Gait Analysis
Seven tests, scored into one number. It tells us which pillar to attack first, and everything after is measured against it.
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Speed and Performance Programs
Six paths, one method. Whether it's a five-year-old learning to move or a pro tuning the last tenth, everyone trains the same four pillars — scaled to exactly where they are.
6
Ways In
12
Weeks Per Block
8:1
Athletes Per Coach
3
Days Per Week
Test In
Everyone
tests in.
Nobody trains here until we have measured how they move. Which test you book depends on one thing — whether your athlete has trained here before.
Effective Range Test-In
The same seven tests, run again. You do not start over — you start from your last set of numbers.
School Year Hours
When we train.
Ages five to pro, every sport. Pick the slot that works around your week and keep it for the whole twelve-week cycle.
Ages 5 – 11
Young Guns
Two days a week
- Tuesday & Thursday 3:30 PM · at KPM
- Saturday optional 8:30 AM · 90 min · Atlantic Christian
The block
12 weeks
Small groups, and it ends with a re-test on the same tests they started on.
Ages 11 & up
Track 1 or Track 2
Three days a week — pick one track and stay on it
- Track 1 Monday · Wednesday · Friday
- Track 2 Tuesday · Thursday · Saturday
Weekday time slots
3:30 PM · 4:45 PM · 6:00 PM
Pick the one that works around your week and keep it for the whole 12-week cycle. Saturday is the 8:30 AM max-velocity session — 90 minutes at Atlantic Christian.
What You're Actually Buying
The currency of an athlete is space.
Every sport is an argument over ground. How much your athlete can cover before the kid across from them gets there — and how much they can create between themselves and whoever is trying to close it.
Goals, tackles, saves, at-bats, minutes on the field — those are the receipt. Space is what paid for them. It's also the one thing on that list you can actually train, measure, and re-measure twelve weeks later.
So that's what we measure. A vertical jump is space made straight up. A broad jump is space covered in one movement. A 10-yard sprint is space covered from a standing start, which is how nearly every play in every sport begins. Top speed is space covered per second at full stride.
Those four are the base tests behind the pillars, not the whole picture — the full gait analysis runs seven and scores them together. Move those numbers and your athlete is a different player in the same body, before they've learned a single new skill.
Same athlete · same 12 weeksGround covered in the time a play takes
+25–30% more ground
Before
After one block
That gap is what a re-test measures. It is not a feeling that he looks quicker — it is ground, and we can put a number on it.
+4 ft
Of grass, every second
Gabby went from 14.55 to 17.33 mph. At top speed that is four more feet of ground under her every single second she's running — the difference between arriving with the ball and arriving after it.
Gabby Piantadosi · Egg Harbor Township Soccer · 12 weeks
+20 in
Created in one jump
Liam's broad jump went 6′9″ to 8′5″. That's a foot and eight inches of separation produced from a standstill, in the exact window a first step lives in.
Liam Kazmarck · Ocean City Lacrosse · 12 weeks
−0.21s
Off the first 10 yards
Rocco ran 1.81 down to 1.60 in the 10-yard. Two tenths sounds like nothing until you watch it as a gap — it's a full body length on the defender who used to be even with him.
Rocco DeBiaso · Mainland Football · 12 weeks
Speed converted at 1 mph = 1.47 ft/sec. Every number on this page came off our own timing gates and jump mats, before and after, on real athletes you can find on the alumni wall.
First Cycle
What one block moves.
What a first 12-week cycle typically moves for a high school athlete who has never trained with us before. Same tests, run before and run again at the end. These are the ranges most athletes land in — not the best day anyone ever had.
First Cycle — Boys
Vertical leap+6 to +8″
10-yard dash−0.15 to −0.25s
20-yard dash−0.20 to −0.30s
Broad jump+12″ or more
Top speed+2.2 mph
In space: 2.2 mph is roughly three and a quarter more feet of ground every second at full speed — and he gets there sooner, because the first ten yards got up to a quarter of a second shorter.
Standouts — individual athletes, over the period shown
Liam Kazmarck
Ocean City Lacrosse
- Vertical23.3″→33.4″
- Broad6′9″→8′5″
- 10-Yd2.13→1.73
- 20-Yd3.28→3.00
Damari Simeon
Ohio State Football
- Vertical20″→32″
- Broad7′8″→9′4″
- Top Speed16→20 mph
Put on 90 lbs and grew 6 inches over the same period.
