Mike Statuti

Director of Performance|| Evolution Physical Therapy, CT

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

I am excited to pick up where @ItsJonesySHU left off. Keeping a high standard and developing young men for the future. I am Beyond grateful for the opportunity and look forward to winning a lot of football games!

Time to clock in and get to work! #rollpios🪓

[SHU Club Football @SHUClubFootball]

Please join us in Congratulating @coachstats in his new role as Head Coach of Sacred Heart Club Football.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Congrats to Liam Zeller on earning All-Founders League honors at 1B for Choate Rosemary Hall Baseball.

A true hybrid athlete who stayed locked in on his training, nutrition, and academics all year. The results showed up daily on the field.

Proud of you, big dawg. More to come.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Congrats to @AidanDube17 on earning 1st Team All-FCIAC!

.478 AVG | .608 OBP (FCIAC Leader) | .821 SLG | 3 HR | 15 R | 11 RBI

The result of countless hours in the cage, weight room, and on the field. An even better person than player. Go make some noise in States! ⚾️💪🏻

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Beyond the numbers, volume, and load-the thing I’m most proud of is the culture we’ve built. Athletes from different towns, sports, and backgrounds all competing, learning, networking, and pushing each other daily. Great performance environments are built on people, not just #’s

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Far too many baseball players neglect sprinting… especially pitchers.
During Gidon’s Tommy John return to play process, acceleration, max velocity sprinting, and aerobic work have been huge. Sprinting improves force production, stiffness, elasticity, coordination, and more.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

“Sport specific” training does NOT mean replicating practice. No soccer ball, no plays, no tactical drills. Our job as strength coaches is to build speed, force production, power, deceleration, and resilience so athletes can express skill at a higher level when game time comes.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

🚨 Future coaches in the making 🚨

Our high school interns got hands on today learning CMJ testing, laser timed acceleration work, and VBT profiling. Even better… every intern is an athlete experiencing the “why” behind sports performance firsthand.

#SportsScience

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Most athletes never truly improve max velocity because they never train the qualities that actually determine speed: stiffness, force application, relaxation, and front-side mechanics.

Flying 10s + plyos + heavy unilateral strength = real speed adaptation.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Acceleration isn’t just effort. It’s force application.

Today’s session:
• CMJ readiness testing
• Soleus PIMA isometrics
• Sled acceleration mechanics
• Flying 10s
• Resisted sprints
• Seated broad jumps
• Heavy SSB squats

Train force. Train projection.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

One of the best takeaways from listening to @coachemuppodcast today was the conversation around private sector coaching. What athletes NEED physiologically and what parents WANT are often very different things. Education, communication, and trust are everything in this field.

[Jimmy Nguyen @Coach_Nguyen]

College Coaches don’t forget about all of the public schools in CT. We all have kids that can play at the next level.

Come watch New Canaan compete next week!

Reach out for prospect list!

📅: May 20th
📍: New Canaan, CT
🕛: 5:00 PM

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

If your athletes never hit top speed in training… game speed becomes a foreign stimulus.

Weekly max velocity exposure improves neuromuscular efficiency, force application, elasticity, and helps reduce soft tissue injury risk.

Speed exposure matters.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Hockey goalies are some of the most explosive athletes in sports.

That’s why they still sprint.

Goalies perform repeated micro-accelerations all game long. Sprint training improves RFD, force production, reactivity, deceleration, and explosive crease movement.

#HockeyTraining

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Our summer performance groups have become much bigger than workouts.

High school, collegiate, and pro athletes training together daily with elite competition, sports science, speed work, strength development, and a culture built to maximize performance.

#sportsperformance

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Really cool moment last night watching two of our longest-standing athletes face off in the Stamford City Championship.

Mike Kerr, who I’ve trained since 6th grade, pitching to Aidan Dube. Countless hours of work side by side. Proud of both of these young men.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Came across this pic today from our 2017 National Championship season.

The stats this Defensive Line put up were crazy, but what makes me proud now has nothing to do with football.

Every guy in this picture is succeeding in life today ;careers, families, business, fatherhood.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

The REAL reason nobody can tackle Saquon Barkley:

Plant foot initiates the spin. Low center of mass creates stability. Hips rotate first, shoulders follow.

That’s not luck. That’s elite force application, deceleration, and rotational sequencing.

Train movement. Not drills.

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Velocity-Based Training bridges the gap between strength & sport.

Bar speed reflects readiness, not percentages.

Using load-velocity profiling, velocity zones, and fatigue monitoring, we auto-regulate training to maximize output and eliminate junk volume.

Train smarter.

[Aidan Dube @AidanDube17]

Midway through the season: .344 AVG | 1.167 OPS | 11 H | 2 HR | 12 RBI
Continuing to compete and improve every game. @VikingPride19 @BaseballUCT

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

If you’re not measuring, you’re guessing.

Mike Gesicki using CMJ on VALD ForceDecks with the Cincinnati Bengals.

We use the same system to monitor CNS fatigue, adjust training, and optimize readiness.

Data drives decisions

[Mike Statuti @coachstats]

Max velocity is a nervous system skill. Build ups → Flying 30s train RFD, motor unit firing, and elastic return. Pair with PIMA isos, reactive plyos, TB deadlifts, and band GHR to convert force into speed and build resilience. Train the system, not the muscle.