Advantage 4 Athletes wants to ensure the success of the athletes who come to train with us. Many minds come together to ensure that every single athlete receives the benefit of the best training programs available, designed specifically for them.
Collectively, our team has close to 150 years of coaching experience. Our knowledge and experience is what sets us apart. We provide A4A athletes, coaches and parents with unsurpassed support.
Sheldon Persad, A4A Director, BPE, MSc, CSCS, CPTN-CPT.M
Sheldon brings over 20 years of industry experience to the management of the Advantage 4 Athletes team and facility. For the past two decades, he has helped weekend warriors, professional athletes, and fortune 500 companies in the corporate sector achieve their health and performance goals. He has taught several certification, college, and continuing education courses for beginner and National team coaches and trainers. He is entering his tenth year as a service provider for the Canadian Sports Centre, and in that time has had the opportunity to help Olympic and national team athletes from 14 different national team programs and across four continents. Sheldon is a co-author of two books, an award winning conference presenter, and has twice hosted his own weekly radio show segment. Above all, Sheldon enjoys spending time with his kids and family who all love being active as much as he does.
Ryan Scott, Clinic Director, BA (hons), DC, CSCS, CEP
As a Chiropractor, Active Release Therapist, Acupuncture specialist, Certified Exercise Physiologist, and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist Dr. Scott's unique and well rounded background is a tremendous asset to A4A. Using his experience working with athletes and skills as a practitioner, he is focusing his energy on helping people return to their sport and activities quickly and safely.Dr. Scott’s experiences have allowed him to work with elite level athletes in ice hockey, tennis, beach volleyball, field hockey, golf, boxing, rowing, figure skating, and more. Driven by a love of learning he is committed to staying on the cutting edge of research to provide his athletes with the most current and effective training and treatment methods for optimal performance and recovery.
Outside the clinic, Dr. Scott plays hockey and enjoys a good story whether reading or at the movies.
Bradley Corcoran, Head Coach, MS, CSCS, NSCA-CPT
As a former NCAA Division I Athlete, Brad graduated from Long Island University with a Bachelor of Science in Sport Science. After a stand-out career with the Men's Golf Team as a two-time team MVP and All-Northeast Conference Team Member, Brad completed his graduate study with a Master of Science in Exercise Physiology. While at LIU, Brad assisted in the development of the Human Performance Lab within the Division of Sport Science. Upon completion of his graduate study, Brad was awarded the Division of Sport Science Academic Excellence Graduate Award, graduating at the top of his class.
Brad is certified through the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) as a Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist (CSCS) and Certified Personal Trainer (NSCA-CPT). Outside of Advantage 4 Athletes, Brad spends most of his time with family and friends, on the golf course, or playing hockey.
Ian Warner, ISSA, PTS
As a football coach for over 12 years, and certified as a Personal Training Specialist for 6, Ian has developed a strong reputation for turning teams around from poor performers into playoff caliber. Ian brings coaching experience with high performance athletes from multiple sports, and is skilled at transferring this knowledge to developing athletes of various abilities. Ian has also competed as a competitive bodybuilder, and has been training himself for over 28 years. Ian, is married with 2 children. Both sons are Canadian national sprinters, and currently competing in the NCAA system.
Chris Chapman, B.Kin, CSCS, CSEP-CEP
Throughout his career Chris has trained numerous athletes of all levels from high school, NCAA and CIS, to national and professional athletes. During his time at McMaster University, Chris worked as a student athletic therapist for numerous varsity teams and highly emphasizes injury prevention in his training philosophy. Upon graduation Chris stayed on board as an Assistant Strength and Conditioning Coach for McMaster while working as the team therapist for Canada Basketball's National Development Academy. Although Chris trains athletes of all ages and sports, he has a special interest in youth development (10-16) and a sport focus on basketball, volleyball and rugby.
Janice Wu, CSCS
Janice graduated from the University of Toronto with a Bachelor of Physical Health and Education. After completing her degree, she earned the Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist designation from the National Strength and Conditioning Association. To add to her skill set, she is also an accomplished STOTT Pilates Instructor.
Complementing her extensive education, Janice has worked in many different environments, including sports injury clinics, fitness facilities, high schools and in client homes, with extensive experience in training a varied population of teens, athletes, rehab patients and weekend warriors. Currently, Janice is the strength and conditioning coach for the Leaside Wildcats Midget AA Girls Hockey Team and working with various other teams at Advantage 4 Athletes.
When not achieving results with clients, Janice strives to find the right balance of cooking, entertaining friends and working it all off playing ultimate Frisbee and Pilates Reformer training. She was a member of the Canadian National Rhythmic Gymnastics Team, but now spends her leisure trying to relive her youth.
