Your Athlete Is Fast. Why Don't They Play That Way?
Calgary's only Olympic-trained performance coach explains the gap between practice speed and game speed — and exactly how to close it.
Trusted by APDL soccer athletes, competitive girls hockey and ringette players, and youth basketball athletes across Calgary. Ages 8–14.
Four Ideas Your Athlete's Coach
Has Never Explained
Every program in Calgary will train your athlete. Only one will explain why what they're doing works — and adjust when it doesn't.
Most hockey players skate the same in September as they did in March. More ice time won't fix a body that can't produce the positions skating demands. We use Chinese Olympic speed skating methodology to build it from the ground up.
Read more →Your athlete isn't slow in games — they're depleted. Speed is a nervous system skill. When the battery drains, speed disappears first. We manage energy first, then build speed on top of it.
Read more →Ages 8–14 are the most critical window for coordination and speed development. Miss it with the wrong training and you're fighting physics. Hit it right and the gains are permanent.
Read more →Athletes don't get hurt because they sprint too much. They get hurt because they sprint unprepared. We use controlled chaos exposure to build resilient, durable athletes who stay on the field.
Read more →Read The Parent's Guide — why ages 8–14 are the most critical window for your athlete's speed, coordination, and confidence. No download. No email required. Just the science.
Read The Parent's GuideIf You're Nodding At Any Of These,
You're In The Right Place
Where We Specialize
Trusted by APDL, AA, and competitive youth soccer athletes across Calgary. We focus on what soccer actually demands: first-step quickness, explosive change of direction, and nervous system endurance over 90 minutes. Ages 8–14 are the exact window where these qualities are most trainable.
100% of ringette athletes who completed Stride Accelerator moved up at least one level. 90% of hockey athletes did the same. One went from Division 2 to AA in a single off-season. The secret isn't more ice time — it's building the body that skating demands, using Chinese Olympic speed skating methodology.
From edge junior national team players to Team Canada, NCAA Division I at UCLA, and professional contracts. Years of movement refinement — teaching tall athletes how to actually move. Height is a gift. Movement quality is what gets you to elite levels.
Already The Best On Her Team.
She Wanted More.
KACI BZETA
Kaci was already the best. Strongest on the team. Fastest on the field. She came to the Jungle not because something was broken — but because she suspected there was a ceiling she hadn't found yet.
That's the thing about elite athletes: they feel the gaps before anyone else can see them. Kaci felt something in her movement that wasn't right. She couldn't name it. Most coaches would have dismissed it — she was already their best player.
We found it. Fixed it. And watched her go from the best on her local team to a Nike-sponsored athlete performing at a level most players never reach.
Read Kaci's Full Story →
"The best athletes feel their gaps before anyone can see them. Our job is to find them, name them, and fix them."
From "Just Tall"
To Team Canada + UCLA
Summer & Brynn Masikewich
Two sisters. Ages 14 and 16. Tall, but no agility, no mobility, no real strength, no game speed. Edge junior national team players — nothing more.
They were genius basketball players trapped in bodies that wouldn't let them do what their minds already knew how to do. Years of movement refinement in dark gyms changed everything.
Summer: 5 years Saskatchewan Huskies, Defensive Player of the Year, National Champion, Pro.
Brynn: 4-star recruit to UCLA, NCAA Division I, now playing professionally in Europe.
Defensive Player of the Year
National Champion · Pro
NCAA Division I
Playing Professionally in Europe
"Height is a gift. Movement is a choice."
From Late Bloomers To University
Starters.
Couldn't hold a plank for 20 seconds
Cut from AAA Hockey
Canada West Rookie of the Year
USports ROTY Finalist · NCAA Interest
No weights until age 17
Follow the seasons. Play everything.
Soccer AND football
Faster than bigger, "stronger" athletes
What Real Development Looks Like
Calgary Parents Speak For Themselves
Jungle truly has an amazing environment. The coaches really care about recovery and long term progress. I've seen really noticeable improvements — specifically my speed and agility which correlates to me being in a better position on ice.
Jungle Athletics has been an absolute game changer for my two daughters (15 and 13). Everything they do clearly translates to the soccer field. They're quicker to the ball, stronger in challenges, more explosive in transitions.
Our daughter ended her U14 volleyball season with a fractured ankle. Since starting at Jungle she has made a Div 1 volleyball club, been selected to represent her Zone at the Alberta Winter Games, and been invited to Volleyball Canada's National Excellence Program.
Our daughter is a ringette player and we cannot say enough good things. Her skating coach wrote: 'Your daughter's speed is 33km for short distance and 38km for top speed — 3km faster for short and 2km faster for long compared to last time I tested her.'
I attribute the success I have had throughout my basketball career to Greg and Char at The Jungle. They make you a training plan that is tailored specifically to your sport and who you are as an individual. I was named USports National Defensive Player of the Year in 2022. Greg and Char go above and beyond, they care about you as an athlete and as a person.
The coaches take the time to explain what he's working on, why it matters, and how it will help him. As a parent, I love getting updates and knowing exactly where he's improving — it makes me feel like we're part of the process.
The Coach Behind
The Method
In 2006, Greg Almon flew to China with one mandate: prove a new training philosophy worked on Olympic athletes or go home. Over four years working under Li Yan — the most demanding speed skating coach in the world — Greg helped produce the most dominant short-track speed skating program in Olympic history.
Those methods weren't built for leisure. They were built for athletes who needed to be measurably faster than the best in the world. Since returning to Calgary, Greg has spent over a decade adapting that methodology for competitive youth athletes ages 8–14 — the same principles, calibrated for the ages and windows when they matter most.
Science informs. Judgment determines outcomes.
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Your Schedule
Multi-sport athletes. Travel teams. Busy families. School schedules. We built our program around your life — not ours. Ages 8–14.
60 Minutes.
Free. No Obligation.
Total Clarity.
In one session we'll measure what actually limits your athlete's performance — nervous system readiness, coordination patterns, speed under fatigue — and tell you exactly what to do about it. 90% of families who come for the analysis become clients. Not because of sales pressure. Because the clarity is undeniable.
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