Leigh Travers – Compass Athletics – 3/6 – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Topic – Pre & post nutrition & stretching for sports performance
Leigh first began her journey to better health in 1999 after gaining over 80lbs. It was with that experience, she knew something had to change for a better life. Through trial and error, traditional nutrition education and trusting her own instincts, she not only changed her own lifestyle, but built a career guiding people to do the same! Leigh currently owns and operates Compass Athletics, a 12,000 sq. ft. wellness center located in Sandwich, MA. Compass is a place where everyday people and sport specific athletes come to become the healthiest version of themselves, mentally and physically through nutrition and quality training programs.
Leigh believes food education and training programs written with purpose, equals SUCCESS! She focuses on educating people on how and why they should prep, cook, eat, buy, grow real food and train for their sport safely. Leigh’s passion is teaching people about how clean eating clean can result in optimal sports performance and long-term health! Leigh is currently a PN-Certified Sport & Exercise Nutrition Coach in addition to a Certified National Academy Sports Medicine Personal Trainer.
Meghan Fligg – UKSD – 3/13 – 7:00 – 8:30pm
Topic – Diversity & leadership training
Fligg has been a member of the UKSD team since its inception. Shortly after graduating from Colby- Sawyer college where she played soccer, she began to coach for UKSD after-school programs and vacation clinics. As her passion for the mission grew and her desire to help provide affordable coaching and mentorship to youth regardless of elements such as their background, gender, race, or socioeconomic status, she took on more of a leadership role within the organization. She now helps to design and implement programs and curriculum both here in the U.S. and overseas. In addition to being an educator at Barnstable High School, she is also the assistant Varsity Girl’s soccer coach.
While also furthering her academic education and pedagogy knowledge, she has continued her coaching education through obtaining various coaching certifications. Fligg’s work with UKSD transcends beyond the soccer field into her life in the classroom and beyond.
Johnathan Jenkins – Sports Psychologist – 1/23 – 7:00 – 9:00pm
Topic – Controlling your mindset
Dr. Jonathan Jenkins, Psy.D is a clinical psychologist who works with athletes, both in his Brookline private practice, Mental Fitness & Psychotherapy, and as a member of Massachusetts General Hospital’s (MGH’s) Sport Psych Department. JJ has experience with elite high school, collegiate, amateur, and professional athletes and his goal is to equip all athletes with tools that can 1) ward off anxiety and doubt during competition, 2) build confidence, and 3) increase their ability to digest data from coaches AND notice stimuli from the field of play (i.e. the opponent they’re guarding cannot pass/shoot with his/her left foot) with more accuracy and speed. As we all know, soccer is a physically brutal and mentally taxing sport and much time/energy during competition can be spent coping with fear, doubt, pain and/or anxiety. By helping athletes reach and maintain a healthier mindset earlier in the match and throughout the season, athletes can then transition to focusing more on other aspects of their performance with fewer unnecessary or harmful distractions. JJ is an athlete himself, having played lacrosse in college, competing in several amateur boxing bouts in 2017, and ranking in the top 55 nationally in the Duathlon, a run-bike-run triathlon discipline. Jonathan is a native son of Natick, Massachusetts.
Rick Johnson – Motivational Speaker – 2/5 – 7:15 – 8:00pm
Please join us Tuesday, Feb 5th – 7:15 PM at the South Shore Sports Center to hear a true miracle and inspiration to all. Rick Johnson will speak about his incredible journey from a near fatal car accident when he was hit head on by a teen drunk driver. This is a great opportunity for your child to hear firsthand about the dangers of drinking and driving; especially as they begin to get close to the legal age to drink. Parents are welcomed to listen in as well.