Lacrosse Lead Instructor - Erik Turner
Erik Turner has played 4 professional seasons in the National Lacrosse League. He won an NLL Championship in the 2021/2022 season with the Colorado Mammoth.
Erik began playing lacrosse for the local club in his hometown of St. Albert. During his minor lacrosse career, Erik won multiple city and provincial championships and was selected to represent Alberta at the Canadian National Championships four times. Erik was selected first overall in the RMLL Junior A draft and, during his junior career, scored 273 points in 70 games played.
Through his strong academics and ability in lacrosse, Erik earned a scholarship to the highly prestigious Cornell University to play NCAA Division 1 lacrosse. His career at Cornell included three Ivy League Championships, three NCAA tournament appearances, and one Final Four appearance. He graduated in 2016 with a Bachelor of Arts Degree.
After graduating from Cornell, Erik has invested his time in coaching and developing lacrosse athletes. He has held a variety of coaching and administrative positions in lacrosse including Director at Xavier Lacrosse Academy, Director at Apex Lacrosse Club, Assistant Coach at Westtown Lacrosse, Technical Advisor for the Greater Edmonton Lacrosse Council, and Coaching Director for the Edmonton Razorbacks.
Throughout his lacrosse career as an athlete and coach, Erik has played with, learned from, and competed against some of the best lacrosse athletes and coaches in the world. Erik is passionate about providing high-level instruction to every athlete he is able to work with and believes strongly in providing a complete approach to student-athlete development.
Owner & Sports Performance Coach - Rob Svarich
With more than two decades of experience working in the sport and recreation industry, Rob has an in-depth understanding of the Canadian sport landscape. He has worked primarily in the not-for-profit sector, developing programs, managing facilities and working with local sport organizations in the delivery of sport programs.
Rob’s passion for working with athletes stems from his own positive experiences with sport. Having grown up playing multiple sports, Rob was able to develop broad athletic abilities while being exposed to a variety of sports, including elite level soccer (as part of the Warriors Soccer Club and Edmonton Scottish) and rugby (winning City Championships with the Strathcona Druids, playing for Team Alberta at the Canada Summer Games and traveling overseas to play in Wales.
As a husband and a father, Rob now has a passion for coaching and developing young athletes in the Spruce Grove area. Rob coached with Spruce Grove Minor Hockey Association and with the Spruce Grove Saints Soccer Club for many years. His extensive sport coaching experience, combined with his commitment to ongoing education related to sports performance, positions him as a leader in athlete development.
- QUALIFICATIONS:
- Bachelor of Arts Degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies, University of Alberta
- Certified Functional Range Conditioning Practitioner
- Eleiko Certified Strength Coach
- LTAD-based Strength and Conditioning Training
- NCCP Respect in Sport for Activity Leaders
- NCCP Multi-Sport Resistance Training
- NCCP Trained Club Coach – Sprints and Hurdles
- NCCP Triathlon Adult Community Coach
- Hockey Canada, Coach Level 2
Owner & Head Strength Coach - Brad Dayman
Brad’s passion for strength training led to him founding Elite Athlete Training Systems more than 10 years ago. With his broad experience working with a variety of athletes of all ages and skill levels from Junior High to Pro, Brad has an unmatched passion for training athletes.
Brad believes the role of strength and conditioning programs is to develop all-around athletes. He thinks of athlete development as building a pyramid: a pyramid's height is directly proportional to the size of its base, and his job as a strength coach is to build that base as big as possible, so the athlete's sport coach can build that pyramid as tall as possible.
Brad played football in the Spruce Grove area for 10 years, after which he served as the strength and conditioning coach for the Parkland Panthers high school team for eight years. He is also an accomplished competitive powerlifter, winning best overall lifter at the 2014 Provincial Championships.
Brad’s athletic background coupled with his ongoing education means he has an intimate understanding of how the work done in the gym influences performance and is vital in an athlete’s pursuit of their sport performance goals.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- Westside Barbell Certified Special Strengths Coach
- Certified Functional Range Conditioning Practitioner
