Seeking EOI for Physical Literacy Pilot Program

Snow Australia is seeking expressions of interest from club athletes born between 2004 to 2008 to participate in a Snow Australia Physical Literacy 8-week pilot program. This program will be held at Precision Athletica, Sydney Olympic Park in Term 1, starting 3rd of February 2020.

Snow Australia recognises the importance of implementing progressive athletic development frameworks to assist with athletic development along the Snowsports Athlete Pathway. To assist our community with raising the level of sport-specific skills, Snow Australia is currently developing a physical literacy program in conjunction with Precision Athletica (https://www.precisionathletica.com.au/). This program will be designed to support our Affiliated Clubs and Pathway Providers, Schools, Coaches and Athletes to improve the foundational movement skills, to aid individual athlete preparation and development on and off snow.

Precision Athletica is a high-performance provider which specialise in world’s best practice in assessment, analysis and physical performance to Australia’s future elite athletes. Their expert team provides world leading service in physiotherapy, exercise physiology, strength and conditioning, sport science, biomechanics, dietetics and nutrition and sports psychology.

To ensure our physical literacy program works effectively and efficiently for our athletes, Precision Athletica will be running an internal pilot program in the first semester of school. Athletes will be working with top physiotherapists who have developed a Snowsports specific physical literacy program, to increase the level of the fundamental movement skills and knowledge, as well as physically and mentally prepare them for the season ahead. This program has been developed to assist with on-snow development, with the aim to roll-out nation-wide by 2021. Spaces are limited.

For more information about this program, please see below:

Dates: Week starting - 3rd of February 2020 to Week ending - 23rd of March 2020

Days: Tuesday and Thursday afternoon

Time: 5.00pm to 6.15pm or 6.30pm to 7.45pm (time to be confirmed)

Where: Precision Athletica - Olympic Park Athletic Centre, Edwin Flack Ave, Sydney Olympic Park

Year of Birth: 2004 to 2008

Cost: Free

Please click on the following link to submit your EOI by 5pm, Wednesday 29th of January - https://www.snow.org.au/eventsrsvp/59906/

Limited spaces are available. Athletes are required to have a Snow ID. Successful applicant will be contacted on Thursday 30th of January.

If you would like to be part of this program, we ask that athletes commit to the 8 weeks of training and attend each session. If you are unable to make a particular session, please let us know as soon as possible by adding to the comments section.

For further information, please contact Rebecca at rclark@snow.org.au.