and off the field. Let us help your teen get the holistic and specialized support they need to train and perform their absolute best.
We are an affordable, world-class team providing you and your teen the support needed to take their performance to the next level.
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Amy Saloner LCSW, FNTP
Resilience Coach and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner specializing in teens and families.
Lisa Spencer ED.D, FNTP
Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner specializing the female athlete and sports performance.
Asher Graff LMT
Certified Active Release Technique provider and Licensed Massage Therapist specializing in athletes.
Patrick Kissel, NASM CPT
Sports performance coach, specializing in sports performance development and kinesiology.
Who is our service for?
We serve teen athletes ages 11-19 years of age in sports, dance and recreational activities.
Our clients want to take their life, performance, and recovery to their next level.
A session with any of us initiates comprehensive care based on your unique needs.
Our client's are seeking a team approach, with multiple experts working collaboratively for optimal results on and off the field, court or dance floor.
Why should your teen work with us?
Every athlete is going to practice and get extra training.
To get to the top, your athlete needs to refine their nutrition, supplementation and maintain their body for injury prevention, as well as maximum output and recovery.
- Does your athlete do the work? Want the gains? Push him or herself?
- Do you worry about injury? Overload?
- Are you short on time and see the need for more support for better performance?
Our clients are putting the work in and ready to take it to the next level with a comprehensive, body-mind approach. With us, you are getting the support of a team of experts with one visit.
What is included?
-We start our work with a comprehensive assessment and treatment plan based on your unique needs as assessed by the team. The most cost effective way is to come to one of our Assessment Clinics where you can meet and get assessed by the whole team in one session.
If you are not able to make clinic, you can get a personal assessment from one of our team members individually.
-Regular online or in person sessions with one or more of our core practitioners (see services below)
-Online educational and support sessions (nutrition, parent support, mindset)*
-Videos and online educational content
-Follow- up support for optimizing comprehensive care
*when we have 4 or more active clients in the program
If your athlete has challenges with:
- Chronic health issues
- Anxiety, depression, ADHD, etc.
- Mindset, organization, school-life balance
- Relationship difficulties with peers, teachers or parents
Schedule a free call with Amy...
If your athlete has challenges with:
- Sustaining energy or fully recovering after training or performance
- Eating the right foods, at the right times
- Maintaining appropriate weight or condition for their sport
Schedule a free call with Lisa...
If your athlete has challenges with:
- Chronic injury or pain
- Flexibility
- Strength
- Range of Motion
Schedule a free call with Asher...
If your athlete has challenges with:
- Stamina
- Flexibility
- Sport specific skills
Schedule a free call with Patrick ...
Amy Saloner LCSW, FNTP
Amy is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and Functional Nutritional Therapy Practitioner who has worked with teens and parents for 30 years as a therapist, teacher, coach, speaker and community builder. She has been a dancer her whole life and a mom to two teens who are athletes. She currently works as a parent and teen coach focused on optimizing physical, mental, emotional and relational well-being for teen athletes and their families. She also has a specialization in blood chemistry and utilizes in depth functional evaluations and blood work in her assessment and treatment of young athletes.
Services offered:
- Comprehensive assessments for teens with various physical and mental health challenges (digestive, auto-immune, energy, mood, anxiety, attention, etc.) utilizing blood work, in-personal functional evaluation and other testing.
- Nutrition consulting and support
- Mental health and mindset coaching and support
- Parent support groups
Lisa Spencer ED.D, FNTP
Lisa’s experiences as a coach, teacher, professor, researcher and nutrition coach shape the holistic performance nutrition content and guidance she shares with her athletes and families. In her own words, “The more each person knows about how the body works and what their unique body needs – the more confident they become and better they can support optimal performance.”
Services offered:
- Personalized nutrition and performance coaching specializing in adolescent athletes and female performance
- Family nutrition, wellness and performance coaching
- Team Nutrition Coach
- Corporate and non-profit wellness presentations
Asher Graff, LMT, ART Practitioner
Asher is a certified A.R.T. (Active Release Techniques) provider and LMT (Licensed Massage Therapist). I've been helping athletes in the Carlsbad and Oceanside area for 20 years. My experience working with everyone from Ironman competitors to PeeWee youth athletes has given me a unique understanding of how to prevent the kinds of injuries caused by the pounding that athletes give their bodies.
I want to help everyone, not just athletes, to reach their full potential. I'm on a mission to help everyone learn how to fix their bodies, prevent injury, and reach their goals!
Services offered:
- Personalized strategy for fixing current muscle issues and prevent future injuries
- 2 hour full body reboot session
- 40 minute detailed clinical session
- Classes for teams of stretching and muscle care
- Programs for muscle self care
Patrick Kissel, NASM CPT
Patrick is driven to help athletes enjoy that sense of pride, accomplishment and joy when achieving success and thriving in their sports. With his PTP training method, his clients receive scholarships, get more game time, win more and safely recover from injuries by focusing on improving and elevating their performance.
With more than ten years of experience, Patrick has gained an in-depth knowledge of the human body and its capability to hit the next level safely and effectively. He brings his own experience as a collegiate athlete, knowing the physical and mental demands that come with being an athlete and the expectations to perform at a high level.
A proud SDSU graduate, where he played football and received his Bachelor of Science degree in Kinesiology. After 4 years in corporate fitness, he began to focus his training on sports performance development and created Prime to Perform Fitness.
How do I know if this is right for my teen?
Everyone is unique, and there is no one right way to support every teen athlete. The best way to move forward is to talk to one of our team to determine if our services are right for you.
We are offering an assessment clinic on Friday August 4th from 10am-12pm.
There you can meet all of the team members, learn about how Team Elite Athlete can support you athlete to progress in their sport with optimal performance and recovery.
You will receive a comprehensive assessment and recommended treatment plan tailored to your child's unique fitness and health needs.
If you are not available for the clinic, you may speak to one of us to learn more about how our team can serve you best, no obligation. Schedule an assessment with one of us, and we will review your evaluation together and share recommendations based on your athlete's unique needs in the most cost-effective treatment plan we can offer.
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