Who
We Are
Angela
Calder
Recovery Coordinator and Performance Consultant
BA, MA(Hons), BApp.Sci(Sports Coaching)
Since
the late 1980's Angie has provided recovery advice and resources
for AIS coaches and athletes and for the Sport Education department
of the ASC. Externally Angie has also been a recovery adviser
and consultant to many Olympic and professional sports and clubs
throughout the country. These include Athletics Australia, Tennis
(Davis and Federation Cup squads), Cricket (national men's and
women's teams), Cycling, Baseball, Swimming, AFL (Carlton, Essendon,
Hawthorne, Sydney, and Geelong), Rugby Union (ACT Brumbies,
Wallabies, New Zealand All Blacks, NZ Rugby Academy, Leicester,
Cardiff, and Welsh teams), and Rugby League (Brisbane, Canberra,
West Tigers, North Sydney, Cronulla, and Parramatta), Squash,
Hockey, Motorsports, Rowing, Sailing, Skiing, Netball, Basketball,
Softball, Soccer, and many other sports.
Angela
has been invited on four occasions to present at the International
Coaching School in Victoria, Canada. She has also been a guest
presenter or keynote at the Hong Kong Sports Institute, the
Welsh Institute of Sport, and for the New Zealand Sport Medicine,
Sport Science and Coaching Conference. In addition she has presented
at dozens of coaching and sports medicine conferences and courses
throughout Australia over the last 10 years. Her publications
have focused on educational resources and articles for coaching
journals, sports medicine, and sports magazines. Her research
interests are concerned with identifying fatigue in performance,
the use of hydrotherapies to reduce fatigue, and planning the
integration of recovery strategies into training and competition
situations.
Dr
Mark Sayers
Applied Sports Scientist
(B.App.Sci., M.App.Sci., PhD)
Mark has
a strong interest in the biomechanics of team games (especially
football codes) and the development of functional speed and
power through sports specific training programs. Mark has extensive
experience as a sports biomechanist and has consulted for several
national and international sporting bodies. Currently, Mark
is consultant biomechanist for the Australian Rugby Union team
(the Wallabies) and ACT Brumbies rugby team. Previously, he
has been a consultant biomechanist for a number of Australian
and New Zealand Super 12 rugby sides and was the biomechanist
and specialist skills coach for the New Zealand All Blacks during
the 2000-2001 international seasons. Since 1997 Mark has undertaken
biomechanical screening (functional assessment) and impact training
for several Australian Rules (AFL) clubs (including Geelong,
Port Power and Essendon) and Rugby League (NRL) teams (including
Brisbane Broncos, West Tigers and South Sydney). Mark has also
conducted biomechanical screenings for the Matildas (Australian
Women's Olympic Soccer team - 2000) and AIS soccer squads (1998-2001)
and the AIS Rugby League program (2002).
His experience
in applied biomechanics has also seen him present at numerous
coaching, sports science and physiotherapy seminars both nationally
and internationally. Mark has presented at coaching and scientific
conferences and workshops in New Zealand, Hong Kong, Canada,
the UK and the Philippines.
