Achieve Sports Performance
Celebrates Grand Re-Opening
To celebrate the upcoming Grand Re-Opening of Achieve Sports Performance Academy on
May 1, Williams teamed up with Canlan Ice Sports to produce camps and a training facility
specifically for hockey athletes who have a serious view to their future. As Achieve Sports
Performance Academy under the Canlan Ice Sports banner Williams plans to open an Achieve
in Toronto, followed shortly by York, Ont. and Quebec City.
“Canlan has worked diligently to support and guide Achieve, and under their expertise
and tutelage Achieve has succeeded and will continue to produce superior athletes,” Williams said. “As it has in the NFL, NBA, MLB,
NHL, MOTO, MMA, and WTA, what we do at Achieve works. I’ve trained with the likes of Earvin (Magic) Johnson and Valeri Bure, who
trained with me in 1999 – the only time in his career that he was named to an NHL all-star team after he trained with Achieve. We’ve
also trained Riddick Bowe, the heavyweight boxing champion who beat Evander Holyfield, Heisman trophy winners, Carson Palmer,
Herschel Walker, and Rashaan Salaam, Ahman Green, who ran a 4:17 40, the fifth fastest time in NFL history, Warrick Dunn, Corey
Dillon, Ricky Watters, Reggie Jackson, Eduardo Sanchez, MOTO star James “Bubba” Stewart, US Olympic softball three-time gold
medalist Natasha Watley, Gabriella Reece, the U.S. four-person team Pro Beach Volleyball Champions (1997), and of course, our young
tennis stars, Coco Vandeweghe and Sloane Stephens.”
His growth among the local hockey community is illustrated on the back of his Achieve T-shirts.
“Yeah, on the back of my T-Shirts there is the word ‘Predictable,’” he explained. “It’s a joke that started with Tyler Jeanson, one of the
Portage Terriers forwards from their RBC Cup championship team. When I was training him he would state that I was predictable, but I
thought he meant the individualized program itself. When I asked him what he meant, he said: “The outcome was predictable – more
power, more strength, more agility, more balance, and especially more speed.
“When working with an athlete, there are many variables to consider. You have to watch for opportunity to teach to their ability to
create, their mental toughness, their spatial body awareness, and their physical pain to \