Welcome to Your Best. 🏆⚡ At The St. James Academy, we don’t wait until high school to start building elite athletes — we start now. Watch our middle school athletes put in the work on our Force Decks, performing Countermovement Jumps (CMJ), Isometric Mid-Thigh Pulls (IMTP), and Hip Isometric testing — the same state-of-the-art technology used by professional and collegiate programs across the country. But why does this matter at the middle school level? Because the foundation you build early is the foundation that lasts. These assessments allow our staff to: 📊 Track progress over time with real data 🔋 Monitor readiness so athletes train smarter, not just harder 🛡️ Identify imbalances before they become injuries 🚀 Individualize development for each athlete’s unique needs Building a solid athletic base in the early years of development is what separates good athletes from great ones. The habits, movement quality, and strength foundations established in middle school are what will ca...