The UF Sports Performance Center team volunteers to help the Cade Museum for Creativity and Invention in the “We Believe Community Campaign” for a night of “Physics of Football” on October 10th, 2014. Dr. Heather Vincent, Cong Chen, Laura Ann Zdziarski and Joseph Wasser teamed up with Engineering’s Dr. Scott Banks for an evening of fun with Special guest Danny Wuerffel .
The UF Sports Performance Center proudly hosted the Thompson Brothers Lacrosse Program on August 12, 2014. Miles, Lyle, Jeremy and Jerome Thompson, Bill O'Brien and Hunter Hemlock all participated in lacrosse throwing analysis and other measures to help the scientists better understand the mechanics of this growing sport. Players represented national, professional and collegiate lacrosse programs (Rochester Rattlers, Iroquois Nationals, Albany Great Danes).
The UF Sports Performance Center (UF SPC) attended the annual Five Points of Life Fitness Expo held on February 15, 2014 at the UF Orthopaedics and Sports Medicine Institute (OSMI). The UF SPC was represented by Drs. Heather Vincent, Kevin Vincent, and Dan Herman, who gave out information and demonstrations of the services the UF SPC provides.