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9 day intensive short course
Experience the elite. This nine-day intensive course with UniSA and the Port Adelaide Football Club gives you a rare opportunity to experience the day-to-day of high performance in the AFL industry.

With course curriculum developed by UniSA’s internationally recognised exercise science expert Professor Kevin Norton and Port Adelaide Football Club’s esteemed, internationally experienced Head of High Performance Dr Darren Burgess, you’ll have access and direct engagement with the Port Adelaide Football Club’s high performance, sports science and coaching teams.

You will live and breathe in-season training with the Port Adelaide playing group, including travelling with the team to the MCG for the Round 12 clash with Carlton.

This course is designed for those with qualifications in sports science, high performance training or those with genuinely significant high performance industry experience.

Live and breathe in-season training with an elite AFL team
Work integrated learning
Based on the principle of work-integrated learning, you will be immersed in the high-performance environment of the Port Adelaide Football Club – one of Australia’s most famous sporting organisations - in ‘live-in’-style training.

Immersion experience at iconic AFL grounds
You will be directly involved in planning meetings and delivery of all aspects of the conditioning and physical preparation of elite athletes during the AFL home-and-away season and attend two premiership season games - one at the Adelaide Oval and one at the MCG.

Practical learning meets sports science expertise
Combining practical elements with formal tutorials, you will learn real skills for real application.

Experience all elements - Adelaide Oval to the MCG
You will experience all facets of in-season training, from preparation, game day program, and recovery, including:

  • Planning for the game day week
  • Conditioning programs and development
  • Physiological considerations of physical preparation at the highest levels in sport
  • Periodisation of in-season training sessions
  • Recovery strategies including gym, skills, massage and resistance
  • Injury surveillance, rehabilitation and monitoring workloads
  • Interstate pre-game preparation of medical, nutrition, sleep and physical elements

http://www.unisa.edu.au/pafc-shortcourse
 

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RussellEbertHandball said:
Short term intensive course launched.





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http://www.unisa.edu.au/pafc-shortcourse

PAFCcourse-banner.jpg

9 day intensive short course
Experience the elite. This nine-day intensive course with UniSA and the Port Adelaide Football Club gives you a rare opportunity to experience the day-to-day of high performance in the AFL industry.

With course curriculum developed by UniSA’s internationally recognised exercise science expert Professor Kevin Norton and Port Adelaide Football Club’s esteemed, internationally experienced Head of High Performance Dr Darren Burgess, you’ll have access and direct engagement with the Port Adelaide Football Club’s high performance, sports science and coaching teams.

You will live and breathe in-season training with the Port Adelaide playing group, including travelling with the team to the MCG for the Round 12 clash with Carlton.

This course is designed for those with qualifications in sports science, high performance training or those with genuinely significant high performance industry experience.

Live and breathe in-season training with an elite AFL team
Work integrated learning
Based on the principle of work-integrated learning, you will be immersed in the high-performance environment of the Port Adelaide Football Club – one of Australia’s most famous sporting organisations - in ‘live-in’-style training.

Immersion experience at iconic AFL grounds
You will be directly involved in planning meetings and delivery of all aspects of the conditioning and physical preparation of elite athletes during the AFL home-and-away season and attend two premiership season games - one at the Adelaide Oval and one at the MCG.

Practical learning meets sports science expertise
Combining practical elements with formal tutorials, you will learn real skills for real application.

Experience all elements - Adelaide Oval to the MCG
You will experience all facets of in-season training, from preparation, game day program, and recovery, including:

  • Planning for the game day week
  • Conditioning programs and development
  • Physiological considerations of physical preparation at the highest levels in sport
  • Periodisation of in-season training sessions
  • Recovery strategies including gym, skills, massage and resistance
  • Injury surveillance, rehabilitation and monitoring workloads
  • Interstate pre-game preparation of medical, nutrition, sleep and physical elements

http://www.unisa.edu.au/pafc-shortcourse
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That is freaking awesome.

Our club is the ****!
 
Ford Fairlane Forzaport and other mods can we merge this other thread started about 10 days ago when the short term intense couse was announced

Port Leads in Fitness Revolution - because its about Burgo and his academy and what UniSA wrote about the program on their website and I linked above.
 
Not so much Burgo's academy but he has partnered up with Jay Schulz and Jake the push up King in their business to get the average man fit. More off P&L and footy dept spend cap earnings for Buro.

