Secondary Sport
Parents and students can refer to Redlands Pulse or iLearn for the most up to date schedule of online fitness/sport sessions and the relevant Zoom links to sign in.
Fitness Centre
We have a number of pieces equipment which are great for the athletic development of students (and adults), including skipping ropes, resistance bands and stretch bands. These are great for warm up and short at home workouts. If you would like to borrow some, please contact Mr Gooding. We have a number that can be borrowed or alternatively we can arrange for them to be purchased.
Football
A reminder to all Redlands Football, that the Zoom sessions and Challenge are compulsory. These will be used towards the end of the season when assessing pockets and award winners. Students who are onsite during the live session will need to either complete the workout during the afternoon (with the video sent to Ms Seebohm and Mr Ellis) or complete the General Fitness session on Thursday Morning (7.00-8.00am) or Thursday afternoon (2.30-3.30pm). The Challenge is uploaded onto iLearn for students to access on Monday afternoons.
Hockey
There are a lot of great Hockey resources on the Redlands iLearn – Hockey, with all winter representative sport. The live Zoom sessions are compulsory for all. Hockey players are reminded to be ready to start at 3.30pm on Tuesday afternoon. Those students who are on site on Tuesday (Yrs 12 and 10) will have space available to complete this workout on school grounds.
Netball
A reminder that there is a live Netball Fitness session run across Zoom every Tuesday morning from 7.00-8.00am for all Secondary School netballers. This session is recorded and placed on the Netball section of the Secondary Sport iLearn page so that students in Yrs 12 and 10 can complete it after they return home from school each Tuesday.
Each Monday, a Netball skill challenge is also provided for all students in the program to complete each week. This challenge has been placed on the Netball page under Weekly Netball Challenges within the Secondary Sport iLearn page. This challenge needs to be completed and uploaded to the assignment section of the Secondary Sport iLearn page by Monday 18 May at 8.00am.
This term, it is an expectation that all netballers complete the Netball Fitness session and the Weekly Netball Challenge as part of their commitment to the sport. Attendance and submission for each student is recorded each week. If a student is unable to make the Netball Fitness session, they must participate in the General Fitness session for their respective Year Group on a Thursday.
We want our netballers to be as conditioned and prepared as possible to take the netball court when the season is able to recommence and I look forward to seeing them in our next live fitness session and to seeing their submissions of this weeks the Netball challenge.
Rugby
For Weeks 3 and 4 Redlands Rugby will continue with Online Learning and resources covering Skill Development, Fitness and also Weekly Challenges. There will be additional videos added each week covering a range of skills and topics including important team building exercises and game plan specific training. Each week new challenges will be released along with the weekly Friday Fitness session tailored towards Rugby.
Make sure students are completing the current Challenges.
We have had some incredible scores in the Bronco Challenge already with 2:19 being the best score from any student. Please make sure the entire challenge is filmed along with the time shown at the end.
Students are reminded that both the challenges and the Friday Fitness session are compulsory for all Rugby students as part of their Winter Rep Sport commitment.
For the Friday Fitness there will be a focus on Core Strength and Leg Drive.
Swimming
With the cancellation of the CIS Swimming Championships, ISA was unable to send a team through to swim at these championships. They did however select a merit team from the results of the ISA Swimming Championships, congratulations to the following swimmers who were selected in this merit team:
- Olivia Donoghue (Yr 11)
- Xander Halfen (Yr 8)
- Chloe Jennings (Yr 8)
- Erik Scott (Yr 10)
- Samuel Virtue (Yr 10)
- Ruby Voyce (Yr 8)
Tennis
Well done to all Tennis students who completed the Tennis challenge last week. Congratulations John Kremer for hitting 356 forehand wall volleys continuously. The following students are also to be congratulated for their efforts: Shaun Patrick (123), Isaac Swann (74), Chanel Wang and Samantha Wightwick (67), and Federico Gazzilli (60). Just a reminder, weekly participation in organised Tennis training, Tennis challenges and general fitness sessions provided by the School is compulsory. The training sessions will help us keep active and allow us to keep improving our individual skills. Students should be practicing this week’s challenge and uploading into iLearn by Sunday along with completing one of the fitness activities listed on the Tennis ilearn page. Students’ attendance will be tracked each week and will count towards final awards and pocket criteria at the end of the season. We are looking forward to the time we can as a school get back out on court.
Touch Football
Congratulations to Anna McCormack (Yr 12) and Olivia (Lulu) Simpson (Yr 12) who were both selected in the ISA Open Touch Football (Merit) team. Due to the cancellation of the CIS Championships, ISA decided to select a merit team (meaning if they were to have trials this would have been the team). This is a fantastic achievement for both Anna and Lulu. This also shows the growth and development of the Redlands Touch Football program.
“Mental toughness is doing the right thing for the team when it’s not the best thing for you.” Bill Belichick – New England Patriots Head Coach – six time Super Bowl Championship Winning Coach
Mr Tom Kindred
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.