This term, Year 7 Sporting Minds athletes have been learning techniques of recovery and mobility and the importance to take time out to repair and rejuvenate – especially when they've got an intense training routine or competition schedule. An athlete’s recovery is key to unlocking peak performance and optimal wellness.

As part of learning recovery methods, students will be attending a series of excursions to Rigs recovery. Sessions will provide students with the means of decreasing inflammation, improving blood flow and oxygenation, enhancing their immune response, reducing stress markers and improving sleep quality - just some of the ways our Year 7 athletes are learning to maintain a healthy body and mind.

Year 8 Sporting Minds athletes have begun their work on breath training with their coaches and outside breath training professional, Dani Smith of Glow For Life. Dani has previously worked with professional sports teams including the Gold Coast Suns, Waratahs, South Sydney Rabbitohs, GWS Giants, and is a Certified Wim Hof Instructor and XPT Performance Breath Coach.

Sessions with Dani will focus on breath and recovery and will expose students to different techniques to help them to perform, focus, connect and relieve their body of stress to tap into their full potential. Key elements and values of these sessions include learning the importance of breath awareness, increasing functional breathing strength and understanding how breath impacts their sporting mind, emotions and performance.

Year 9 Sporting Minds athletes have been sweating out with our community partner Glen of GMG training to increase their foundation of power, speed and agility. Athletes that can optimise their quickness in the first couple of steps will always have the advantage in sports; the same goes for the athletes that can harness their top end potential with great speed mechanics.