National Partners

Athletic Republic and Eastbay Partner to Bring the Best Performance Training Gear Assortment to Athletes Around the Globe

Eastbay is a world supplier of athletic footwear, apparel and sports equipment. It is a worldwide direct mail catalog and internet sales conglomerate featuring top athletic brands such as Adidas, ASICS, Reebok, Jordan, Converse, New Balance, Saucony and Nike.

For more information on Eastbay, visit: www.eastbay.com.

Athletic Republic and Panasonic Form Strategic Alliance 

Panasonic is "The Official Technology Partner" of Athletic Republic.  While staying true to its approach of uniting sports with science, Athletic Republic has a history of applying the newest technology to improve an athlete's development. This alliance is another example of the competitive advantage Athletic Republic offers.  Panasonic has been an Official Worldwide Olympic Partner in the Audio and Visual Equipment category for more than 20 years.  The alliance with Athletic Republic puts the same world-class Panasonic technology that has fueled Olympians for decades into the hands of today's developing athletes.

Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company, a Unit of Panasonic Corporation of North America, delivers customized integrated systems that provide intelligent, turnkey electronic communications solutions for a wide variety of industries.  With thousands of products in the company's core portfolio and the flexibility to draw on products from its global network of technology partners, Panasonic Enterprise Solutions Company designs solutions to fulfill the most demanding and complex system challenges every day.

For more information about Panasonic and its business solutions please visit: www.panasonic.com/experience.

USA Hockey 
 

Athletic Republic’s hockey partnership with the US National Team Development Program (NTDP) supports developing players with proprietary equipment and training programs designed to improve skating mechanics, efficiency and endurance. The NTDP consists of two national teams, the U.S. National Under-18 Team and the U.S. National Under-17 team, both based in Ann Arbor, Michigan. The program’s goal is to prepare student-athletes under the age of 18 for participation on U.S. National Teams and for future hockey careers.

For more information about USA Hockey, please visit: www.usahockey.com.

 

Hockey East 

Since its inception, Hockey East set new competitive standards for college hockey success. In total, 50 current Hockey East players have been selected in the NHL entry draft and 28 all-time first round NHL picks, with the likes of Brian Leetch, Paul Kariya, Martin St. Louis, Brian Gionta and many other NHL graduates.  
Athletic Republic is proud to be the "Official Performance Sports Training" provider of Hockey East and the title sponsor of the conference's Player of the Week Award, Player of the Month Award, Player of the Year Award and Hockey East Championships at TD Bank North Garden.  

For more information about Hockey East, please visit: www.hockeyeastonline.com.

Football University 

Football University is a three-day football experience that offers youth, middle school and high school players in 35 cities the opportunity to be coached by position, by former NFL players and coaches. FBU focuses on technique, training and nutrition both on the field and in classroom settings.   Athletic Republic is the official performance sports training partner for Football University.
Interested in attending Football University? Complete and submit a nomination form at http://www.footballuniversity.org/nominations/AthleticRepublic.php

US Army All American Football Bowl Game 

The U.S. Army All-American Bowl features 100 of the country's top high school seniors in an East versus West battle at the AlamoDome in San Antonio, Texas. Athletic Republic is proud to provide both teams with training support during Bowl week.  Prior to the all-American Game, Athletic Republic manages the National Combine, which features five hundred of the nation's top underclassmen. Athletic Republic provides certified results matched with video to the National Combine.  Each athlete receives an RFID (radio frequency identification) band to keep track of their performance during combine events as well as one-on-one drills. At the conclusion of the National Combine, all individual results will be posted to the player's online Athletic Republic Locker Room.  The results and video may then be shared with family, friends and Facebook.

All American players and National Combine participants interested in making the most of their game and combine opportunities are invited to immediately visit an Athletic Republic performance sports training center for an evaluation of movement skills, explosive power and efficiency, as well as to develop a plan to improve performance prior to the January events.  For more information please contact us at All-American@AthleticRepublic.com.

