High Performance Sport Summer Seminar 2020

Bringing together world leaders in high performance sport and athlete management.

Details

Date

04 February 2020

End Date

05 February 2020

Time
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM
Location

ACU Melbourne Campus
Mercy Lecture Theatre Building 404 Room G.09 (enter via Young St)
115 Victoria Parade, Fitzroy

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Seminar Schedule

COACHING AND PERFORMANCE
Tuesday 4 February

10-10:45am

Velocity based training: from theory to application 

Dr Jonathon Weakley
(ACU)

 

10:45-11:30am

Fundamentals of speed: fitting the pieces of the puzzle - the shapes, the source, the synergies. 

Alex Natera
(GWS Giants)

11:30am-12:15pm On the Bench
12:15-1:15pm Lunch
1:15-1:45pm

Governance of the high-performance system

Mr Dirk Melton
(ACU)

1:45-2:15pm

Leadership and management challenges - striving for best practice

Mr Harry Brennan
(VIS)

2:15-3:00pm On the Bench
3:00-3:15pm Break
3:15-4:15pm

Key Note

Belief effects in high performance sport: A continuum of importance

Professor David Martin
(ACU) 

4:15-4:45pm Q&A

UNDERSTANDING DATA AND THE PERFORMANCE SYSTEM
Wednesday 5 February

10:00-10:30am

Relationships among chronic workload, sub-maximal running performance, and injury risk: practical applications for team sports

Dr Billy Hulin
(St George Illawarra Dragons)

10:30-11:00am

Sleep and the elite athlete

 

A/Prof Shona Halson
(ACU)
11:00-11:30am

The keto diet: the future of elite endurance sport?

Prof Louise Burke
(AIS and ACU)

11:30am-12:15pm On the Bench
12:15pm Lunch
1:15-2:15pm

Quantifying the Validity of Electronic Tracking Systems in Team Sports

Dr Grant Duthie (ACU) and Prof Sam Robertson(Victoria University)
2:15-3:00pm On the Bench
3:00pm Break
3:15-4:15pm

Injury prevention & rehabilitation – research to practice

Dr Jack Hickey, Dr Ryan Timmins, Josh Ruddy (ACU)

and Selwyn Griffith (Brisbane Lions)

4:15-4:45pm On the Bench

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Cost

General

Attend one day only: $250  
Attend two days: $350

Student or ACU alumni

Attend one day only: $100
Attend two days: $200

ESSA CPD points available – please see the ESSA website for details.

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