Johnson Sports Fitness - Experience, Credentials and Staff

Jodie Johnson, Founder and General Manager

Jodie Johnson provides Johnson Sports Training with the experience necessary to provide the highest level of training services for our clients. Jodie's experience within the field of athlete training in all sports began through his own training for sports competition on a high school and collegiate level participating in the sports of football, basketball and baseball. Though his competitive career was cut short due to injuries, Jodie remained dedicated to training for his own involvement in amateur and recreational athletics. Jodie's experience with training athletes began at the University of Tampa while serving as the Strength and Conditioning Coach for the University for 4 years from 1997-2001. The success of his athletes in terms of team and individual accomplishment was substantial including a National Championship Swimmer in the Breast Stroke, Quarterfinal, Semifinal and National Finalist Teams in Volleyball, several All American's in Volleyball and several All Conference honors in all sports. A significant success in the area of injury prevention included an extremely low incidence of serious injuries.

During his tenure at University of Tampa, Jodie was also operating his private training practice out of his training facility in Tampa and at the university. He was beginning to attain experience with a more diverse group of athlete clientelle including pre-high school, high school and professional athletes in addition to the collegiate athletes that he was already working with. Jodie's pre-season involvement with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers and Tampa Bay Lightning Strength and Conditioning Programs as well as personal training for professional football and soccer athletes catapulted him into the world of Professional athlete training.  During his University of Tampa tenure he was also maintained a successful involvement with the USF Women's Tennis team as well as the Palmer Tennis Academy- having full responsibility for their training programs.