About the Founder

Originally founded by Siddharth Sharma, EAI's team has grown to include many of the most well-respected professionals in the sports performance industry. Sharma originally founded Explosive Athletes Institute in 2009 upon completing a Master’s of Science Degree in Mechanical Engineering and a Bachelor’s in Biomedical Engineering with emphasis in biomechanics.

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Sharma served as a research assistant for over 5 years at the Arizona State University Human Motor Control Laboratory where he also co-authored peer-reviewed publications. He has performed research in conjunction with the largest orthopedic surgical group in Arizona, the Center-for-Orthopedic-Research-and-Education (CORE) Institute, on human spine cadaver specimens examining lumbar biomechanics and material properties related to disc degeneration and herniation, as well as first implementing methods such as finite element analysis in 2007 to model human tissue and musculoskeletal structures. In addition, he has worked alongside researchers and neurosurgeons at the world-renowned Barrow Neurological Institute in Phoenix, AZ to design lumbar disc prostheses and surgical applications.

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Nearly 2 decades ago, Sharma first introduced and proposed the concept of integrating technology such as force platforms for basketball players to an NBA franchise. Since then, force platform technology has become a cornerstone of medical and performance management and programming for players and teams throughout the NBA, collegiate, international, and various levels of competition who have since adopted these methods and technologies. Through his continued research efforts and collaborations with professional teams, Sharma's focus has remained on biometrics and analytical techniques to evaluate athletes and injury predictors, along with training regimens aimed at correcting biomechanical flaws for maximal performance and injury mitigation.

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Sharma has worked with thousands of professional to amateur athletes ranging from the NBA, NFL, to high school McDonald’s All-Americans, all who have seen immediate improvements in movement efficiency as well as overall performance and gone on to having career seasons. Additionally, he has been invited as a lecturer and speaker at many national and local seminars and events, including annually at the Pangos All-American Camp for over a decade held by grassroots legend Dinos Trigonis, showcasing the most elite amateur basketball talent nationally.

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Sharma is a 2003 graduate of Brophy College Prep and was raised and resides in Phoenix, AZ where his parents own and operate multiple vascular labs, and father is a prominent vascular surgeon having practiced in the valley for over 30 years. In his spare time he enjoys the Arizona outdoors, hiking, photography, and oil painting.