Four years at KPM — not one cycleFirst Cycle — Girls
Vertical leap+4 to +6″
10-yard dash−0.15 to −0.20s
20-yard dash−0.20 to −0.30s
Broad jump+10 to +12″
Top speed+2.2 mph
In space: a foot of broad jump is a foot of separation created out of nothing, and 2.2 mph puts another three and a quarter feet of field under her every second she is sprinting.
Standouts — individual athletes, over the period shown
Gabby Piantadosi
Egg Harbor Twp Soccer → McDaniel
- Vertical19″→27.4″
- 20-Yd3.26→2.96
- Top Speed14.55→17.33
Adison Conti
Ocean City → Alabama Rowing
- Vertical16.3″→25″
- Broad5′1″→7′1″
- 10-Yd2.11→1.90
- 4-Jump Avg15.3″→19.5″
These are individual athletes with names, schools, and re-test dates — not an average across a sample. What your athlete gets out of a first cycle depends on their training age, their sport, their season, and how much of the block they actually show up for. The gait analysis is where we tell you what to expect from yours.
The Programs
Six ways in.
Same four pillars in every one. What changes is the age, the group, and how hard we push.
All six start the same way. No athlete trains here until we have measured how they move.
New to KPM
Gait Analysis
Seven tests, one score. The number everything after is measured against.
Book a Gait Analysis →
Trained here before
Effective Range Test-In
We re-measure, set the new score beside the old, and build the next block around the gap.
Book a Test-In →
Ages 5 – 11
Young Guns
Movement before exercise. How to accelerate, how to stop, and above all how to land.
See the program →
Middle School to College
New Athletes
The first block. Gait analysis, four pillars, three days a week, then a re-test.
See the program →
Middle School to College
Veteran Athletes
You do not start over. You start from your last set of numbers.
See the program →
All Levels — By Appointment
Private Training
One athlete, one coach, built on that athlete’s own gait analysis.
See the program →
Teams & Rosters
Team Testing & Training
The whole squad measured, trained and re-tested. One report for the staff.
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Anywhere
Online Programs
The same programming, delivered through the KPM app, anywhere.
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By Sport
By sport, by need.
Same four pillars in every sport — but a wrestler needs explosive power where a sprinter needs top-end speed. What changes is which pillar we go at first. Find your athlete's sport.
Football Speed Training
Almost nothing happens past ten yards. Space here is the gap you open in the first three steps — off the line, out of a break, through a hole that closes in half a second.
First pillar we attackAcceleration
Damari Simeon → Ohio State · Rocco DeBiaso → Kutztown, and forty more on the wall.
Soccer Speed Training
Two kinds of space: the yard you create to receive, and the forty you have to recover when possession flips. One is a first step, the other is top-end speed you can hold in the 80th minute.
First pillar we attackMax Velocity
Gabby Piantadosi → McDaniel · Mia Abbey → William & Mary · Alex Clark → Susquehanna.
Basketball Vertical Jump Training
Space is vertical and it's lateral. Inches at the rim, and the distance you can cover on a closeout before the shot goes up. Both come out of how fast you can put force into the floor.
First pillar we attackInitial Force Generation
Kennedy Johnson → Michigan State · Kylee Watson → Villanova · Ava & Bella Mazur → West Chester.
Lacrosse Speed & Agility Training
The dodge is the whole sport. Space is what you steal when you change direction without losing your posture — and how much of your speed survives the turn.
First pillar we attackCenter of Mass Management
Liam Kazmarck — Ocean City · Dillon Bucchere → Michigan · Maddie Meade → Kean.
Field Hockey Speed Training
You play the entire game bent over a stick, which is exactly the posture most athletes leak force in. Space is the first three steps out of that low position, over and over, for seventy minutes.
First pillar we attackAcceleration
Ryleigh Heck → UNC, NCAA champion and Team USA.
Baseball & Softball Speed & Power Training
Home to first is a 10-yard dash with a swing in front of it. In the field, space is the first step — the half-second before you've decided which way the ball is going.
First pillar we attackInitial Force Generation
C.J. Egrie → UNC Chapel Hill · Allison Amadio → Rutgers Softball · Travis Church → Marist.
