SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACHING STAFF
CO-FOUNDER / HEAD SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACH
Adrian Parkes, CSCS, CPT, CES, PESAde
is the Director and Head Sports Performance Coach here at NLSP. He has
earned a Bachelor's degree in Exercise Science from Wesley College, and
is currently pursuing his Master's degree in Human Movement (Sports
Performance Conditioning). Ade is a Certified Strength and Conditioning
Specialist (NSCA), Certified Personal Trainer (NSPA) and Corrective
Exercise Specialist (National Academy of Sports Medicine). He is also
certified in CPR/AED. Prior to NLSP, Ade was the conditioning and
fitness coach for Walsall Professional Soccer team in Walsall, England
where he trained both the youth team and the men's professional team.
Ade has also directed fitness programs for soccer camps at Wesley
College, Gettysburg College and spent time as an intern for Loyola
College of Maryland strength and conditioning department. Ade, born and
raised in Wolverhampton, England, played soccer at the youth level for
many high profile soccer programs such as Wolverhampton Wanderers and
Birmingham City, both now in the English Premier League. He went on to
play for both the county and regional teams at the high school level
before moving to the United States to play NCAA Division III collegiate
soccer for Wesley College. Ade became a stand out soccer player, winning
ECAC title in 2005, and receiving all conference honors three of the
four years playing. Ade also played three years on the men's tennis
team, receiving all conference honors his senior year.
ASSISTANT SPORTS PERFORMANCE COACH
Adam O'Brien, CSCSAdam O’Brien has served as the
Assistant Sports Performance Coach at Next Level Sports Performance since 2011.
He received a Bachelor of Science degree from Towson University in Exercise
Science. Adam is a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist through the
National Strength and Conditioning Association. Prior to Next Level he
completed an internship under Robert Taylor at the Gordon Institute for Sports
Performance in 2011. Adam graduated from C. Milton Wright high school and played
baseball for 2 years at Harford Community College, where he was a stand-out
player and named team captain his sophomore year. He also played one year of
division II baseball at Bluefield State College in West Virginia. Adam has worked with all levels of athletes ranging from
amateur, college and professional ranks in a variety of sports.
