The SPIN Foundation Announces the 2026 Sports Power Infrastructure Summer Sports Academy: Long Island, New York City, and Newark NJ
Sports Power Infrastructure™ (SPI) and The SPIN Foundation announced the 2026 Sports Power Infrastructure Summer Sports Academy, a sports performance and workforce development program focused on the energy, maritime, broadband, construction, and manufacturing sectors launching across New York City, Long Island, and Newark during August 2026. The SPIN Foundation is a Sports Power Infrastructure License Partner, leveraging SPI workforce and supply chain solutions for youth and families. Each Academy location will be co-operated by regional sports partners: EBE Sports on Long Island led by Tyrone Tillman, President and Owner, and Soaring Grounds in New York City led by Darryl Jenkins, Chief Executive Director. Applications are now open for regional sports partners in Newark.
Each session delivers a 40-hour workforce development program for girls and boys, blending multi-sport speed, strength, and agility performance with energy, maritime, broadband, construction, and manufacturing leadership and career readiness.
Student-Athletes in grades 5 to 10 receive a Sports Power Rating, a proprietary readiness system built from three verified assessments: Speed, Strength and Agility Performance, which measures physical readiness through combine drills with AI benchmarking; Education, Career and Infrastructure Readiness, which evaluates academic readiness, career awareness, and alignment with workforce pathways; and Leadership, Communication and Resilience, which measures mindset, adaptability, teamwork, and emotional intelligence. This level of developmental insight, often reserved for corporate executives, provides families with meaningful time and cost-saving data tailored to each Student-Athlete.
Participants also receive advanced athletic performance training and sport-specific instruction in basketball, baseball, soccer, flag football, and street hockey. Coaches lead daily drills, competitive sessions, and performance development designed to build confidence, teamwork, resilience, and on-field decision-making. A Coaches in Training track for grades 11 and 12 prepares older youth for leadership, mentorship, and workforce readiness roles as they transition into college, trade schools, apprenticeships, or direct employment.
Each week features daily industry mentoring with sports and infrastructure professionals, connecting Student-Athletes and families to opportunities in clean energy, broadband, logistics, transportation, advanced manufacturing, and construction. These sessions highlight training pathways, internships, apprenticeships, and supplier opportunities tied to the nation’s expanding infrastructure economy.
The program is funded by corporate and philanthropic support to ensure broad access. The SPIN Foundation is accepting year-end donations through its Annual Giving Campaign to expand scholarship availability across all regions.
“The Academy is built to create a tangible training experience so Student-Athletes, their families, and their communities can thrive within and beyond sports,” said William Certain, Executive Director of The SPIN Foundation.
Students, coaches, and funders should RSVP or visit SportsPowerInfrastructure.com/summer-sports-academy for enrollment and partnership opportunities. Exact Academy locations will be released starting February 1.
Sports Power Infrastructure will also be featured at the Local Content Infrastructure Supplier Forum on February 9 at Lavan 641 Midtown, presented by NYSERDA and Promatech during the Oceantic Network IPF Conference.