Professional, University and NGB Partners

The following professional and university teams incorporate Athletic Republic Training protocols into their strength and conditioning routines. Cornell, Michigan Tech and the University of Minnesota also use our patented Hockey Treadmill to improve athletes’ stride frequency, stride length, stride power and balance—all while wearing their own hockey skates.

 

• Carolina Panthers
• Cornell University
• Dickinson State University
• Jamestown College
• Michigan Technological University
• Ohio State University
• Stanford University
• University of Minnesota
• USA Hockey - National Development Team

Dartfish

Dartfish provides Athletic Republic with video software solutions that allow us to provide a better training experience by enhancing learning and documenting performance improvement.  For example, when athletes see the effects of an adjustment in their running form, they are better able to commit that adjustment to muscle memory. DartPower, a cooperative development between Athletic Republic and Dartfish, further integrates video with test information and provides an intelligent platform for learning, teaching and coaching.

Fusion Sport

Fusion Sport is a world leader in developing intelligent performance measurement and reaction systems. Athletic Republic and Fusion Sport have worked together with Dartfish to integrate Fusion Sport’s best in class Smartspeed wireless timing systems with Dartfish video software. The integration of the most accurate timing system available, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) and automated digital video collection comprise key elements of Athletic Republic’s Event Management System—used at such prestigious events as the US Army National Football combine. This technology platform is also used within several Athletic Republic training centers to streamline the capture of certified timing results embedded in synchronized video and processed through automated upload of the digital video to Athletic Republic’s online Locker Room. Fusion Sport and Athletic Republic will continue to work together to produce the best tools available for enhancing the athlete development process.

Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc.

Advanced Mechanical Technology, Inc. is one of the world’s leading manufacturers of force measuring devices. Athletic Republic partnered with them to develop the patented AccuPower portable force platform. We use the force platform to measure generated forces and analyze them against a centralized database that provides performance capabilities, either as a percentile ranking for an athlete’s effort as compared with others of the same height, weight, age and gender or as a measure of stability. This provides a clear understanding of what an athlete needs to improve and, if injured, when they can safely return to competition.

National Strength and Conditioning Association

As an official equipment sponsor of the National Strength and Conditioning Association, Athletic Republic supplies the NSCA headquarters in Colorado Springs, Colorado with strength and conditioning equipment including DartPower, an Olympic Lifting Platform and a Plyometric Platform. The NSCA uses the equipment for research and development. Many of the trainers in our network are NSCA members and are CSCS certified.

ACSM

As the largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world, ACSM has more than 20,000 International, National, and Regional Chapter members, including Athletic Republic. 

NATA

NATA enhances the quality of health care provided by certified athletic trainers and advances the athletic training profession. Athletic Republic is a proud member of NATA.

Research Institutes

Dickinson State University, Dickinson, North Dakota
Pete Leno, M.S., is conducting a series of studies with college athletes at DSU to help us validate new measurement technology and training protocols as part of a three-year research agreement.

University of Massachusetts, Amherst, Massachusetts
Athletic Republic has provided partial funding to install a new force treadmill at UMass.· Dr. Joseph Hamill, one of the world’s leading biomechanists, will continue his research on human locomotion using this cutting-edge research tool.
 

The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital, Murray, Utah
The Orthopedic Specialty Hospital (TOSH) is one of the premier orthopedic centers in the U.S. Dr. Jim Walker, Dr. Nanna Meyer and their team of researchers and graduate students work in collaboration with Steve Swanson, Chief Science and Technology Officer for Athletic Republic, on various Athletic Republic research projects. TOSH’s world-class sport science laboratories serve as one of Athletic Republic’s primary research and development centers.
 

Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Dr. Tim Hewett and his team of researchers at the biodynamics lab are world-renowned for their work in understanding and preventing injuries in sport. One of the original beta testers for the Athletic Republic AccuPower and DartPower products, they continue to provide instrumental feedback in the development of these cutting-edge products.