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RussellEbertHandball said:
Not so much Burgo's academy but he has partnered up with Jay Schulz and Jake the push up King in their business to get the average man fit. More off P&L and footy dept spend cap earnings for Buro.

https://www.facebook.com/TheFinalGoal1
Training program's designed by elite athletes for every man.
▪️12 Week Training Guide
▪️Food & Nutrition Guide
▪️World Wide
www.thefinalgoal.com.au


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Would like to try something like this. A couple of years ago I did a UniSA run programme over 40 days and loved it but succumbed to yet another knee injury not long after. Since my last op in August last year I have been getting to the gym 3-4 times a week and have lost some weight but want to try some variety in my training and lose a few more kg's.

Will register with this and see what the outcome is.
 
Hey guys and girls, first post. Have been reading the site for a while now since TPFP closed, love it and appreciate all the work to keep it going as it helps all of us who live interstate to feel a connection to the club. Will post a brief history soon but at the moment I am completely beside myself with excitement and cant concentrate on anything apart from the idea of this UNI SA/PAFC short course. This demonstrates so well how innovative and proactive the club has become in the last few years.
Seriously for those who haven't read all the details go back and check it out! For any one who has a long standing interest in health and fitness combined with an obsession with PAFC it will be a 9 day wet dream ( think of the laundry).
If this had happened any time in the last ten years it would have been out of reach financially. Admittedly I have to get it past the Mistress of Coin (no way am I going to sneak that on to the credit card without her noticing) and I will be living out that dream.

I have never been to the MCG ( travel with the team to Fri night v Carlton)
I have not been to Adelaide Oval for forty years (travel with the team to v Geelong)
I have not been to Alberton for forty + years ( will live and breathe in season training with the playing group)
etc etc etc.
Is anybody else out there contemplating doing this.
You need an exercise science or similar degree and a spare $6000.
Will do it in a heart beat if I can find the cash.
 
Garibaldi Red said:
Would like to try something like this. A couple of years ago I did a UniSA run programme over 40 days and loved it but succumbed to yet another knee injury not long after. Since my last op in August last year I have been getting to the gym 3-4 times a week and have lost some weight but want to try some variety in my training and lose a few more kg's.

Will register with this and see what the outcome is.
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If you are up north you should team up with me. I'll be doing it. Have gone from 33% bodyfat to 18 so far. I'm ready for another challenge, I hope they have some really tough ones. I'm very interested in the sports nutrition side. I recently changed from about 250g protein, 150g carbs and 60g fat to around 300g carbs, 180g protein and 35g fat. The latter has seen me make incredible progress with my lifts, having increased my bench by 12% in two weeks, as well as PBs in all other lifts. Its been amazing considering my caloric intake hasn't shifted.

I also tweaked meal timings as well. It's all been great.
 
When I studied economics in the 1980's Australia was the 22nd or 23rd biggest economy in the world. 24 years after the recession we had to have, that in all fairness did break the inflation stick and 18 years of stop start stagflation, never going into recession again, Australia is now the 12th biggest economy in the world and probably the 8th biggest sports market in the world given the BRICs nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China's GDP/capita isnt anywhere near Oz and their professional sports market tends to be limited to soccer, or cricket in India, rather than be developed across the board.

The IOC sees Oz as a very important market for TV dollars and we are ranked both on the medals table and general importance as a top 10 nation and its no fluke that AOC President John Coates was made an IOC member 12 months after a spectacular Sydney Olympics, was made a Vice President of the IOC, is on the executive committee and has been on the most important commissions of TV and media rights, Jurisprudence and overseeing the last 2 Olympics and also Rio, and at the end of last year was ranked as the number 2 at the IOC.

So what does this have to do with Port and the Burgo academy?? Everything!! I just posted in the 2004 and 2015 Similarities thread started by Porked04 correcting him that Burgo was our fitness head in 2004. It was Andrew Russell who was until a couple of weeks after the flag. Russell asked for $20k more to help his wife out with childcare mainly as they had 2 very young children and no family support. We said no to his request, Clarko who had seen 2 of his 4 years work at Port stole him and paid him the money, they were close to family for the support, and the rest is history. Look what $20k per year cost us?

The moral of the story is that whilst Australia is a top 10 sporting nation considered world standard, and having some of the best sports scientists in the world, both training and practitioners, and the government running a world class AIS and the state institutes, and the AFL being the biggest sport in the country, never ever again must Port Adelaide not employ a world class sports scientist as its head of performance. Somehow we must always find the money to attract the best. We can not abrogate our advantage by not being able to find $20k to pay a star like Andrew Russell. Anyone who has read enough of my posts over the last decade knows I am very big on being fitter and stronger than our opponents, being a big fan of athletics and have a very keen eye to follow what is happening in sports science world wide. Its why when I heard we were setting up this academy I was so supportive of the idea. It's why I believe every Port member and supporter should volunteer to do what ever they can, to make sure that this academy fires on all 12 cylinders so that when Burgo leaves in 8 to 10 years to become a full time Professor, we have naturally developed our next fitness head via this academy.

