Meet The Apex Performance Team
Richard Amoako, OTD, BS Kinesiology
Director of Sports Medicine & Performance
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Richard Amoako brings a unique combination of clinical expertise, athletic performance training, and soccer development experience to APEX Performance Lab.
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He earned his Doctorate in Occupational Therapy from Western New England University and holds a Bachelor of Science in Kinesiology from UMass Amherst.
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With more than six years of experience coaching youth soccer players, Richard combines his medical and movement science background with a player-centered approach to athletic development. He works extensively with athletes on both performance enhancement and long-term development.
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Richard’s expertise spans multiple areas of athletic performance, including strength, power, speed development, mobility, flexibility, coordination, and body control. His background in occupational therapy allows him to take a comprehensive approach to return-to-play progression, helping athletes safely transition back into training and competition following injury.
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In addition to physical performance, Richard specializes in cognitive and visual performance training, including attention and focus, visual tracking, peripheral awareness, and dual-task performance - the ability to process information and make decisions while moving under pressure.
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His work also extends into sports rehabilitation and mental performance, helping athletes develop healthy recovery habits, stress management strategies, confidence, and emotional regulation to perform consistently at a high level.
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From a soccer development standpoint, Richard works with athletes on technical skill development, game understanding, positional awareness, and film analysis to help players better understand movement patterns and decision-making within the game.
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At APEX Performance Lab, Richard will play a key role in building a complete athlete development system that integrates performance training, rehabilitation, cognitive development, and soccer-specific performance.
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Jaytoe Teh, BS Sport Management
Director of Player Development
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Jaytoe Teh is a highly respected coach and player development specialist with more than ten years of experience training and mentoring youth players at some of the highest levels of the game.
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Jaytoe has played a major role in building one of the top technical training environments in the region, leading private training and small group development with a strong emphasis on technical excellence, confidence, decision-making, and long-term player growth.
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Jaytoe’s coaching philosophy is built around creating a positive, challenging, and professional environment where players are pushed to reach their highest potential while still enjoying the process of development.
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His ability to connect with athletes of all ages has helped him earn the trust of families throughout the region, and many of the players he has worked with have progressed to collegiate, national team, and professional opportunities.
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He has valuable insight into the demands of high-level soccer which will allow him to guide players through both technical development and the pathway to the next level.
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At APEX Performance Lab, Jaytoe specializes in technical skill development, ball mastery, positional awareness, film analysis, decision-making, and small group training.
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His attention to detail, professionalism, and passion for helping players improve make him a trusted mentor for athletes striving to maximize their potential both on and off the field.
Brent Dillard, M.Ed., BS, ATC
Director of Operations & Athletic Development
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Brent Dillard is a Certified Athletic Trainer (ATC) with decades of experience helping athletes maximize performance through elite-level training, injury prevention, movement efficiency, and sport-specific development. At APEX Performance Lab, Brent combines his extensive sports medicine background with advanced soccer and futsal programming to create a complete athlete development system focused on long-term success.
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With a foundation rooted in athletic training, Brent’s understanding of biomechanics, injury prevention, recovery, mobility, and human performance allows athletes to train intelligently while improving durability, explosiveness, speed, agility, and overall athleticism. His ability to bridge the gap between sports medicine and high-performance training gives athletes a major advantage in both development and injury resilience.
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Brent has spent years developing innovative programming for soccer and futsal athletes, focusing on the physical and cognitive demands of the modern game. His training systems emphasize acceleration, change of direction, conditioning, footwork, reaction time, movement efficiency, and decision-making under pressure.
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Known for his passion, energy, and leadership, Brent has built a reputation for creating challenging but positive environments where athletes are pushed to reach elite standards. His approach focuses not only on physical development, but also on confidence, accountability, discipline, and developing the mindset needed to compete at higher levels.
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Brent’s experience as an ATC allows him to safely progress training loads, identify movement deficiencies, optimize performance, and minimize injury risk. This science-based approach has made him a trusted resource for athletes and families seeking professional-level guidance in youth sports performance.
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At APEX Performance Lab, Brent continues to lead the next generation of athletes by combining cutting-edge performance training with a mission to help players become faster, stronger, smarter, and more resilient competitors.
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