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Countries AIA Sports Performance Has Impacted!
AIA Sports Performances goal is to serve our national staff in the following countries as a catalyst for the
spiritual movement being developed through sport. Sports medicine and strength & conditioning impact
every sport, in every age group, every day. Therefore, professionals and students in these fields are an
integral part of AIAs vision to see a Christ follower on every team in every sport in every nation.
1997 INDIA: First of eight Strength and conditioning clinics with the Sports Federations of India.
1998 INDIA: AIA Power started with a team of three coaches to India
1999 INDIA, BANGLADESH, MYANMAR & NEPAL: AIA Power Expanded vision beyond India to teach at Olympic Training Centers and former
professional cricketers at their academies. Shared the love of Christ with over
5000 coaches and athletes.
2000 INDIA & BANGLADESH: Continued strength and conditioning clinics with the Sports Federations.
2001 INDIA: Team of eight coaches went to India to continue clinics
2002 COTE DIVOIRE: Exchanged educational information and donated Sports medicine supplies to national basketball team physicians.
GUATEMALA: Taught strength and conditioning exercises to karate, baseball
softball, table tennis coaches and athletes and developed relationships with professional
soccer players and physiotherapists.
INDIA: First Woman travels with AIA Power on a strength & conditioning tour.
UNITED STATES: AIA Power holds sports performance camp with 24 high
school athletes in Ottumwa, IA
2003 ECUADOR: Taught 90 exercise science professors and students at military sports institute. GUATEMALA: First AIA Sports medicine conference hosted by
ConfeDe Guatemala (National Sports Federation) with doctors,
physiotherapists, coaches, athletes, and officials. Evaluated injuries and
demonstrated rehabilitation & conditioning exercises
for volleyball, baseball, fencing, triathlon, and basketball programs.
NICARAGUA: Held strength & conditioning clinics at universities
2004 GUATEMALA: One week strength & conditioning conference with various sports including karate, basketball and baseball followed by a
one week sports medicine conference with various sports including the
national boxing team and junior national baseball program. Developed a
relationship with the Guatemala Olympic Sports Medicine Department.
NICARAGUA: Three day sports congress with over 70 coaches from a variety of sports including baseball, tennis,
martial arts, soccer, and sports medicine doctors.
SPAIN: Strength & conditioning educational sessions at the Spanish Olympic Training Center
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2005 GUATEMALA: Sports medicine conference with 100 students from the National Physical Education School. Evaluated and treated athletic injuries at the Wrestling Federation training facility, the ConfeDe training center in Antigua,
and at the Olympic Sports Medicine Department.
POLAND: Sports Performance Sciences International and AIA Power partner to hold educational clinics at the
Olympic Training Center.
2005-2007 INDIA: Strength & conditioning coach works for two years throughout India with university athletes and federations building relationships and disciples.
2006 MEXICO: March, Sports medicine/strength & conditioning
clinics with three government sports centers and the
Paralympics Training Center. Met with elite athlete
exercise testing & medical staffs and the University of
Mexico City Sports Medicine Department.
April, Sports Medicine Conference with basketball
coaches at the Olympic Training Center. Met the
president of the sports medicine department and
toured their facility.
July & December, Coaches clinics with the national
basketball federation
POLAND: Sent featured speaker and clinician
to the National Basketball Coaches Conference.
2007 MEXICO: Clinics with coaches from a Mexican Sports Institute and at the Mexican Basketball Federations
National Tournament for 15 - 16 year olds. Met with medical
staff of the Pumas Professional Soccer Club
NORTH AFRICA: Hosted strength and conditioning clinics during a two week multi-sport tour
2008 AIA Power renamed as AIA Sports Performance to promote both sports medicine and strength & conditioning
GUATEMALA: Sports medicine conference hosted by
the Confederation de Autonoma Guatemala (national
confederation of 44 sports governing bodies) attended by
40 sports performance professionals ranging from exercise
scientists, physical therapists, nutritionist to physicians
attended including some from Cuba.
HONDURAS Sports medicine/strength & conditioning conference hosted by the Honduran Olympic Committee and the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional with doctors, physical therapists, coaches, university professors and
students. 35 People asked Jesus into their hearts as their Lord & Savior!
MAURITANIA: 4 Sports medicine clinics and several
impromptu injury evaluations held in conjunction with the AIA
Womens Basketball Team. Hundreds of people exposed to Christ.
MOZAMBIQUE: A certified athletic trainer traveling
with AIA mens basketball was able to do a sports medicine
clinic with coaches and kids in Mozambique.
MALI: A certified athletic trainer/certified strength
& conditioning specialist traveling with AIA mens basketball
did clinics on sports medicine and strength & conditioning with elite
basketball teams & coaches from TOGO, MALI, GUINEA and
SENEGAL.
TURKEY: A Certified Strength & Conditioning Coach
begins to serve full-time in this predominantly Muslim country.
ONE WORLD to reach, ONE LANGUAGE of sport, ONE MESSAGE of victory
2009 ARMENIA: Sports Performance Conference held in conjunction with the Physical Institute of Yerevan, a
university specializing in physical education and kinesiology.
90 people attended the three day conference. 7 Other clinics
were completed at wrestling and martial arts sports clubs. 17
children at a TaeKwonDo club prayed to receive Christ! In
total over 500 people were impacted by these conferences.
GUATEMALA: Sports medicine conference hosted
by the Confederation de Autonoma Guatemala; Presentations
were made at the monthly meeting of the Professional Soccer
Team Physicians Association and a clinic was held at the
Galileo University. Monthly Educational Conference Calls
were established in October through Skype in partnership with
the Association of Guatemala Futbol physicians (AGMF) and
volunteers at the University of Tennessee-Chattanooga.
HONDURAS: A Sports Performance Clinic was held in partnership with the Honduran Olympic Committee
and the Universidad Pedagogica Nacional with doctors, physical therapists, coaches, university professors and students.
INDIA: A senior athletic training student traveled with the AIA South Asia project to assist in the teaching of
sports camps.
UNITED STATES: The 20th Annual Christian Sports
Medicine Association annual Fellowship was held in San
Antonio, TX at the National Athletic Trainers Association
Annual Meeting & Clinical Symposium. Four students served
as interns with the Sports Performance Department assisting
with the coverage of the Xenia, Ohio Great Lakes League AIA
baseball team and observing with Kettering Health Network
and Ignition Athletes Performance Group.
2010 GUATEMALA: The Sports Medicine Congress planned to be co-hosted by the Association of Guatemala
Futbol (AGMF) and AIA Sports Performance was cancelled
due to the eruption of the Pacaya Volcano and Tropical Storm Agatha, however the team did hold clinics at World
Gym, SiDeporte Sports Academy, and the National Soccer Federation.
MEXICO: A team consisting of one orthopedic surgeon, two certified athletic trainers and one former
NFL football player with a degree in nutrition and exercise science held clinics in Merida, Mexico at the Institute
of Technology of Merida, Yucatan (ITMY) and the Medical School of the University of the Yucatan (UADY)
SOUTHEAST ASIA: A Certified Athletic Trainer traveling with a mens basketball team held 10 clinics
on athletic training, physical conditioning and injury prevention with coaches and athletes during the competitive
sport tour.
INDIA: A senior athletic training student traveled with
the AIA South Asia project to assist in the teaching of sports
camps.
UNITED STATES: Four athletic training students and
one certified athletic trainer served as interns with the Sports
