Thursday, September 26, 2013

National Football Centre, Burton-on-Trent

St George's Park is the English Football Association's national football centre, on a 330-acre site at Burton upon Trent, Staffordshire.  The centre was officially opened by the Duke and Dutchess of Cambridge on 9 October 2012.
The purpose of the centre is to be the base for all coaching and development work undertaken by the FA, and the training and preparation ground for all of the England national football teams. (Wikipedia)
Brock (Christopher, Tom & Susie's oldest son, formerly of Moscow, Idaho) is UK Performance Director for Michael Johnson Performance headquartered in Dallas. MJP has partnered with UK based Perform (part of Spire Healthcare) the official healthcare provider at St. George's Park.

Bottom line, it is mind-boggling for someone with little interest in professional sports to get a glimpse of how enormous the business of performance enhancement, the legitimate variety requiring discipline and hard work,  is ... Brock provided a wonderful tour followed by lunch in the cafeteria. The Brits here affectionately call him 'the American'.


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