Athlete Development Program

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The Athlete Development Prog​ram- ADP is an innovative enrichment program which caters for talented students 10-13 years old across all sporting disciplines. It aimes to provide Fernrbooke State School students with a sporting pathway. The program aims to develop young sportspeople in terms of their:

• Sporting skills
  

• Fitness

• Enthusiasm towards sport and school

• Academic work, through sport

• Sportsmanship and school citizenship

The program will be offered to a limited number of students each year.

Rationale

The Athlete Development Program is in keeping with Fernbrooke’s commitment to providing students with the opportunity to exceed expectations and achieve excellence in all aspects of school and community life. The program will offer talented athletes (students) an opportunity to develop their sporting skills alongside their academic achievements in a supportive school environment.

This program aims to actively promote and enhance sport in the school. The program will be offered to students turning 10 years and up in the year of the program, focusing on the importance of providing students with learning experiences that allow them to pursue sporting excellence.

Aims / Objectives

• To provide students who have identified sporting ability and talent with an opportunity to develop their physical abilities and skills alongside their academic studies.

• To maintain and develop a sporting code of ethics.

• To develop and promote sport in the school and wider community.

• To promote fitness and wellbeing with the students.

• To develop skills of the student as an individual athlete.

• To provide a balance between sport and academic studies.

• To develop and promote students as worthy sporting role models for other udents.

• To raise awareness of the need for quality physical activity.

• To provide a theory of sports/fitness to help improve students as athletes.

Program Overview

The Athlete Development Program is about improving specific and general athlete physical attributes as well as promoting fitness / sport as a healthy activity.

Each student in the program will take part in:

• Fitness sessions each week before or after school - Sessions may focus on what School Sports Activity is coming up next on the calendar. Tuesday Afternoon 2:45pm-3:45pm & Thursday morning 7:00am-8:00am.

• PE lessons – as per the usual timetable and program. Students will be expec​ted to participate fully.

• Inter House Sports Carnivals – students must participate in inter house swimming carnival, cross country and inter house athletics carnival. Only exemption will be granted by program director for attendance at a higher-level school sport or medical reasons as supported by relevant medical certificate.

• Clinics – free clinics will be compulsory participation and any clinics that are not free will not be compulsory attendance

• Inter School Challenges/Camps conducted as organised