Wethersfield, Connecticut, United States
Jose "Coach Carlos" Silva is an Elite Fitness Trainer to many high school and collegiate athletes in the Connecticut area. He is a fitness expert. He has the knowledge, experience and education, a passion for fitness and a desire to share his knowledge. He's also a fitness outlier having documented over 10,000 hours of his own training. He's trained over 459 individual athletes and over 1200 athletes (teams and camps) in various sports, however, soccer training & fitness is his specialty. He's been a soccer evaluator for various clubs, a guest trainer to 80 soccer teams and coached in the Connecticut Soccer League. He's been a clinician, guest speaker and fitness expert at many camps for various sports. He's also a former fitness instructor at the Connecticut Police Academy and a guest trainer at the Connecticut Fire Academy. Coach Carlos was a competitive swimmer, high school athlete (soccer & track), road racer, cyclist, collegiate athlete (soccer), sprint triathlete (3 top 5 finishes). He has documented all his workouts for the last 31 years (averaging 90 minutes a day). At the age of 42, he graduated top of his class in fitness, from the Connecticut Fire Academy. In recent years he's completed the 2003 Hartford Marathon. In 2005 & 2006 he competed in the LSMC Strongman Competition. In 2008 he took 2nd place in the Tackle the Tower Race (36 floors - 686 steps - wearing his bunker jacket and helmet) in 4:07. In 2014, he was a team participant in the New Britain, CT Bravest vs Finest Fitness Challenge. He's has been an extremely popular Elite Boot Camp Instructor the last 10 years. In the last 32 years Jose "Coach Carlos" Silva has worked out 11,414 out of 12,045 days, averaging 90 minutes a day! Coach Carlos played high school soccer for Tony DiCicco (former US Women's National Soccer Team coach). He's worked for Dan Gaspar (current assistant on the Iranian Men's National Soccer Team) and Janusz Michallik (former US National Soccer Team player).
Where serious athletes TRAIN and see RESULTS! -459 to date! Soccer, Lacrosse, Basketball, Baseball, Football, Gymnastics, Diving, Track & Hockey athletes have trained at Top of the Game! 2015 Central Connecticut Conference Champions & Class LL State Champions (undefeated) - Glastonbury High Varsity Girls Soccer - 7 starters have trained with Coach Carlos at Top of the Game, LLC. USA Today / NSCAA #5 National Ranking! 16 Varsity Soccer Athletes, on the Glastonbury High School (CT) girls soccer team (2014 class LL State Champions) #1 ranked team in CT & #48 best team in the country (Max Prep Sports - 2014 Tour of Champions Award - chosen from 10,000 girls programs), trained with Coach Carlos over the years at Top of the Game Sports Conditioning, LLC. 6 Varsity Soccer Athletes, on the Glastonbury High School (CT) boys soccer team (2014 & 2015 class LL State Champions), trained with Coach Carlos over the years at Top of the Game Sports Conditioning, LLC. 6 Varsity Field Hockey Athletes, on the Glastonbury High Scholl (CT) girls field hockey team (2014 class L State Co-Champions), trained with Coach Carlos over the years at Top of the Game Sports Conditioning, LLC. 2014, 2015, 2016 & 2017 - Connecticut High School Soccer Player of the Year (female) has trained at TOG 2017 - Gatorade (CT) Soccer player of the Year, NCSAA & USA Today All-American (female) has trained at TOG 2015, 2016 & 2017 - 3 All Americans (1- male 2- females),3 All New England and 4 All- State soccer athletes have trained at TOG 2016 - NCAA Division III Lacrosse Champion (female) has trained at Top of the Game 2016 - Class LL & State Open 300m hurdle champion (female) has trained at Top of the Game 2016 - 3 Hartford Courant Top 15 ( Female High School Soccer Players) have trained at Top of the Game 17 athletes on Glastonbury High School (CT) girls Class LL 2016 State Championship Team have trained with Coach Carlos - 60 game winning streak - #2 national rank - NSCAA
Coach Carlos has trained 459 athletes to date. He has been a guest soccer trainer to over 83 teams. 2018 Hartford Courant Soccer Player of the Year Glastonbury Boys Soccer - 2017 CT Class LL State Champions did Pre- Season training with Coach Carlos. Turning athletes who play soccer into soccer players! He has trained athletes from the following collegiate teams: UCONN, UMASS, Sacred Heart, Kenyon, Assumption, Colby-Sawyer, Tufts, Depaul, Pace, Quinnipiac, John Hopkins, College of Wooster, St Anselms, Bates, Union, University of Scranton, Salve Regina, University of New Haven, St. Joseph's University, Susquehanna, Converse, Western Connecticut Sate University, Connecticut College, Seton Hall, Mt.Ida, Clark, Regis, Curry, Endicott, Ithaca, Franklin Pierce, Western New England , Post, Umass - Dartmouth & Lehigh. He has trained athletes from the following prep schools: Choate, Suffield Academy, Loomis Chafee, Miss Porter's Kingswood Oxford, Wesminister & Hamden Hall. He has trained athletes from the following high schools: Glastonbury, Manchester, East Hartford, Newington, East Catholic, Xavier, RHAM, Hartford Public, Bloomfield, Classical Magnet, Wethersfield, Middletown, South Windsor, Mercy, Sheehan - Wallingford, Bolton, Portland, Conard, Ellington, Tolland, Capital Prep, Renbrook School and Sports Medical & Science Academy. He has trained soccer athletes from the following premiere soccer programs: Oakwood, Oakwood Academy, FSA ECNL, FSA, CFC, CFC United, Foundation, Northeast United, World Class, West Hartford Premier, SoccerPlus, Valeo, New Britain United, Sporting FC, South East United, NEFC, New England Revolution Academy, Ginga FC and Simmons. He's been a guest trainer to the following soccer clubs and individual players: Hartwell - Glastonbury, Newington, Bristol, Simsbury, Manchester, Hebron, Bolton, East Windsor, Colchester, East Hampton, Tolland, Ellington, Coventry & West Hartford.
Guest trainer to over 80 teams (over 1200 soccer athletes).
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