Podcasts about women's afl

This week on the Fired Up Sport podcast, Clare McDonnell and Kirsten Webster get to grips with the meteoric rise of Women's Aussie Rules football, or Women's AFL. Participation has doubled since 2017, the year the first women's national league started. Kirsten has been speaking to the woman many credit with getting the national league off the ground, Susan Alberti, "The Queen of Women's AFL" and the player who went from being the Captain of the Australian Netball team to a star of Aussie Rules, Sharni Leyton. Fired Up Sport podcast in association with Sport England and This Girl Can. Come with us and #changetheconversation on Women's Sport.

The 2018 Roundtable features four of the emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Dr. Michael Speranza, Matthew Green, Paul Downes & David Watts. In the fourth part of the roundtable, we examine professional development. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE Paul Downes | Paul is the current Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Auckland Rugby Union in New Zealand. Prior to this he spent 4 years with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Franchise as well as leading the Wellington Rugby Academy between 2008 and 2010. More recently he was the Head of Strength and Conditioning with the Cardiff Blues in Wales between 2014 and 2016. He holds a Masters in Applied Sport and Exercise Science and is accredited with both the UKSCA and ASCA (Professional Coach Scheme – Elite Level 2). Matthew Green | Matt is the current High Performance Manager of the Brisbane Lions Women Team. Prior to this he spent 7 years as the High Performance Manager with AFL Queensland's Talent Pathway programs. He also has extensive experience as an Exercise Physiologist in post operative orthopaedic rehabilitation and return to sport. Matt holds a special interest in load management of Women's AFL. Dr. Michael Speranza | Michael is a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he has worked over numerous sports including football, rowing, basketball, athletics and winter sports. Prior to his tenure at the AIS he worked at a semi-professional level in rugby league and netball. As well as a strength and conditioning coach, Michael is passionate about research in the field, which led him to complete a Phd through the Australian Catholic University, examining tackling ability in rugby league players from a strength and conditioning perspective. David Watts | David began his strength and conditioning career at the Queensland Academy of Sport and worked across a broad range of Olympic sports from 2010 to 2016. Following the Rio Olympics, he moved into a rehabilitation and assistant strength and conditioning role at the Geelong Cats Football Club where he works presently. David holds a masters in strength and conditioning from ECU and is accredited as an Elite Level 3 coach with the ASCA. He maintains an active involvement with the ASCA, regularly presenting courses and actively mentoring younger coaches. Shownotes 1) The most impactful seminars or conferences each coach has gone to and what they learned 2) The favourite books for each coach for both professional and personal development 3)Dr. Michael Speranza's tackling research and how stronger athletes tackle better 4) Getting in touch with the roundtable members Martin Bucheit Jans Bangsbo Sophia Nimphius Matt Jordan Simon Sinek Matthew Syed Keegan Smith Davd Joyce Michael Boyle David Watts

The 2018 Roundtable features four of the emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Dr. Michael Speranza, Matthew Green, Paul Downes & David Watts. In the third part of the roundtable, we examine prehabilitation and rehabilitation. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE Paul Downes | Paul is the current Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Auckland Rugby Union in New Zealand. Prior to this he spent 4 years with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Franchise as well as leading the Wellington Rugby Academy between 2008 and 2010. More recently he was the Head of Strength and Conditioning with the Cardiff Blues in Wales between 2014 and 2016. He holds a Masters in Applied Sport and Exercise Science and is accredited with both the UKSCA and ASCA (Professional Coach Scheme – Elite Level 2). Matthew Green | Matt is the current High Performance Manager of the Brisbane Lions Women Team. Prior to this he spent 7 years as the High Performance Manager with AFL Queensland's Talent Pathway programs. He also has extensive experience as an Exercise Physiologist in post operative orthopaedic rehabilitation and return to sport. Matt holds a special interest in load management of Women's AFL. Dr. Michael Speranza | Michael is a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he has worked over numerous sports including football, rowing, basketball, athletics and winter sports. Prior to his tenure at the AIS he worked at a semi-professional level in rugby league and netball. As well as a strength and conditioning coach, Michael is passionate about research in the field, which led him to complete a Phd through the Australian Catholic University, examining tackling ability in rugby league players from a strength and conditioning perspective. David Watts | David began his strength and conditioning career at the Queensland Academy of Sport and worked across a broad range of Olympic sports from 2010 to 2016. Following the Rio Olympics, he moved into a rehabilitation and assistant strength and conditioning role at the Geelong Cats Football Club where he works presently. David holds a masters in strength and conditioning from ECU and is accredited as an Elite Level 3 coach with the ASCA. He maintains an active involvement with the ASCA, regularly presenting courses and actively mentoring younger coaches. Quotes “You can’t have an ego about things - you need to be able to have good robust discussions (about rehab)” “They have to have run like they stole something before returning to play” “You want to return an athlete and not return an injury - how do we make the person a better athlete during this rehabilitation” “In return to play, we want to them be able to tolerate a training week harder than the game week” “A healthy athlete will always have healthy hips” “There is a lot of stuff in pain research about not asking how painful an injury is so why do we ask athletes how an injury is 1-2x a day and use daily wellness forms?” Shownotes 1) Return to play standards for common injuries including ACL, hamstrings 2) Go to methods for prehab/rehab including blood flow restriction and isometrics/eccentrics 3) What each coach is going to implement for rehab/rehab in the next 12-24 months People Mentioned Chris Gaviglio Des Ryan Josh Secomb Tony Shield Dave Opar

