Key Insights
Selectors don't count sessions attended - they watch speed, change of direction and whether a player can still perform in the last quarter.
Club training builds skills and match fitness but not the physical engine underneath those skills.
Kids need the chance to run, jump, sprint and build a broad athletic base, not a fourth night of the same sport.
The right training is matched to the athlete's stage, not just piled on top of what they're already doing.
Featured Question
"My child trains three nights a week and still isn't getting picked. What's going on?"
We hear a version of this most seasons and it's almost never a work-rate problem.
Selectors Aren't Counting Sessions. They're Watching Movement.
How fast they move, how quickly they change directions, whether they can still do it in the last quarter. None of that is measured by how many nights a week they train.
Club Training And Physical Development Solve Different Problems.
Club sessions build skills and match fitness. What they don't build is the physical engine underneath those skills.
They Don't Need More Sport. They Need A Broader Base.
The chance to run, jump, sprint and build a wider athletic foundation, trained appropriately for whatever stage they’re at right now.
Write to us (info@virtuscentre.com.au) - tell us their age and what you've noticed.
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