Highly qualified specialists

UniSC's PPC's are highly qualified, meeting the following strict criteria to work at UniSC: 

• Degree in Sport and Exercise Science, Strength and Conditioning, Human Movement or similiar
• Current member of the Australian Strength and Conditioning Association (ASCA) Professional Coaching Accreditation Scheme (PCAS) at the Professional level (ASCA-PL2) *
• ASCA Level 2 Coaching Accreditation **
• Current first aid and CPR training

Younger coaches, working towards these standards, are supervised by a coach who already meets these standards.

* Refer to Professional L2 Accreditation

** Refer to ASCA Coaching Accreditation Framework

World-class facilities and teams

PPC's work with high-performance squads including the QAS Swimming Hub and UniSC Spartans high-performance swimming team, the Australian Cycling Academy and support the University's High-Performance Student Athlete's (HPSA's) who come from a range of sporting disciplines.

Squads and athletes have access to nationally-accredited facilities, academics and research.

High-performance sporting facilities include: 

• 50-metre Olympic pool
• 25-metre covered pool including a range of high-tech video cameras (underwater and overhead)
• 450-metre² high-performance lifting facility
• SwimEx Professional Hydrotherapy Pool
• Contrast (hot and cold) therapeutic recovery plunge pools
• 400-metre tartan Olympic running track and field
• Multiple sporting fields and ovals
• Range of experts in sport science, nutrition and psychology
• Research labs for screening and testing of physical performance measures

Research in Physical Performance

Research projects are a constant part of the high-performance sport environment with the outcomes assisting to improve performance and provide coaches with further information to develop their programs.

Many of our PPC's are completing their postgraduate studies using our high-performance squads and athletes in their research.

This includes:  

Swimming

• Warm Up Strategies and impact on Swimming Performance
• Training Load Management for Swimming
• Post Graduate Scholar - Max McKenzie

Cycling

• Training load management in cycling
• Performance measures to assist with determining athlete wellness
• Post Graduate Scholar - Aaron Turner 

Various sports

• Determining and comparing sports-specific performance profiles and training loads in high-performance athletes

Practical experience

UniSC offers practical experience for coaches in high-performance programs.