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Richmond Football Club PE Excursion

Senior VCE Physical Education students visited the training facilities at Richmond Football Club to experience being an ‘athlete’ for a day. Students participated in a strength and conditioning training session, a spin class simulated at high altitude, hot and cold water contrast recovery therapy and received nutrition advice from staff while preparing their own recovery lunch.

Students also had the opportunity to learn more about the various community educational programs being run by Richmond including the new Leadership and Elite Sporting Diplomas being run at the Richmond Institute of Education in partnership with Swinburne University.

QUOTES:

The students really enjoyed an informative, educational  and hands on day at Richmond Football club. Experiences like this at Carwatha College give students the opportunity to challenge themselves and in this case see inside the world of elite athletes. Students also have the chance to discover & research potential career ideas and ask questions from experts in their field.”    

Jodie Mccarthy – Careers and Pathways Manager

“I enjoyed watching the Richmond players train and getting an insight into life as an athlete.  Receiving some professional training and knowledge about building strength based training program as well as actually experiencing training at high altitude and how it makes your body work harder was really helpful for our PE course. “

Phillip (Year 12 student)

Bobbie Peters and Jodie McCarty