Ken might talk about never ever giving up, we might sing never tear us apart but we must never ever again, have a substandard fitness department who isn't ably supported by an excellent medical team.
 
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RussellEbertHandball said:
When I studied economics in the 1980's Australia was the 22nd or 23rd biggest economy in the world. 24 years after the recession we had to have, that in all fairness did break the inflation stick and 18 years of stop start stagflation, never going into recession again, Australia is now the 12th biggest economy in the world and probably the 8th biggest sports market in the world given the BRICs nations - Brazil, Russia, India and China's GDP/capita isnt anywhere near Oz and their professional sports market tends to be limited to soccer, or cricket in India, rather than be developed across the board.

The IOC sees Oz as a very important market for TV dollars and we are ranked both on the medals table and general importance as a top 10 nation and its no fluke that AOC President John Coates was made an IOC member 12 months after a spectacular Sydney Olympics, was made a Vice President of the IOC, is on the executive committee and has been on the most important commissions of TV and media rights, Jurisprudence and overseeing the last 2 Olympics and also Rio, and at the end of last year was ranked as the number 2 at the IOC.

So what does this have to do with Port and the Burgo academy?? Everything!! I just posted in the 2004 and 2015 Similarities thread started by Porked04 correcting him that Burgo was our fitness head in 2004. It was Andrew Russell who was until a couple of weeks after the flag. Russell asked for $20k more to help his wife out with childcare mainly as they had 2 very young children and no family support. We said no to his request, Clarko who had seen 2 of his 4 years work at Port stole him and paid him the money, they were close to family for the support, and the rest is history. Look what $20k per year cost us?

The moral of the story is that whilst Australia is a top 10 sporting nation considered world standard, and having some of the best sports scientists in the world, both training and practitioners, and the government running a world class AIS and the state institutes, and the AFL being the biggest sport in the country, never ever again must Port Adelaide not employ a world class sports scientist as its head of performance. Somehow we must always find the money to attract the best. We can not abrogate our advantage by not being able to find $20k to pay a star like Andrew Russell. Anyone who has read enough of my posts over the last decade knows I am very big on being fitter and stronger than our opponents, being a big fan of athletics and have a very keen eye to follow what is happening in sports science world wide. Its why when I heard we were setting up this academy I was so supportive of the idea. It's why I believe every Port member and supporter should volunteer to do what ever they can, to make sure that this academy fires on all 12 cylinders so that when Burgo leaves in 8 to 10 years to become a full time Professor, we have naturally developed our next fitness head via this academy.

Ken might talk about never ever giving up, we might sing never tear us apart but we must never ever again, have a substandard fitness department who isn't ably supported by an excellent medical team.
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hear hear

mate, when are you coming to Perth again?
 

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hear hear

mate, when are you coming to Perth again?
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Dont know, but on the weekend I want to send you an email explaining why you should come to Adelaide to make a submission to the Royal Commission. I've been tossing around a few ideas the last couple of weeks. If they listen and implement the ideas maybe you can then sponsor Burgo's academy for as long as the working life of Olympic Dam.
 
harder to kill said:
Chad Wingard rang me a few years ago to remind me to renew my membership = very excited
The captain rang me yesterday to thank me for my support= very very excited
REH liked my first post= I finally feel like I belong
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I dont like this one because its in the wrong place/thread. ;)
 
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7.30 had a 6 minute story about Burgess and the 11 students/attendees for his 9 day course that ends with the game at the MCG. 4 were from over seas, Man City, Gaelic football association, English Rugby and an extreme sports trainer from America.

Some interesting vision of what our players did for testing physical testing after last Friday's game that usually happens within 48 hours of the game if we play Saturday or Sunday. BrockBlitz did you see any of this or participate in any of this stuff when you did your work experience at the club?

You can watch the story and later on tonight read the transcript at

http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4258711.htm
 
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From the 7.30 transcript
http://www.abc.net.au/7.30/content/2015/s4258711.htm

SABRA LANE, PRESENTER: The science of getting elite footballers from one game to the next is a fiercely guarded trade secret. GPS devices, blood tests and complex algorithms are the fitness coaches' tools of trade. For one of the AFL's fastest and fittest clubs, that science has been the secret to its recent success. The Port Adelaide Football Club has become synonymous with stamina and speed.
Tonight, 7:30 has been granted rare insider access to the club's fitness regime. Alex Mann reports.
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In the modern era of the game, every aspect of a player's health and fitness is scientifically measured. These blood samples will form the basis of the player's individual training programs.

STUART GRAHAM, HEAD OF SPORTS SCIENCE: It's really measuring what's called muscle creatine kinase. So we are just getting an assessment of the type of muscle damage or the extent of muscle damage post AFL match.

