Effective training
Bigger Goals offers tailor-made physical coaching for fitness enthusiasts, athletes, top fitness athletes and teams regardless of age. Come along and develop exactly the qualities you need to take your sports career even further. We will develop you individually along with the requirements of each sport. Our aim is to ride on the top of coaching knowledge so that you can achieve your full potential!
Team Coaching
We offer sport specific physical coaching for individuals, small groups, teams and clubs. If you want to develop yourself, your team or your team’s physical coaching we are ready to help you, regardless of the sport.
Individual Coaching
We offer individual coaching to meet your goals. Please contact for more information.
Our Coaches
Each one of our coaches has decades of experience from their work and each one is still continuing to develop and increase their know-how.
Petteri Joukamaa
Physiotherapist, physical coach
Petteri Joukamaa
Physiotherapist, physical coach
Petteri has decades of experience from physical and sport coaching within different sports and physiotherapy. He has also experience from combining these two things – sports physiotherapy. Petteri’s goal is to optimize an athlete’s training by using science and solid experience with the final result of being a healthy athlete.
Motto: Put it all out there now!
Jari Mäkelä
Masters in Physical Education
Jari Mäkelä
Jari is an experienced coach whose coaching philosophy is based on scientific study along with decades of experience.
His passion is to help athletes achieve their own personal best potential and be successful on the top level of their sport.
Jari has given numerous amounts of coaching lessons on tatami and other sports platforms – the red thread always being personally and strategically timed uncompromising training executed at the right time.
In addition to physical coaching in ice hockey, Jari has worked as a physical coach for the Finnish ladies’ baseball team (Porin Pesäkarhut). He has also gained experience as a physical coach in football (soccer) for FC Jazz during two seasons.
Jari has been the Finnish national judo team coach during 1992-1997.
Seppo Vihelä
Masters in Physical Education
Seppo Vihelä
Seppo is an experienced physical coach who trusts in the union of practical experience and scientific knowledge.A versatile coach by his own background who swears in the name of strict and demanding practice.
Seppo’s passion is to help athletes find the way which leads to as good of a result as possible.
In addition to individual coaching Seppo has worked as a physical coach for Porin Ässät hockey team for five seasons.
He has also worked as a physical coach for the ladies’ Finnish baseball team for four seasons: three in Porin Pesäkarhut and one in Kankaanpään Maila.Seppo is an experienced physical coach who trusts in the union of practical experience and scientific knowledge.
A versatile coach by his own background who swears in the name of strict and demanding practice.
Seppo’s passion is to help athletes find the way which leads to as good of a result as possible.
In addition to individual coaching Seppo has worked as a physical coach for Porin Ässät hockey team for five seasons.
He has also worked as a physical coach for the ladies’ Finnish baseball team for four seasons: three in Porin Pesäkarhut and one in Kankaanpään Maila.
Athletes who trust our knowledge
We have experience from physically developing dozens of top athletes. The top ice hockey players e.g. Joel Armia, Erik Haula, Juho Lammikko, Tommi Taimi, Jarno Kärki, Niko Ojamäki, Oliwer Kaski, Valtteri Viljanen, Antti Tuomisto and many other top players have followed the path we have guided them on.
Here are a few professional ice hockey players whose journey we have impacted:
Joel Armia Montreal Canadiens (NHL), Erik Haula Nashville Predators (NHL), Juho Lammikko Florida Panthers (NHL), Oliwer Kaski Omsk (KHL) Tommi Taimi Vålerenga (Norway Eliteserien), Niko Ojamäki Linköping (SHL), , Mika Niemi Ässät (Finnish Liiga), Jarno Kärki Linköping (SHL), Niklas Nevalainen Saipa (Finnish liiga), Valtteri Viljanen Sport (Finnish liiga), Jyri Marttinen, Mikael Saha Jukurit (Finnish Liiga), Markus Kojo Saipa (Finnish Liiga), Eero Elo
American football player, top prospect Olaus Alinen is currently training with us.
Our sports philosoph
Each one of our coaches has decades of experience from their work and each one is still continuing to develop and increase their know-how.
Along the years we have developed a training philosophy which goes by the name of ‘Circuit of Excellence’. We keep this as the very core idea of our coaching philosophy when training our athletes.
Our techniques are based on training vertically on three different levels (Low, Middle and High). The fourth level symbolizes the top level of each sport, which is refined by specific sports exercises.
Every training level supports the other. Different levels can be crisscrossed or executed clockwise/counter clockwise thus ensuring better progress.
We have for example given training to athletes who are extremely good with both high-level and mid-level exercises, but at the same time the low-level body control and finding the power centers have been neglected. With the low-level exercises we have been able to drastically improve the multi-dimensional body control, strength and stability.
In this training concept every level supports the other making the puzzle as complete as possible.
This is where the name of the concept ‘Circuit of Excellence’ comes from.
VERTICAL LOW training is based on vertical low-level exercises. All the exercises that are done e.g. on tatami/molski belong to this type of training. Some of the traditional gymnastics exercises such as rolls, cartwheels and different types of mat games are included in the training. There is a strong emphasis on different moves that stabilize the core.
The idea with the Vertical Low training is to strengthen the body in multiple ways and to teach body control even in difficult circumstances. In this part the athlete’s mobility is improved safely and effectively.
VERTICAL MIDDLE part is about executing exercises from the mid-level upwards. Practice also ties the low-level Low training into the high-level High training.
Running ladders, change of direction exercises, rhythmic practicing, mobility and agility exercises, jumps and stability exercises all belong to this part.
The aim of this type of training is to smoothen out the cooperation between muscle chains and to prepare muscle nerve lines to work synchronously in various movement ranges within each sport.
Vertical High training is purely about speed and strength exercises on the vertical high level. Exercises performed in a standing position, i.e. running and weight lifting are clearly included in this part. The foundation for this level has been laid with the low-level exercises so that it is safe to continue practicing harder full body strength/speed exercises.
Strength and speed training is always done periodically according to the requirements of each sport.
Sports section means refining the physical performance level in each sports practice. When practicing physically you have to always remember the goal for the practice and make sports analysis based on the goal. A well-practiced athlete will be refined to his full potential only within his own sport exercises. The purpose of all the other exercises is therefore to create a physically strong athlete in his own sport!
Physiotheraphy
The goal of physiotherapy is to positively reinforce, maintain or restore physical health and functional ability of clients through evidence based treatment consistinf of examination, client education therapeutic exercise and manual therapy.
Physiotherapy also works to prevent issues and injuries prior to them occuring by helping clients understand and maintain their functional capacity.
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Bigger Goals Training Center
Mikkolantie 19
28130 Pori