Track & Field Sprint Training
Here the space is the scoreboard. Nothing gets translated — a faster 10-yard split, a higher vertical and a longer broad jump show up on the clock and the tape the same week they show up in testing.
First pillar we attackMax Velocity
Sophia Curtis → Clemson · Lauren Princz → Penn State · Camryn DeMorat → Delaware.
Volleyball Vertical Jump Training
Space is the inches at the top of the approach jump, and how much of them you still have in game four. It's a force problem before it's a jumping problem.
First pillar we attackInitial Force Generation
Wrestling Explosive Power Training
Space is closed, not created. The shot is a broad jump with a level change in it, and the sprawl is deceleration under load — two things we can measure and two things that get better fast.
First pillar we attackInitial Force Generation
Kylee Gaddy → Delaware State Wrestling.
Hockey Dryland & Off-Ice Training
The skate stride is its own skill and we don't touch it. What we do own is the engine underneath it — the force and the first three strides that decide whether you win the gap or chase it — and the change of direction that decides whether you keep it.
First pillar we attackAcceleration
Justin Williams — 3× Stanley Cup · Cayden Primeau — NHL · Dennis Seidenberg — Bruins.
Swim Dryland Training
We can't coach your stroke. We can coach the two moments that aren't swimming: the start off the block and the push off every wall — both of which are a vertical jump turned sideways, and both of which are driven from the hips.
First pillar we attackInitial Force Generation
Alexandria Cotter → Indiana State · Laci Denn → CSU Pueblo.
Rowing & Crew Power Training
No ground gets covered by the athlete at all — the space goes into the boat. Every stroke is force into a footplate, which is why rowers test like jumpers and improve like them too.
First pillar we attackInitial Force Generation
Adison Conti → Alabama — broad jump 5′1″ to 7′1″ · Reyna Lewis → Notre Dame.
Don't see your athlete's sport? It's still the same four pillars — acceleration, force, change of direction, and top speed decide outcomes in essentially every sport played on a field, a court or a mat. Call us and we'll tell you honestly what we'd go after first.
Ways to Train
In the facility, or anywhere.
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Train in our 7,200 sq ft facility in Somers Point — up to 24 athletes a lesson, coached in real time on the same floor that's built champions since 2002.
Facility Training514 New Road, Somers Point NJ
02
Private and semi-private sessions for athletes who want the method one-on-one, on a schedule built around them.
Private TrainingBy appointment
03
Take the method with you. Structured online programming for athletes training remotely, delivered through the KPM app.
Online TrainingAnywhere — via the KPM app
Athlete Education
Every class opens with the intent, and closes with a test.
Before a rep is run, the room is told what the day is and why — what it does physically, what it does technically, and which of the four pillars it belongs to. At the end, a multiple-choice quiz goes up on the jumbotron reviewing what just happened on the floor, proctored by Coach David Klemic or Cruz Lewis. Every answer comes back with the reason it is right.
See how a class runs →
The Official Shoe
The only shoe that coaches every stride.
We proudly endorse the Antepes Muscle Runner as the official shoe recommended by Klemic Performance Method. It works proper foot placement and gives direct feedback from the ground — not once a session, but on every single stride.
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Common Questions
Before you book.
Starting age, what a 12-week cycle looks like, coming back from injury, and training with us from out of state — answered in full.
Not sure which
path fits?
Book a gait analysis. We'll assess your athlete and point you to the right program — no pressure, no guesswork.
Book a Gait Analysis →514 New Road · Somers Point, NJ
Get In Touch
Talk to a coach.
Call or text, whichever is easier. Tell us your athlete's age, sport, and what you're trying to improve — we'll tell you which program fits and what a gait analysis will show you.
Josh Holsopple
Director of Sports Performance
Phone610-283-4598
EmailJosh@klemicperformancemethod.com
Address514 New Road, Somers Point NJ — directions
Call or text — both reach Josh directly.
Where our athletes come from.
Somers Point is the facility, but athletes travel in from across South Jersey —
Atlantic, Cape May, Gloucester, Camden, Burlington and Cumberland counties, and most
major towns within about 25 miles. The alumni wall has
athletes from Mainland Regional, St. Augustine Prep, Ocean City, Egg Harbor Township,
Absegami, Holy Spirit, Middle Township, Hammonton, Pleasantville, Atlantic City and
Camden.