About 3S

"Helping athletes unleash their potential is our passion, our mission and our vision. It’s what we do best and where we are more effective and efficient than anyone else."

Sergei B. Beliaev, Ph.D., Founder and President of Super Sport Systems

Super Sport Systems was first conceptualized in the Soviet Union in the 1950’s. It was the brainchild of a group of prominent industry leaders that represented the “best of the best” in international sports, physiology, psychology, science, research, and elite coaching. Working together both as coaches and consultants, they prepared national teams for the Soviet bloc for decades.

The core of the current Super Sport Systems' team is composed of scientists with multiple PhD’s. In addition each member of the Super Sport Systems' team has also had vast practical experience, as well as a proven track record of consistent results. The methodology behind our sports training system is supported by over 200 publications in this and related fields.

Athletes and coaches world-wide use our proprietary suite of training tools based on the concept of Parametric Training. Our site is designed to give you the benefit of the career-long efforts and knowledge of dozens of outstanding researchers, coaches, and educators. Our goal is to bring to you the knowledge and methods which have been validated and tested by generations of elite athletes.

Sergei M. Gordon, Dr. SCI.

Dr. Gordon is the creator of the training methodology and mathematical models for
3S programs.  He is the senior science consultant for Super Sport Systems and is an active participant in the preparation of elite (national level) training programs. Currently, he prepares multi-annual plans of preparation for several national teams.

During his distinguished career, which spans nearly 50 years, Dr. Gordon prepared and published over 100 books, articles, and training manuals. He also selected and prepared 20 Ph.D. candidates (Dr. Sergei Beliaev among them).

Dr. Gordon's studies and reputation lead to consulting positions with several national and Olympic teams. The teams and individual athletes he consulted with have won numerous National, European, World, and Olympic medals. Dr. Gordon's elite training philosophies are considered and recognized as cutting edge sports technology.

Sergei B. Beliaev, Ph.D.

Founder and President of Super Sport Systems

In his thirty-year career as a working coach, sports administrator, and sports scientist Dr. Beliaev has enjoyed numerous successful relationships with elite athletes and coaches from all over the world, earning him their trust, respect, and admiration. He has extensive experience in research, coaching, and support for elite level coaches.

Inspired by his mission to provide unparalleled support to coaches, in 1998 Dr. Beliaev founded Super Sport Systems – an Internet-based training optimization system, while working as an assistant Athletic Director for the Virginia Commonwealth University. His vision was to be able to deliver practical coaching solutions and tools to coaches and individual athletes all over the world via the Internet. The knowledge pool he drew from was formerly only available to the few most prestigious sports scientists and elite coaches. His biggest challenge was in converting that scientific methodology into computerized coaching tools and a practical training system that could be used by coaches and athletes of all levels over the Internet.

Dr. Beliaev currently serves as both the President of Super Sport Systems and Senior Member of its Coaching and Management Boards. Although his time as a lecturer and consultant is in great demand, he believes in the necessity of being a coach in “real life” in order to hone his own coaching personal skills. Currently, he shares his time as an official Assistant/Consultant to the Head Swim Coaches (men and women) at James Madison University and Head Swim coach at University of Richmond.  He is currently supporting over 100 coaches from such prestigious swimming programs as University of Michigan, University of Tennessee, Washington State University and Arizona State University to name a few.

Dr. Beliaev lectures worldwide on subjects related to the Training Optimization Process, Season Planning (Contemporary Periodization Theory) and Computer Applications in the Coaching Profession.   He is currently residing and running his Internet-based consulting business for coaches from Richmond, USA.  He still keeps his Russian citizenship and visits Russia and his Russian friends and partners as often as 5-6 times a year.

Tatiana Fomichenko, Dr. SCI.

Dr. Fomichenko is a renowned specialist in the theory of sport swimming and physical fitness programs. Her numerous awards include being Prizewinner of National Championships in swimming 1977 - 1979. She is a graduate of Moscow State Institute of Physical Culture and Sports (1986 - Ph.D., 1999 - Dr. SCI.) She is a lecturer, organizer and participant of numerous international programs in elite swimming, sports exercise, and physical fitness programs all over the World. 

She was a Visiting Professor at the University of Sao Paulo, Brazil (1994 - 1997) and has had 38 books and articles published in the field of sport science in Russia, Brazil, Portugal, Ukraine, Lithuania, Poland, etc. Currently Dr. Fomichenko is a professor at the Russian State Academy of Physical Culture (RSAFC). She also serves as a Board member of the Information Department of RSAFC and teaches swimming coaches there as well.

George Dintiman Ph.ED.,

Professor Emeritus, VCU, is the Founder and President of the National Association of Speed and Explosion and is an internationally recognized expert on the improvement of speed for team sports. He is the author of 33 books and several videos on speed improvement, sports, fitness, nutrition, weight control and general health. One of his books, "Sportspeed", is considered the bible of speed improvement in the US athletic world. Dr. Dintiman continues to conduct research in the area of sports performance and is actively involved in consulting and writing.

IT Department, IC-ITEP, Moscow

Software project development for Super Sport Systems is headed by Dmitriev Dmitry and Pavlov Vasiliy, who also work for the Innovation Center for the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (IC-ITEP), the world renowned physics research center sponsored by the Atomic Agency of the Russian Federation.

Our software team is located on the grounds of the Institute of Theoretical and Experimental Physics (ITEP),  Through the ITEP facilities, Modul Inc. (which maintains our server) has  unlimited hi-speed access to the Internet and to major international communication links.