ABOUT US
We’re here to redefine how athletes train for explosiveness, agility, and game-changing speed. Founded by a former Division I athlete and current professional strength coach, AIK was built for the field athletes chasing the next level—from high school studs to college grinders and rising pros. We’ve been in your cleats. We know what it takes to stand out. And we’re here to help you get faster, move sharper, and perform with purpose. Whether you're training virtually or in person, our programs are rooted in science, driven by data, and built around you. With tools like Timing Gates ,Motion Sensors, speed profiling, and personalized programming, we bring pro-level coaching to your pocket.
We’re a team of elite performance coaches, united by one mission: to deliver world-class speed and athletic development to athletes at every level. At AIK, we combine real-world experience with cutting-edge science to create training systems that actually translate to the field.
Coach Donovan Clark CSCS, USAW, CES
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AIK was founded by Donovan Clark, a former Division I football and baseball athlete turned professional performance coach. With experience training NFL and MLB athletes privately, Donovan brings a unique dual-sport perspective and deep expertise in explosive movement. He currently serves as a Strength & Conditioning Coach with the Chicago White Sox, where he helps top-tier talent move faster, train smarter, and play longer.
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Donovan Clark is a performance coach with a background as a multi-sport athlete and a deep passion for developing speed, strength, and movement efficiency in competitive field athletes. A Division I defensive back at Indiana University and All-Conference NAIA baseball player, Donovan blends first-hand experience with advanced training systems to optimize athletic potential.
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Donovan specializes in speed development, multidirectional movement, and individualized performance training for baseball, softball, and football athletes at the youth, college, and professional levels.
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Coach Tavon Lindsay PES
Tavon is a renowned strength and conditioning coach. Dedicated to helping one's performance, life, longevity, personal growth, and becoming the best version of oneself.
Tavon delivers a level of understanding to his performance training programming by being a multisport athlete who plays baseball, football, and basketball. Playing baseball at Broward Community College before transferring to Wabash Valley Junior College. Tavon then went on to receive his Bachelor of Science Degree in Exercise Science with a pretrack to Physical Therapy while continuing his athletic career at Indiana University Kokomo.
For a half decade now, Tavon has been training top athletes because of his ability to improve athletic performance, such as power, strength, speed, agility, mobility, and endurance. His resume stretches across an array of fields, courts, and athletes.
Tavon looks forward to helping families learn how to navigate today's sports landscape as it continues to evolve every day. Tavon specializes in strength/power development, speed/endurance development, mobility, injury prevention & return to sport, specialized technique and program design implementation, and performance testing data collection
AIK MISSION STATEMENT
At AIK, our mission is to build faster, more explosive, and resilient athletes by delivering elite-level speed and movement training rooted in science, driven by purpose, and tailored to the individual. But we’re about more than just sports.
We’re here to develop high-performance people—on and off the field. Through lifelong mentorship, personal accountability, and a community built on trust, we empower athletes to grow not only as competitors, but as confident, disciplined, and impactful individuals. AIK is where athletic potential meets personal growth—for life.