Our Staff

Train with the Best

Coach Jamil Abiad

Head Coach & Founder

Accomplishments:

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BISHOPS UNIVERSITY (2010-2015)
SILVER MEDALIST RSEQ
GOLD MEDALIST RSEQ
NATIONALS APPEARANCE (6th)

BISHOP GAITERS GARSMITH AWARD
PROVIGO ROBERT LAFOND ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

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PROFESSIONAL CAREER
2015-2016
2017-2018

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CURRENTLY:

GLOBAL BASKETBALL TRAINER ( Jamil Abiad - NL Fitness ) 
UNDER ARMOUR INFLUENCER
NBYMP MENTOR
NEXT LEVEL MEDIA OWNER ( Next Level Media )
LOUIS RIEL JR BOYS " HEAD COACH "
UNDER ARMOUR RISING STARS "INSTRUCTOR"

Coach Michael L'African

Assistant Coach

Accomplishments:

U Ottawa
2015-16 U SPORTS Player of the Year
2015-16 OUA Player of the Year
2015-16 OUA First Team All-Star
2015-16 University of Ottawa Athlete of the Year
2011-12 U SPORTS All-Rookie Team
2011-12 OUA EAST All-Rookie Team

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PROFESSIONAL CAREER

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2016-2017

207-2018

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CURRENTLY

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U OTTAWA ASSISTANT COACH

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Coach Mike Theodore

Assistant Coach

Accomplishments:

2012 U17 Provincial Champion
2016 Wesmen Classic MVP
2017 Lakehead Most Improved Player
2017 Team Leader in Offensive Rebounding
2017 Top 10 in USports in offensive rebounding
2018 Graduated with a degree in Political Science.

Ismail Chbibi

Athletic Performance Trainer

Ismail “Ish” Chbihi Ismail At Capital Physiotherapy Capital Physiotherapy & Athletic Performance is the owner of and resident Kinesiologist at Capital Physiotherapy & Athletic Performance. With his wealth of clinical and field experience as a Kinesiologist, he works to help athletes maximize their athleticism and prevent injury. Ish’s clinical experience is what makes his approach to Strength & Conditioning/ Training athletes different. Through his extensive assessment tools, Ish develops and conducts High-Performance training protocols for competitive and professional athletes that are truly individualized and tailored to their body’s needs.

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Naomi Zitt-James

Sports Psychologist

Naomi Zitt- James is a graduate of the Applied Sports Psychology Master’s program at the University of Ottawa and currently works as a Mental Performance Consultant (MPC). As an MPC, Naomi’s job is to help athletes optimize their performance and overall well-being through the implementation of mental skills. Some of the mental skills include:

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-motivation
-performance anxiety
-Team Cohesion
-goal-setting
-Imagery/Visualization
-Communication
-self-awareness
-Focus

-Mindfulness

-Dealing with pressure

-Confidence

-Arousal Regulation

And many more!

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Naomi’s services range from individual one-on-one sessions to group workshops and coach development!

Pharel Pierre

Media Relations

Pharel Pierre comes with a strong passion not only in media but in sports. He is the main videographer for Next Level media and has been with the company for 1 year now. He has shown tremendous upside in his work. Our goal at Believe is to make sure we give all our players the chance and exposure to be seen all across Canada.
Next level media will cover all games throughout the year. This will give our players the opportunity to have game film to send to coaches and give them that extra edge over other players. We are looking forward to working closely with @nlevelmedia