What is the Southern Sports Academy?
The Southern Sports Academy develops the sporting and personal skills of elite and talented Southern NSW athletes and coaches so that they have the opportunity to achieve at the highest level in their sport. There is an emphasis on ensuring that athletes that graduate from the Academy do so as well rounded individuals possessing the necessary life skills and sporting skills to excel in the next stage of their sporting or personal endeavours.
Southern Sports Academy athletes come together at least once a month to receive the best and most professional coaching available in the area. Our coaching staff are the highest qualified and most experienced coaches available in Southern NSW. They are passionate about working with and developing talented young athletes from the area and continue to produce outstanding athletes, some of which have progressed to the highest level in their chosen sport.
We also compliment the skill and technique based coaching with Sports Medicine workshops covering issues such as Nutrition and Hydration for Elite Athletes, Recovery Strategies including Massage (Self), Yoga and Meditation as well as Sports Psychology and Exercise Physiology principles. We also provide athletes with appropriate strength and conditioning advice and individually tailored conditioning programs.
The Southern Sports Academy also understands that there is great deal more to being an outstanding athlete than what happens solely on the sporting field. To this end, the Academy provides professional tuition for its athletes on issues such as Leadership Skills, Goal Setting, Career Education, Expectations and Obligations of the Professional Athlete, Media Skills, Attracting and Keeping Sponsors, Time Management and Effective Study Skills.
All this adds up to the Southern Sports Academy leading the way in the development of junior athletes in NSW.
Our Area - Our Athletes
The Southern Sports Academy operates in the boundaries of the Southern NSW Region of the Communities NSW, Sport and Recreation. The region includes an area of 1,533,088 square kilometers with a population in excess of 270,000.
The region includes 30 Local Government Areas, being:
Albury, Balranald, Berrigan, Carrathool, Conargo, Coolamon, Cootamundra, Corowa, Culcairn, Deniliquin, Griffith, Gundagai, Harden, Hay, Holbrook, Hume, Jerilderie, Junee, Leeton, Lockhart, Murray, Murrumbidgee, Narrandera, Temora, Tumbarumba, Tumut, Urana, Wagga Wagga, Wakool and Windouran.
Map of area
