SMP was founded in 1998 by Chad Gruen.  Together with several other trainers, Chad offered soccer training during after-school hours and the summer months.  Around the turn of the millennium, SMP began training year round.  To meet client demand, the company broadened its offerings to include training for speed, agility, and quickness (“SAQ”), lacrosse, and field hockey.  SMP conducts its personal training in individual, pair, trio, and group settings.  The caliber of trainers recruited by SMP has increased significantly over the years.  Today, SMP trainers come from all over the globe with playing experience at several of the top collegiate programs and professional leagues.  The company’s experience and expertise has helped build better athletes for more than a decade. 

Through its success in personal training, SMP expanded its player development programming to include camps and clinics.  These offerings are frequently in collaboration with other organizations.  The company’s affiliates include park districts, villages, high schools, soccer clubs, lacrosse organizations, and other sports associations.  SMP brings its top-tier trainers to both competitive and recreational organizations to help train, coach, and manage administrative details.  Current endeavors include summer camps, elite clinics, team training, team coaching, 3v3 soccer, and birthday parties.

Over the years, SMP has amassed considerable knowledge about the youth sports industry.  This knowledge combined with the company’s already existing expertise of its core sports puts SMP in a unique position to help sports organizations within the industry become more efficient.  SMP currently works with numerous organizations to revamp their online infrastructure.  SMP evaluates and plans ways in which organizations can operate more efficiently, and then designs personalized websites that eliminate tedious administrative tasks and allow organizations to focus on their core athletic programs.