PASADENA, Calif. – September 4, 2026 – For decades, individualized performance assessment and structured athletic development were things an athlete encountered on arrival at a college campus. The Jump Lab™ delivers that same standard to middle school and high school athletes across the San Gabriel Valley.
“What’s broken in youth athletics today is that kids are playing more than ever and their bodies aren’t strong enough to handle it,” said Brad Tatum, Co-Owner of The Jump Lab™. “A Division I athletic program solves that with assessment, highly skilled coaches and an individualized plan. We built the same thing for middle school and high school athletes.”
Every athlete at The Jump Lab™ starts with an individual performance assessment under The Jump Lab Method™, measuring force output, left-to-right symmetry, and movement quality. That assessment builds the athlete’s program and is retested on a set schedule, so families and coaches work from the athlete’s own numbers rather than a general fitness template.
What carries over from the collegiate model is the discipline of the process, not the training load. Programming at The Jump Lab™ is scaled to each athlete’s age, training age, and assessment results, so a fourteen-year-old entering their first structured program and a seventeen-year-old preparing for a college roster are working the same system at the appropriate load level for their current athletic development stage.
The model is delivered by a coaching staff with backgrounds in collegiate athletics and strength and conditioning. Julian Espadas serves as Head Performance Coach and Director of Programming, holds a master’s degree in kinesiology, and has programmed for NCAA Division I teams. Additional coaches include Cedrick Wright, a former University of Miami defensive back who coaches speed development and movement mechanics, and Isabel Moran, a CSCS-certified strength and conditioning coach who completed strength and conditioning programs at USC and CSUN and plays semi-pro soccer.
Coaching background is treated as a starting requirement at The Jump Lab™ rather than a selling point, and the delivery model is built so that background reaches each athlete directly.
“The thing that surprises parents most when they walk through our doors is that this isn’t large group training,” said Santina Tatum, Co-Owner of The Jump Lab™. “This isn’t one coach keeping a room full of kids busy. We keep our training pods semi-private, with a coach-to-athlete ratio of one to four.”
The Jump Lab™ trains athletes across basketball, volleyball, track, soccer, baseball, and football, with durability and injury risk reduction built into each athlete’s plan rather than addressed after a problem appears.
The Jump Lab™ holds a 5.0-star rating across 160 client reviews on Google and Yelp as of 8/20/26. That verified review record earned the facility award-winning recognition from the Consumer Ratings Institute as Gym of the Year in Pasadena.
New athletes can book an initial assessment at www.thejumplab.com.
About The Jump Lab™
The Jump Lab™ is a youth athletic development facility in Pasadena, California, serving athletes ages 10 through 18 throughout the San Gabriel Valley. The Jump Lab Method™ pairs objective performance assessment with semi-private training and coaching drawn from collegiate and professional athletics, built on three principles: Proof Over Promises™, Beyond Certified™, and The Whole Athlete™. The Jump Lab™ is co-owned by Brad and Santina Tatum.
Media Contact Brad Tatum, Co-Owner The Jump Lab™ 1830 Locust St, Pasadena, CA 91107 626-469-4856 info@thejumplab.com www.thejumplab.com
The Jump Lab™, The Jump Lab Method™, Proof Over Promises™, Beyond Certified™, and The Whole Athlete™ are trademarks of Omni Elite LLC.
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Phone: 626-469-4856
Address:1830 Locust St
City: Pasadena
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Website: https://www.thejumplab.com