Full Player and Team Management

Test & Train Sports

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Data Driven

Data-driven Development

Let the Test & Train Sports EcoSystem be your resource for the best possible approach to athlete health, wellness and performance enhancement.

The training process starts with the Peak Performance Network Athlete Management System, which delivers each athlete’s unique training programs through a mobile app. Athletes can use the app to view and log their assigned exercises. 

Using G8Way Max movement, mobility, flexibility and incorporating protocols from the Latella Neuromuscular Training System, each athlete and team member’s potential and preparedness are both mapped and optimized. 

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The Process

Data-driven Development

Balance & Movement Assessment

To know where you’re going, you need to know where you are starting. With a Comprehensive 8-Point Assessment and Expert Instruction on Optimal Body Movement Techniques for a Pain-Free, Injury-Free, and High-Performance Lifestyle, you can say goodbye to worries about Non-Contact Injuries and Lingering Pain. Embrace exercise without fear.

Benchmark Testing

Do you want to achieve excellence? Then you have to benchmark against excellence. With Comprehensive Physical Testing designed to gather invaluable data, meticulously catalogued within your Athlete Digital Profile, you’ll know exactly where you stand.
Our testing encompasses critical facets such as Speed, Power, Agility, Quickness, and Strength (SPAQS). This acquired data sets a Benchmark that shows your current standing while offering a point of comparison against the Top 10% of your fellow athletes within your peer group.

Analysis, Training & Retesting

Data isn’t the full picture. Understand what it means through our thorough analysis of Testing Results, enabling us to glean profound insights into the Athlete’s Strengths and Weaknesses. This forms the bedrock on which we construct a Precision-Focused Plan for their Ongoing Advancement and Elevated Progress.

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What We Offer

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Sport Specific

Sport-specific testing, athelete monitoring and team composition. Select the right training for the right athlete in the right team, every time. With absolutely no guesswork.

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Why Training

Key outcomes

With every component of athletic performance covered you can rest easy knowing that T&T has you completely covered to maximize your development training.

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Strength & Endurance

Build the foundation for athletic performance with tailored strength and endurance programs that boost power and stamina.

Mobility & Flexibility

Enhance your range of motion and prevent injuries with expert-guided mobility and flexibility training.

Speed & Agility

Develop explosive speed and quick reflexes with specialized drills designed to improve agility and reaction time.

Rest & Recovery

Optimize recovery and prevent burnout with personalized rest strategies that promote long-term athletic success.

Meet Coach Holmes

Coach Nick Holmes is a well-established leading Athlete Engineer and Trainer with a distinguished career in sports performance and athlete development. As the Founder and CEO of Global Sports Metrics, Ltd. and World Baseball Experience, Ltd., Nick has played an instrumental role in shaping the future of athletics by integrating cutting-edge technology with time-tested methods of training and scouting.

With over three decades of experience, Nick has transitioned from his roots as a baseball player, coach and scout to becoming a leader in athlete testing and development across multiple sports. His career highlights include leadership roles as Head Coach of the Costa Rica National Team, Oakland A’s SoCal Scout, and Texas Rangers International Scout, as well as serving as an International Scout for organizations like the MLB Scouting Bureau and Global Sports Metrics. Nick’s global footprint spans more than 15 countries on four continents and collaborations with elite organizations such as the Oakland Athletics, Texas Rangers, and Vancouver Canadians.

A U.S. Marine veteran, Nick’s military service during Desert Storm instilled in him a foundation of discipline, resilience, and integrity, which he carries into his professional endeavors. His diverse education, both formal and through hands-on experience, has equipped him with a unique ability to blend high-level strategy with practical application in sports performance.

Over the past five years, Nick has been at the forefront of athlete development as part of Test & Train Sports – West Coast. Utilizing state-of-the-art technology and data-driven techniques, he has helped amateur and professional athletes across a variety of sports reach their full potential and optimize performance. His work aligns with his vision of blending science and sport to unlock athletic excellence.

Nick is deeply passionate about empowering athletes to achieve their best, using the latest technology to maximize performance. His values of hard work, innovation, and leadership guide his efforts to shape not just elite athletes but also strong, resilient individuals.

Outside of his professional work, Nick is an avid writer, speaker, and host of the podcast “Love the Game, Live the Dream,” where he shares valuable insights from top professionals in the sports world. His mission to impact sports on a global scale continues to drive his efforts, making him a respected figure both on and off the field.

After more than a decade abroad, where he navigated the challenging balance between family life and his unwavering passion for sports, Nick has now settled in San Pedro, CA, where he lives with his wife of 20 years, Colette, and their daughter, Harper Grace.

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Values

Mission

To change and improve the world through athletics.

 

“To improve is to change; to perfect is to change often.”– Winston Churchill –
Philosophy

Learn and teach life lessons with mindfulness, constant and continual improvement; getting a little better than yesterday.

“If you can’t explain it to a six-year-old; then you don’t understand it yourself.”
– Albert Einstein
Credo

“I understand that I will never know everything about baseball or life.

What I do know is I owe my life to this game. Baseball has given me some of the most significant moments and sparked most of the joy that has come my way.

