Training with Injuries
At times in an athlete’s career, they may encounter an injury of some sort. When encountering injury, this does not mean the given athlete should stop training. It is important and vital for the athlete to find ways to work and train around the injury. An injury should not stop an athlete from training, it...
2021 Reader’s Choice Vaughan Awards
It is with great honour we are excited to announce and thank our customers, clients, and the community at large for voting for Silvestri Sports Performance in the 2021 Reader’s Choice Vaughan Citizen Awards. We are extremely pleased to share we have been voted #1 in three categories! #1 Personal Trainer –...
Performance Training for Athletes
Many athletes will achieve the proper technical and tactical training through sport practice and play but will largely lack in the physical fitness component. This in turn will leave a lot of athletes behind in their development.
Integrating Sport Science and Strength & Conditioning
The main goal when working with athletes, regardless of age or skill level, has to be limiting time away from the sport due to injury, while using applicable research, evidence, application, and thought process to improve the performance of the given athlete within their sporting environment.
Positional Demands in Soccer
The sport of soccer (European football) is a very diverse sport in relation to the varying positions on the field and how each position carries a very diverse skill set and physical abilities that portray the ideal athlete to play in that given position. Abbott et al., 2018, where able to identify how the 5 main positions on the pitch all have differing physical abilities that are...
Olivier Savard Named to Hockey Canada U17 Roster
Celebrating the success of our athletes and clients is one thing we do not shy away from. We are extremely happy to share the news of our client Olivier Savard, defensemen for the Saginaw Spirit of the Ontario Hockey League (OHL), was recently named to the Hockey Canada U17 Capital City Challenge Roster! The...
Vaughan Citizen Readers Choice 2020 Diamond Award Winner
Thank you SSP Family! We want to take this opportunity to say a big special thank you to our clients, staff, and athletes we work with for voting us the Vaughan Citizen Readers Choice 2020 Diamond Winner for #1 Fitness Trainer! We are extremely lucky and fortunate to have such a strong place in this community,...
Video Series With Liana Bellissimo
Liana is a professional dancer, artistic creator, dance company owner, as well as a junior dance instructor. Liana’s background of working through all levels of dance brings a very unique perspective...
Video Series with Ilya Orlov
Ilya is the Director of Soccer for The University of Toronto as well as the Head Coach for Alliance United. In this conversation we cover topics such as sports performance, yearly planning, soccer fitness,...