Mark Williams Joins Club as Director of Sports Science
February 24, 2015 - United Soccer League Championship (USL)
Wilmington Hammerheads FC News Release
Wilmington, NC - Wilmington Hammerheads FC is pleased to announce the addition of Mark Williams as the club's Director of Sports Science.
Williams will oversee the periodization of fitness for the professional team while also working with individual players on body mechanics and strength issues. He will work closely with Wilmington Hammerheads FC Technical Director and Head Coach Carson Porter to prepare training sessions that ensure players are at their peak levels of performance.
"Athletic performance training involves dynamically balancing development across a myriad of paradigms and qualities," said Williams. "From sport-specific fitness to strength and power training, from speed development to recovery and regeneration modalities, the process of maximizing an athlete's and a team's athletic performance is at the core of high level on-field performance. I am very excited to contribute however I can to help the Hammerheads players and organization achieve the goals and aspirations that the fans, players, and staff have for the club."
Williams joins the club as Director of Sports Science after spending over a decade as a speed, strength, and conditioning coach in both Division I and professional sports. He has been a Division I head strength and conditioning coach, worked exclusively with men's and women's soccer at the Division I level, and has coached professional athletes from ever major sport in the United States; including athletes from MLS, WUSA, NBA, NFL, NHL, ATP, WTA, PGA, LPGA, and the U-17 Men's National Soccer team.
"The Science of our sport is vital as we work towards reaching our performance goals," said Porter. "With the work he has done in the offseason, Mark [Williams] has already improved our team and has quickly earned the respect of our players and shown that he is an expert in his field. Mark joining our staff is another demonstration of this organization putting our players and their performance as a top priority. What everyone at the club is excited about is that not only is he an expert, but he does his work with an energy, zeal and enthusiasm that are contagious."
The Hammerheads take the field for their first preseason match on Friday, March 6 at 6:00 p.m. ET at UNCW Soccer Stadium. Admission to this match is free. The team kicks off their 2015 USL regular season at 7:00 p.m. ET on Saturday, March 28 versus the Richmond Kickers at Legion Stadium. Season ticket packages and single tickets are now available for purchase online.
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