Melissa ‘Milly’ Tapper is one of Australia’s greatest hidden treasures. In the sport of table tennis she has accomplished more in her time competing than many have in a lifetime. In 2014 she became the first Australian Paralympic (London 2012) athlete to qualify for an Australian able-bodied national team (Glasgow 2014). Born in a small [...]
Liam ran a very hands on AFL clinic with the ADP students that involved a lot of the drills and skills the Hawthorn Football Club do during their own training program. He held an exceptional Q/A where he touched on topics such as nutrition, skinfold testing, ssetbacks and displaying resilience. Liam will be an added asset [...]
Recently Phillip Wilcox came to our school to talk to us about Slam Poetry. He was extremely talented, funny and awesome. He made up wacky jokes and ways to remember words and sayings. He was very interactive us and he even made the teachers laugh. To some, he introduced Slam Poetry in an interesting way. [...]
Our ADP students were put through their paces with Australian Diamonds netballer Liz Watson taking them for a HITFIT session. Our students participated in the high intensity circuit which included a range of netball, speed and agility activities. We were then fortunate enough to sit down and have a chat with the superstar netballer who [...]
We also had Dietitian Ola Luczak come in and run a session with the students on the importance of the right foods for energy and performance. Ola also touched on the importance of sleep for performance as well as how hydration can you give you the edge in competition. Ola has worked with elite [...]
We now have programs structured by Woodforde Sport Science and we are extremely fortunate to have had their coaches out to deliver these programs. Woodford Sport Science Consulting (WSSC) is an elite Strength and Conditioning program that designs and implements a high performance model to maximise sports performance and decrease chance of injury. Woodforde [...]
The ADP kids also got full access to one of the best VFL captains in the league- Tom Wilson from the Northern Blues. Tom being a current back-to-back Best and Fairest winner and Team of the Year Representative put the Year 7 and 8 ADP kids through their paces. Tom touched on his ability [...]
The ADP kids were fortunate enough to have former Richmond coach and AFL umpiring director Jeff Gieschen come in for the first session of the year. Jeff was really engaging with the students and touched on topics which applied to our squad, including handling pressure at school, homework, friendships and sport. Jeff was touted [...]
On Friday 6th of June, Kambrya’s Year 7 Athlete Development Program students were fortunate enough to have the opportunity to tour the Whitten Oval, made even more special by a once in a life time private tutorial with Western Bulldogs head coach Luke Beveridge. The ADP students, who had former Richmond Coach and head [...]