Mass Athlete Performance Aims for ‘Net’ Positive Impact on Players
August 14, 2026
• MAP’s Summer Youth Soccer Academy took place at DeFazio Park this week.
Mass Athlete Performance, a local sports training organization, serves roughly 1,000 athletes per season. Between strength and conditioning sessions to clinics, camps and much more, they focus on the overall development of young athletes.
We spoke to Lee Popper, one of its owners, about the camp and the organization’s MAP Passback program. Check it out in the video box below:
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