This game has positioned me to act on countless opportunities to better myself and those around me. I have built lifelong relationships and seen the world through cultures and people that I never imagined.

My goal is to give back everything this game has taught me to as many young players and coaches as possible. Keeping the constant learning cycle going.”

– N.A. Holmes II –

Career Highlights

Coaching & Development

  • Head Coach – Costa Rica National Team – San José, Costa Rica
  • Vol. Asst. Coach – Vancouver Canadians (Oakland A’s, Rookie SS)
  • Head Coach – Oakland A’s SoCal Scout Team – Los Angeles, CA
  • Head Coach – Oakwood High School – N.Hollywood, CA
  • Head Coach and Director of Player & Coach Development – Nanaimo Minor Baseball Association– Nanaimo, BC, Canada
  • Head Coach and Director of Player & Coach Development – Corner Brook Baseball Association – Corner Brook, NL, Canada

Scouting

  • International Scouting Director – Global Sports Metrics
  • International Scouting Director- Collegiate Baseball Scouting Network.
  • Latin America – MLB Scouting Bureau
  • Oakland A’s – Southern California
  • Texas Rangers – Central America
  • Costa Rica Beisbol Federacion
  • MLBSB -Newfoundland and British Columbia, Canada
  • National Collegiate Scouting Association- Sr. National Scout

Business Owner

  • Founder/CEO – Global Sports Metrics, LTd. (Since 2019) Nanaimo, BC
  • Founder/CEO – World Baseball Experience, Ltd. (Since 2015) Nanaimo, BC
  • Founder/Owner – Sherman Oaks Baseball Academy (13yrs) Sherman Oaks, CA
  • Founder/Owner – 5 Tool Players Inc. Academy (11 yrs) Sherman Oaks, CA
  • Owner of West Coast Baseball School (3yrs) Sherman Oaks, CA
  • Director of Baseball – Beyond Sports (3 yrs) San Jose, Costa Rica

Who we trust and work with

Performance Partners

what They’re Saying

Client Testimonials

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ASSOCIATIONS

Matt Colbourne

Head Coach
Corner Brook Minor Baseball
Corner Brook, Newfoundland

I had the pleasure of working alongside Coach Nick for a summer while he was in Corner Brook, Newfoundland.

Nick is a proponent of coaching the coaches who work under him, so that his entire team is knowledgable, prepared, and actively working towards the same goal. As a coach myself, I envy Nick’s ability to get a group of loud and rambunctious children to quickly listen to what he has to say, and get his point across so easily.

Nick has no trouble coming across as an authority figure to any age group, but also knows when to effectively use his sense of humor to keep the mood light, and even get a point across. Most of all, Nick is patient, and enjoys taking the time to help players, and coaches under him get better by answering any questions they may have and as well by sharing his own professional expertise.

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Jake Berg

Former student,
Current entrepreneur and business owner

I was coached by Nick Holmes from the age of 6 to 16, and every step of the way he was professional, encouraging, and had mine and my family’s best interests in mind.

I can say that I would not have been able to play high level college baseball without being coached by him and his guidance. His morals and values are second to none and he emphasizes being a great human being first rather than a great baseball player. He takes a personal interest in his player’s wellbeing and he never compromised my health.

I’m proud to call him coach, and I look up to him as a role model in my life.

Alex Sawelson

Former Student &
Current Professional Baseball Player

Since the start of my baseball career in little league hitting in the cages with Coach Holmes and having him as a resource throughout the beginning stages of my career was absolutely incredible. Without a doubt he played a huge role for me playing through college and beyond.

That is something I will always be thankful for.

Mike Emerson

Parent of former College Player

Hey Coach, thank you for having such a positive influence on my son Matt and helping him develop both as a player and as a man.

I know he has fond memories of the time he spent in your program.

Ethan Miller

Former Student &
Current U.S. Marine

As a coach, Nick is quick to trade in conventional methods of instruction for a more in depth breakdown of a player’s fundamentals. He’s the last person to give up on you even when you’ve given up on yourself.

CAREERS IN BASEBALL

Darrin O’Quinn

President
Corner Brook Baseball Association

Nick offered a very formalized structured program we expect due to a military background. In addition to the skills of baseball Nick taught our kids to listen and respect their coaches and of course the game. Nick introduced a throwing program specifically using Jaeger bands that was instrumental in developing our pitchers in our very short baseball season. Every session started with the throwing program and a cardio – stretching session enabling our kids to run onto the field ready minimizing the risk of injury. 

During game sessions Nick preached hustle on and off the field and constantly looked for coachable moments during games so that through mistakes in a game all kids learned something from their day at the field. As well the lost art of baseball iq was a major focus in our program, teaching kids the mental side of baseball to be prepared for an event before it happens.

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David Keesee

Former Professional Player
& Current Coach

Nick Holmes is one of the most real coaches I know.

Let’s be honest, there are a lot of bad coaches out there.

Over the course of my career I had hundreds of coaches. And only three of those hundreds were true baseball knowledgeable coaches that had an impact on my career. Nick Holmes is one of those coaches.

Nick inspires discipline, hard work and how to play the game of baseball the right way.

If you’re considering learning from him, don’t walk, run if you get the opportunity.