DARREN BURGESS, HIGH PERFORMANCE MANAGER: All our programs are individualised based on their a. their position and b. their weaknesses and c. their training histories.
.......
ALEX MANN: This is a rare event in the world of elite sport. In an industry that's fiercely competitive about methods and tactics. Darren Burgess has opened the door to 11 fitness experts. They're here to watch and learn from his program.

DARREN BURGESS: I've got one from Manchester City, one from England Rugby, one from the Gaelic Association in Ireland and one who trains extreme sports sort of athletes in America. We certainly don't know of any club that offers something like this.

ALEX MANN: But for the students it's a rare insight into a world few ever access.

FITNESS STUDENT 1: The players here are like warriors, if that makes sense. It's a high level back home, but this here takes it too another level.
IRISH STUDENT. All the data, everything is calculated. There is a reason for everything. Not everyone does the same program. I want to get to that level, I want to get my athletes at home to that level. So that's why I'm here, to pick up some learning points.
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OLLIE WINES, PORT ADELAIDE POWER PLAYER: I ran 4k's then but I've done about a thousand so I've done a k at high speed which is above 20km/h. So that's sort of the number we look at, the high speed efforts. That's not bad?

STUART GRAHAM: Not bad for today mate, you got a little bit of a hit because of you know we are now three days post game. So you could do a little bit more.
 
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Heart of world sport beats faster at Alberton
CLASS is in at Alberton, and not just for the Port Adelaide players as they endure a slump to test their master, Ken Hinkley.

Fitness chief Darren Burgess has the world — including English Premier League club Manchester City — at his door wanting to learn from his highperformance program which is to be the centrepiece of a new University of SA course.

The roll-call at Power headquarters is telling. Manchester City. England Rugby. Irish Gaelic club, Tyrone. And, absent due to needs in the US but still enrolled in the course, are NFL club Philadelphia Eagles and NBA franchise San Antonio Spurs.

There also were applications from sporting clubs in Bulgaria and Moscow but with Burgess limited to English, rather than eastern European languages, there is a limit to how much of the world is beating a path to Alberton.

Burgess’ nine-day course — which began during the Power’s Friday night clash with Geelong at Adelaide Oval and ends at the MCG with the away clash with Carlton — is the precursor to the formal high-performance master’s degree the Port Adelaide Football Club will manage with UniSA. The worldwide interest, in particular from elite sporting franchises, breaks the image that Australia is an international sporting outpost needing to send its trainers, sports scientists and team support staff to the US, England and Europe to develop their skills and knowledge.

Elle Turner is in Manchester City’s high-performance team. She arrived from the EPL with an open mind — and will leave with a strong recommendation to stay in Burgess’ program which has another three sessions, including one in Dubai, before the formal UniSA course opens in 2017. “I came thinking I would learn something, but I did not know how much,” Turner said.

“I just didn’t anticipate I would learn so much. It has been a great experience.

“It has been a real insight on the culture of Australian sport — and the high standards you have here.

“The key is to see how ‘high performance’ works across all the levels of an AFL club. From the physiotherapist to sports scientists to the head of team performance to the coach. It all fits — and if it doesn’t, there are not major gains.”

Alexandra Laws was born in Perth, grew up in Adelaide and now lives in Los Angeles after working for the past 20 years with individuals — athletes and tennis players, in particular — on the professional circuit. Laws wants Burgess’ insight on preparing teams so she can crack into the American football NFL ranks.

“That’s what attracted me to this course — the challenge of taking this knowledge on how to prepare teams and monitor a player’s progress to the NFL,” Laws says.

“There is definitely a need in the NFL for the high-performance themes they have here at Port Adelaide.”

Peter Donnelly learned of Burgess’ course while surveying Twitter from his base at the Tyrone Gaelic Sporting Club.

While Tyrone’s Gaelic football players remain amateur, the administration and sports staff works to professional standards. “My organisation wants me to get better — so I’m here to learn, so I can make our lads better,” Donnelly said.

“We may have amateur players, but we want a professional approach, particularly to preparing our teams.”

Donnelly’s surprise factor at Alberton is how detailed the AFL system is for monitoring and measuring players’ performance. “The amount of detail kept at an AFL club is phenomenal,” he says. “Everything is accountable. When it comes to selection, there is not just an opinion as there would be in Ireland. You can make objective calls — there is a figure, a report and note on everything. There is no hiding place in your game.”

Dan Howells is preparing England’s rugby sevens team for the sport’s entry to the Olympics. He was taken by the chance to enter Burgess’ academy at Alberton because of the different perspectives offered in the AFL.

“The AFL is a unique system compared to British sporting scene,” he said. “There are different views here — different lessons to learn.
 

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