Secondary Sport
Basketball
The 2021/2022 Summer Basketball season has begun! This season we are excited to be using the ‘Sportly’ App to deliver the online basketball content. All students who registered for basketball should have received and email outlining the process to download and create profile for the app. Each week there will be different workouts and challenges to complete via the app, as with all current programs please ensure you are following the NSW COVID Health Guidelines.
Redlands Sport Podcast
Episode 9 of the Redlands Sport Podcast can be found here or via the Secondary School Sport iLearn page (student access only). This past week, Mr Ellis sat down with Redlands staff member Mr Brad Hemopo, speaking about his upbringing in New Zealand and not only where rugby has taken him, but also the amazing life experiences that Brad has had. It is an amazing insight into the man known around the school as Mr H, who embodies every sense of the phrase “you can do anything you want, be the best you”. Mr H is a truly amazing role model.
Secondary School Sport and Co-Curricular Photographs
Secondary School Sport and Co-Curricular activity photos are ready for ordering. Please visit the Melba Studios website, www.melbastudios.com.au. Select school orders and enter the password, WINNIE.
If you have any questions, please contact Melba Studios directly on (02) 9438 4566 or email sales@melbastudios.com.au.
Tennis
Summer tennis students now have access to a tennis specific at home fitness program put together by our strength and conditioning coach Luke Jeffery. The program can be found on the ilearn Tennis page. All tennis students are strongly encouraged to complete the sessions each week. They are aimed to increase strength, speed and agility.
Touch Football
The students who have selected Touch Football as their representative (girls) or non-rep (boys) sport for the 2021/2022 summer season should have received and email on Monday outlining the expectations for the program for the rest of Term 3. This information can be found on Redlands Pulse – Touch Football as well as the Redlands Secondary School Sport iLearn Page. Each week there will be a number of activities for the students to complete based around skill development, strength & conditioning and game sense awareness. We ask that all students (and parents) if completing tasks are following the NSW COVID Health Guidelines at all times.
Zoom Fitness
Zoom Fitness sessions are great way to start your day and are on every Tuesday and Thursday mornings and afternoons. Students are encouraged to attend as many sessions as they wish, and we encourage all members of the same household to join in the sessions.
A reminder for the Zoom sessions, that students need to be:
- Online and ready to go prior to the Zoom starting (please be online ready to go at 6:55am/3.25pm)
- If students are more than 10 minutes late they will not be admitted into the Zoom Session
- Zooms set to mute with cameras on (students who remain with their cameras off will not have the session counted towards their commitment)
- Have a water bottle
- Have a gym towel
- Please wear appropriate fitness attire (in line with mufti day attire ie: no singlets, appropriate length shorts)
Mullets for Mental Health
From 1 September, a number of Secondary School students, along with Mr Jack Gooding our Director of Coaching: Rugby and Athletic Development, will be shaving in mullets in support of the Black Dog Institute and Mullets for Mental Health. https://www.teamblackdog.org.au/fundraisers/jackgooding/mulletsformentalhealth
Mr Gooding will be documenting the whole process, including the cutting of his the hair and the progress towards a true flowing mullet across the whole month. Along with a blog detailing the process, there will also be a number of ‘invitational barbers’ who will give their thoughts around mental well-being as well as offering their assistance in manicuring the mullet.
This is a wonderful opportunity to support a charity and have some fun during this lockdown period.
As the saying goes “Champions are made when no one is watching.” These world-class athletes did not become champions when they held up the first trophy. They became champions during the hours spent relentlessly training, working and struggling to be in a position to hoist the trophy high.
Be Champion Minded.
Ms Alison Cox
Head of Secondary School Sport
sports@redlands.nsw.edu.au
All Sports contacts can be found on Redlands Pulse.