The 2018 Roundtable features four of the emerging leaders in Australasian strength & conditioning: Dr. Michael Speranza, Matthew Green, Paul Downes & David Watts. In the first part of the roundtable, we examine strength & power development. ABOUT THE ROUNDTABLE Paul Downes | Paul is the current Head Strength and Conditioning Coach with the Auckland Rugby Union in New Zealand. Prior to this he spent 4 years with the Hurricanes Super Rugby Franchise as well as leading the Wellington Rugby Academy between 2008 and 2010. More recently he was the Head of Strength and Conditioning with the Cardiff Blues in Wales between 2014 and 2016. He holds a Masters in Applied Sport and Exercise Science and is accredited with both the UKSCA and ASCA (Professional Coach Scheme – Elite Level 2). Matthew Green | Matt is the current High Performance Manager of the Brisbane Lions Women Team. Prior to this he spent 7 years as the High Performance Manager with AFL Queensland's Talent Pathway programs. He also has extensive experience as an Exercise Physiologist in post operative orthopaedic rehabilitation and return to sport. Matt holds a special interest in load management of Women's AFL. Dr. Michael Speranza | Michael is a Strength and Conditioning Coach at the Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) where he has worked over numerous sports including football, rowing, basketball, athletics and winter sports. Prior to his tenure at the AIS he worked at a semi-professional level in rugby league and netball. As well as a strength and conditioning coach, Michael is passionate about research in the field, which led him to complete a Phd through the Australian Catholic University, examining tackling ability in rugby league players from a strength and conditioning perspective. David Watts | David began his strength and conditioning career at the Queensland Academy of Sport and worked across a broad range of Olympic sports from 2010 to 2016. Following the Rio Olympics, he moved into a rehabilitation and assistant strength and conditioning role at the Geelong Cats Football Club where he works presently. David holds a masters in strength and conditioning from ECU and is accredited as an Elite Level 3 coach with the ASCA. He maintains an active involvement with the ASCA, regularly presenting courses and actively mentoring younger coaches. Quotes "You can't just lifting with hypertrophy reps - have to back it up with work in kitchen" "Our job as S&C is to keep them on the park to allow coaches to do their job" "Transfer is really subtle after the first 2 years and you have to make sure you hit on the specific things that that individual needs" "Experienced players will tell me there is a bare minimum you need in the gym but after that an extra 20-30kg on squat or bench isn't the difference in a game" Shownotes 1) Underlying philosophy for strength and power for each coach 2) Assessing strength and power - making it specific to the individual and team 3) Weekly programming breakdowns at each coach's respective organisation 4) How each coach periodises strength & power work 5) Force velocity profiling and the reasons coaches will or will not implement it 6) Getting transfer from gym to field and how to improve transfer 7) What each coach is going to implement for strength and power in the next 12-24 months People Mentioned 1) Ashley Jones 2) Selwyn Grittih 3) Dirk Spitz

On this week's podcast, the first of 2017, the Breakfasters are joined by Richard Katz, sole performer of Malthouse show 'The Encounter' and A Toot Your Horn Tuesday where Geraldine built a fence, Jeff drank a bottle of free wine and Sarah googled a phone number as well as grew some veggies. Melissa Hickey from Women's AFL comes in to talk about female footy and Sarah and Jeff talk about their holiday Earthquake experiences.

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It's Australia Day, so we do a rare day time podcast. Talking a little UFC, how the Women's AFL league could be promoted, and why the new Richmond mascot should be Scooby Doo. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.