Sports Performance
Mr. Bannon
Assistant Director of Sports Performance
Jack '26
Briana '28
Justin '27
The Frederick Gunn School is committed to developing, implementing, coordinating, and supervising our sports performance program for the Athletic Department and students participating in our interscholastic athletics program. The coach works with students individually and in teams to promote fitness as a life skill while helping students to progress in areas such as resistance training, cardiovascular, speed, plyometric, flexibility, and functional movement. The focus of the program is to enhance performance, ensure safe equipment usage, reduce injury, develop agility, and increase strength and mobility. In addition to providing off-season training, in-season team workouts, and personalized programming, the coach supports the X-Term co-curricular program in fall and winter, helping student-athletes to maintain and improve their fitness levels in preparation for an upcoming season.
sports performance at Gunn
Gunn Sports Performance is a comprehensive program for student athlete growth. This integrated approach blends Strength and Conditioning, Athletic Training and Mental and Nutrition Performance.
strength & Conditioning
Led by Josh Bannon, our program focuses on building a solid foundation for athletes at all levels. Whether your goals are to play at the collegiate level or to develop healthy lifetime habits, we have a program that will work for your goals.
athletic
training
Gunn Athletics has multiple Certified Athletic Trainers committed to high quality and compassionate sports medicine care for all student-athletes. At Gunn, our licensed trainers are present for all practices and games ensuring player health with a focus on injury prevention, evaluation and treatment. When injuries do happen, our return to play strategies enable our athletes to return to competition as quickly and safely as possible.
nutrition & mental performance
We believe that elite performance starts with a healthy mindset and a fueled body. Led by our Sports Performance team, we introduce our athletes to evidence based nutrition and mental health strategies through regular seminars. By integrating positive psychology and mindfulness within our program, we prioritize immediate competitive excellence white fostering lifelong habits essential for long-term success.
Assistant Director of Sports Performance
Josh Bannon holds a bachelor’s degree in athletic training from Westfield State University and a master’s in exercise and nutrition from Sacred Heart University. Prior to joining Gunn, he held similar roles at Trinity College, Avon Old Farms, and Williston Northampton School, and he was a fitness instructor and athletic trainer through Canyon Ranch in Lenox, Massachusetts.