Top Tips for Aspiring Athletes!
Our High Performance Program focuses on personal growth and high performance to prepare students for the next step of their football journey as well as providing lifelong healthy habits. For any aspiring AFL player some of our top tips for improving your performance include: GYM Training Age: The earlier you start resistance training, the greater […]
Intern Reflection: Madi
Each year The Academy High Performance Program offers internship for aspiring strength and conditioning professionals across our three campuses. Madi joined the Essendon Campus at the start of 2022 for her internship and enjoyed the professional and personal development that came with the program. The Academy: Why did you decided to apply for the HPP […]
A Well-Rounded Approach to Student Wellbeing
We take a holistic approach at The Academy with wellness playing a pivotal role in our day-to-day operations as an education provider and High Performance Program. Our unique approach to wellness sees students completing a daily check-in when they first arrive on campus. The wellness check-in has been specifically designed to collect meaningful information that […]
Rance to enhance testing protocol
FORMER Richmond star Alex Rance is extending his academy to offer the region’s up-and-coming footballers a better understanding of their strengths and weaknesses. The Academy Athlete identifies a player’s abilities through testing sessions and improves performances through gym, track and skill programs. Created by Rance and Essendon VFL strength and conditioning coach Jake Giannakis, it’s […]
High Performance Program – Intern Reflection
Each year The Academy High Performance Program offers multiple internship programs for aspiring strength and conditioning professionals. Whilst studying a double Bachelor of Exercise Science/Sport Management at Deakin University, Georgia Whiteley completed her internship with the students at the Geelong campus. Here’s what she had to say about her time at The Academy. “The High […]
The High Performance Program Explained
Understanding the Importance of Recovery
Recovery plays one of the most important roles in an athlete’s overall improvement and performance in sports. At The Academy, we use the financial analogy about “savings and spending” to help our students understand the influence recovery and rest days have on the bigger picture: their gameday performances. Every human body has a total physical […]
The Academy Students with Ben and Damien from Keep Your Feet
