Duo Sports, led by Justin McKenzie - the Chula Vista Personal Trainer, specializes in player scouting and recruiting for American Football in Europe. We also perform sports training and is the home of the Thundercats travel team.

The Silverhawks will be the travel ball team for the Duo Sports football academy. The Silverhawks will be participating in the Winter and Spring seasons for NYS. As well as off season tournaments. The Silverhawks will be accepting players from ages 5 -15 and placing teams in the 8 man and 11 man NYS competitions.

For players ages 16-19 our players will participate in the Downunder Bowl Tournament hosted in beautiful Gold Coast, Australia annually in July.

The Silverhawks are a developmental team and our goal is to prepare players for their next season in youth football, high school, football, or prepare them for college.

Membership in our program will include:

• skill and fundamental
• development
• position specific training
• sports performance
• training
• film study and chalk board sessions

The Silverhawks will be based out of the 7000 square foot Bullpen Sports Complex which is equipped with a 40 yard field turf field, speed, plyometric, and weight training equipment as well as conference rooms and a lobby to host our film and chalk sessions.

All of our coaches are former professional players and experienced youth and high school coaches, ensuring that your athletes learn in a safe, challenging, and most importantly fun atmosphere.

Lead Instructors

Justin Mc Kenzie Program Director & Offensive Specialist 9 year professional QB with experience in the CFL, Arena, Indoor, European, Latin American, and New Zealand professional leagues.

Rico Curtis Life Skills Director & Defensive Specialist 9 year professional LB with experience in the NFL, CFL, Arena, and Indoor professional leagues.

Plus many other guest coaches and players ranging from high school to the pros, will be brought in to help in our on and off the field

programs. Life Skills Our mission at this academy is to not only build great athletes and football players but to also teach the importance of education and how to conduct ones self in a professional manner on and off the field. Rico Curtis will be leading a Life Skills department which will help our athletes learn how to deal with the pressures of being a student athlete and as well as an outstanding citizen. This portion of our program is designed to prevent young athletes from going down the wrong path and each athlete must present progress reports during their enrollment in the academy to be held accountable for their work on and off the field.

Overview Our mission is to provide the youth of San Diego County an opportunity to be a part of a professional football style environment that will help prepare them for the next level not only in football but also in life while strengthening both the minds and bodies of young athletes.

For more information or to schedule a free player or team workout contact us at duo_sports@hotmail.com.