The Primary goal of the Reach Program is to provide players with supplemental opportunities to improve performance on (and off!) the field.  One area we feel is often overlooked is the fundamental need to properly fuel our body for optimal performance.  In many cases we find athletes who are not consuming enough food (fuel) to maintain sustained energy for a full game/training session.  To add to the confusion, it’s not necessarily what our athletes eat immediately before the game/training session - it's what they eat that morning, the day before, the week before.  Proper nutrition for serious athletes is how, what and when we eat EVERYDAY.

It an attempt to help parents and athletes understand how to properly fuel for optimal athletic performance, we have invited Coach Madeline De Angelo to help clear some of the confusion.