Sport

Elite Sporting Pathways Program

On Tuesday, 20 August, we invited guest speakers to the College to speak to some of our students as part of the Elite Sporting Pathways program, designed to educate students who are involved in elite sport about the behaviours and mindset required in sport and school environments. The students were fortunate enough to hear from Alex Johnson (2012 Sydney Swans Premiership team player), Matthew Majka (Exercise Physiologist and former DSC student), Jessica Hansen (Australian Swimmer). Our Assistant Principal and Ms Carroll (DSC Assistant Principal).

Australian Football League (AFL) player, Alex Johnson, who was part of the 2012 Sydney Swans Premiership winning team spoke about his multiple knee injuries. Speaking of the 6 knee reconstructions he has endured, he touched on the need for resilience and perseverance in his profession. 

Ms Carroll coaches the Australian Senior Women's Inline Hockey Team and recently travelled to Barcelona for the World Roller Games, competing with over 4800 athletes from around the globe. Sharing her experiences playing ice hockey and inline hockey at a National and International level for the past 20 years, she said: "some stubbornness and determination to prove a point that women can play in men's teams helped". She loves encouraging people who don't believe they're "sporty" to get involved in sport and promoting sports that don't typically attract media attention in Australia. 

Adam Knott

Health & Physical Education Teacher

Hooptime Coaching 

On the day of Hoop Time, we arrived at Mullum Mullum Basketball Stadium and waited for Milgate Primary School to arrive. The Milgate PS teachers assigned teams for each of us to coach for the entire day.

l started playing basketball when I was 6 years old. I played for my primary school, over the course of the years. Eventually, I took up playing rep basketball at Nunawading Spectres and played in a different association (Melbourne Eastern Basketball Association) and it took off from there. I actually don't have much experience in coaching, as I don't have much spare time with all my sporting commitments; I also play rep football. Going into Hooptime coaching I was nervous but the Milgate PS kids cooperated with me really well and made it easy for me to coach them.

The most challenging part was trying to get everyone to have the same time out on the court, as they all wanted to play. Only five players can be on the court at a time and games were only 8-minute halves which meant we really had to be strategic in giving each student the opportunity to play. Jaz and I figured out that, by subbing every 2-minutes, they would all get a fair shot on the court.

The most rewarding part of the day was seeing all the grade 5-6’s smiles during the games and seeing how much fun they were having out there. It was so pleasing to see and we also won 2 out of 4 games.

Ellie M. 9H