Jeff Overholt, B. Sc, CPGA, IYCA-YCS, TPI ' FP2
After completing his Human Kinetics degree at the University of Ottawa, Jeff turned one of his passions into a profession by becoming a CPGA golf instructor. Over the past three years Jeff has devoted his time and energy towards working with junior golfers and helping his students understand how their body affects their golfing performance. Jeff's desire for training kids and golfers has led him to become certified as an IYCA - Youth Conditioning Specialist and a Titleist Performance Institute (TPI) Level 2 golf fitness instructor. Jeff currently is an assistant coach with Henry Brunton Golf who is one of the leading providers of golf instruction in Canada. Jeff spends most of his leisure time in the summer on the golf course playing in tournaments and working on his own game. He also plays on several recreational men's hockey teams throughout the winter.Derrell Levy, BA, CPT
As a former NCAA Athlete Derrell graduated from Oswego State University, with a bachelor in Health and Wellness Management, with minors in Coaching and Health Science, and also acquired a certification in personal training. Derrell has played and coached hockey for over 15 years. Recently, Derrell received national attention as a finalist on the television series Making the Cut, won an NCAA National Championship, and finished his first year of minor pro hockey.
Furthermore, Derrell created training programs for elite hockey players and basketball teams while attending University. Derrell also has a background in track and speed training and loves using his experiences gained to help educate the athletes of today.
Outside of Advantage 4 Athletes Derrell enjoys spending time with family and friends as well as training himself to prepare for next season.
Dr. Karl Yap-Sam, BPE, BEd, DC
Prior to becoming a chiropractor Dr. Yap-Sam was a high school physical education teacher for 9 years with extensive coaching experience in wrestling rugby and football.
Dr. Yap-Sam has been in private practice in Pickering Ontario since 2001 with special interest in sports injuries and general fitness. Hobbies include weight training, golf, music and travel.
Cheryl Millett, Nutritional Health and Performance Coach, BSc, RNCP, CCIr
Cheryl has a degree in Holistic Nutrition and a diploma in Iridology. For over 19 years, she worked for one of Canada's largest grocery retailers in risk management with experience in agricultural commodities and has seen first hand the sugar refinery process, flour milling, and oil refining. Cheryl left that position to start her own practice. Her goal is to educate and support others in creating a better nutritional lifestyle for optimum performance.
She is the Co-Founder of the Health and Wealth Revolution, along with being an organizer of groups such as the Forest Hill Walk Club, where membership grew to over 230 members in one year. Cheryl has successfully coached hundreds to improve their health, loose weight, gain lean muscle, improve sleep, improve mental clarity, increase energy, and more.
She has enjoyed the focus and accomplishments of running marathons. However, Cheryl's greatest joy is her family and she believes in balance for a healthier life. Life is an adventure worth living!
Anthony D'Urzo, Registered Massage Therapist, Certified Athletic Therapist, Osteopathy (Current Study), B.Sc (Hons), CAT(C), RMT
A graduate of York University, Anthony completed an Honors Bachelors of Science in Kinesiology and Health Science and a Certificate in Athletic Therapy. Shortly thereafter he received his Diploma in Massage Therapy from the Canadian College of Massage & Hydrotherapy. He has worked extensively with both male and female athletes of all levels and ages.
Staying up-to-date on the latest trends, events and research in sports medicine and health is important to him in maintaining a progressive practice. He continues to improve his education by pursuing part-time studies at the Canadian College of Osteopathy. His love of sports helps him in continuing his educational pursuit of the sciences.
He continues to lead an active lifestyle, engaging in various athletic activities including volleyball, tennis and soccer.
Daniela Digiorgio, FLMP, ACE
As an athlete, Daniela competed internationally on Canada's National Synchronized Skating Team for eight years. Through her sport experiences Daniela became interested in the profession of Fitness Training, and pursued her Fitness and Lifestyle Management Diploma at George Brown College.
As a coach, and certified power skating instructor, for over 10 years Daniela's focus has been to help athletes from a variety of sports such as hockey, field hockey, tennis, golf, skiing and soccer. Daniela has specialized as a conditioning coach for nationally ranked individual and team figure skaters, and has worked with athletes from development level to professionals.
Outside of work, Daniela enjoys spending time up north with her family and friends.
Costa Kladianos, CPT
As a Muay Thai Athlete for 7 years and a Personal Training Specialist, Costa's focus is on getting athletes strong and explosive. Having been mentored by the strength and conditioning coach from the Toronto Maple Leafs and serving as his Assistant, Costa brings a mix of personal experience and evidence based training systems to help athletes perform to their potential.
As a self-described gym geek, he is always improving his skills by attending seminars, conferences and workshops on the latest high performance training and applying these methods to his athletes. He has helped train athletes from the NHL, UFC and the Olympics. He also works as the Strength and Conditioning coach for "Team Ultimate" a Muay Thai/MMA team based out of Toronto.
In his spare time Costa enjoys competing in Muay Thai Kickboxing and is an avid soccer player.
