Opportunities For Sports Organisations and Teams We are a world-class university with vast experience in working with sports organisations and teams

SPORTS SCIENCE Based right here in Western , we understand the important Understand how to get the best out of role that sport plays in our region. Many of the premier Western your players Sydney sports teams and organisations have worked with us to gain competitive advantage on and off the field. We are also committed to TRAINING AND COACHING partnering with sports organisations and teams to benefit the Optimise your team’s performance Western Sydney Community through education, research and outreach programs. COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Reach out to your local areas more DR RIC LOVELL DR EMMA GEORGE effectively Dr Ric Lovell is an internationally renowned Dr Emma George’s research is focused on expert in team-sports physiology. His promoting lifelong physical activity and SPONSORSHIP EVALUATION particular focus is on athletic development health through designing and implementing and preparation of players, and monitoring programs in the community, clubs and Improve your sponsorship of training and competition match-loads to workplaces. Her research has involved working arrangements optimise performance and reduce injury risk. with middle-aged and older men, culturally He’s worked with elite professional squads and linguistically diverse groups, university ENHANCED MEMBERSHIP NUMBERS in a number of football codes, including employees, and youth in organised sport. Soccer (Hull City FC, Western Sydney Strategies to engage with your fans Wanderers, Ghanaian Football Association, DR ANDREW BENNIE Middlesbrough FC, Scunthorpe United FC), EDUCATION Rugby League (Hull Kingston Rovers) and AFL Dr Andrew Bennie is an expert in sports Support for your players (GWS GIANTS). coaching and physical education (PE). He has worked with elite professional sport teams, DR JASON SIEGLER Indigenous coaches in community and high performance settings, and with PE teachers Dr Jason Siegler is an academic and a certified in schools across NSW. He has specialised in ≥≥6 Campuses athletic trainer who has worked with elite the use of in-depth interview techniques, on- athletes and professional squads in the US, site ‘live’ observations, and video analysis of ≥≥44,000 Students UK and Australia. He can help you understand coaching-teaching practice. ≥≥3,300 Staff physiology to boost performance, for example buffering supplementation, hydration, DR KYLIE STEEL ≥≥1,500 Students Studying Sports training adaptations in team sports, and injury Related Degrees prehabilitation and prevention. Dr Kylie Steel is a former PE teacher and sports coach who is an expert in skill MR KEITH PARRY acquisition and sports performance. She studies the perceptual-cognitive aspects Mr Keith Parry is an expert on sports fandom of decision-making in team sports and and the spectator experience. His research has the various applications of video training examined issues around identity, masculinity, techniques with athletes and special and the conflicts between country and culture populations. in Australia. This research has provided him with a deep insight into both the sociology DR TIM HALL of sport (and sports fans) and the Greater Western Sydney region. Dr Tim Hall’s research area investigates the creation and delivery of customer experiences DR SAMUEL CHALMERS across a range of industry contexts. Of particular interest is the creation of game Dr Samuel Chalmers researches sporting day fan experiences and increasing fan performance, thermoregulation, and load engagement. He has recently worked with monitoring. He has worked with elite athletes the Australian gaining an insight in the Australian Football League (Adelaide into the fan experience provided by the ARU Football Club) and internationally ranked beach across various venues within Australia. Tim volleyballers (South Australian Sports Institute). also fills the role of Sport Management Course Advisor in which he has assisted AFL and NRL players develop a pathway into university. Left to Right, Top to Bottom: Dr. R Lovell, Dr. J Siegler, Mr. K Parry, Dr. S Chalmers, Dr. E George, Dr. A Bennie, Dr. K Steel, Dr. T Hall

2 Western Sydney University Opportunities for sports organisations and teams

How can we help you? Community Education Western Sydney University can give your team Western Sydney University is committed to We believe that a successful career in sport the edge through: the Greater Western Sydney community and can take many forms, Western Sydney beyond. We run a number of community University offers a number of different sport ≥≥Specialist consultancy work to support your initiatives which touch on all age groups, related courses including Sports Management, team to achieve on and off field success genders and cultures. Partnering our expertise Sport and Exercise Science and Health and ≥≥Expertise that supports your objectives with that of your team, ensures the program’s Physical Education. We also provide Diploma (sport science, sport marketing, sport popularity with the audience. and Foundations study programs that can management) be used as a pathway into undergraduate and postgraduate opportunities through ≥≥PhD & Masters scholarships – practice based The College. evidence that’s directly relevant to your team ≥≥Internships – have a talented student as part We can give sports organisations access to of your team on a flexible or short term work enthusiastic students through internships or arrangement co-funded scholarships. PhD and Masters ≥≥Partnering with you to support school and studies are supported by the University and community programs are often found to be useful for sports teams ≥≥Our Elite Athletes Friendly program and who would like to co-fund a scholarship and other player support programs gain access to an educated resource to focus on a particular research question or area. ≥≥Use of our facilities ≥≥Linking your sport and the University Future for all is a jointly run program between internationally Western Sydney University and Western ≥≥Merchandise and ticket sales to Western Sydney Wanderers. The one-day program Sydney University staff and students. is divided into five workshops developed specifically for primary students and includes Facilities a football skills clinic developed by Western With 6 campuses and two dedicated sports Sydney Wanderers, along with a ‘Dream Big’ science research laboratories in Western workshop run by our student ambassadors. Sydney, we offer: At the end of the day students are provided with a Western Sydney Wanderers jersey. ≥≥Wireless EMG System for monitoring neuromuscular function Player and Athlete Support Sports and Exercise student Rhearne Ryan ≥≥Muscle function testing system (KinCom and We are an Elite Athlete friendly university, Biodex) completed her Honours studies working at currently supporting over 60 professional the GWS GIANTS, studying the physical traits ≥≥Aerobic capacity and anaerobic power athletes through managing sport and study unique to elite young AFL players. Her findings testing commitments. We can also work with your will help the team to improve the way they ≥≥Ultrasound (for both muscle and vascular players to ensure they have a career plan nurture up and coming talent. measurements) beyond sport, through our sports related courses or various other courses of interest. ≥Vascular analysis and testing systems ≥ Support can range from setting up young Sport and Exercise student Dawn Scott is ≥≥Motion capture and movement analysis players with a higher education plan to players currently undertaking her PhD on a part time systems transitioning out of the game and looking for basis whilst continuing her role as the lead ≥≥Team Polar heart rate monitoring system – the next step. fitness coach for the US Women’s National caters up to 20 athletes soccer team. Dawn’s PhD will examine the physical demands of training and matches in ≥≥Global positioning systems – tracks elite level female soccer players, data that she movements of up to 25 athletes hopes will inform her fitness regimes for the ≥≥Wireless electronic timing gate and jump US players for Rio 2016, and beyond. mat systems ≥≥Body composition assessments Sports Management students regularly ≥≥Performance (video) analysis software. undertake applied projects where they focus on an issue or challenge facing a sports We also have classroom, sporting fields and organisation. Recently a group of students event space available for hire. focused on strategies to increase the overall awareness of the GIANTS brand. Qualitative and quantitative data collected by the students was used to inform these recommendations. Students are treated as consultants in these projects and provide a presentation and full report on completion.

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