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Best Strength and Conditioning  Exercises for Wrestling

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Athletes and professional coaches are more aware than ever before of the importance of nutrition in sport. While there is an array of factors that contribute to an athlete's overall performance in their chosen sport, food is a critical piece to the puzzle, providing the

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If you're doing an easy 2-4 mile run, you probably don't need to eat anything. Anything longer, and a few carbs will help. Toast, crackers, a banana - keep it light. I like to have coffee before every morning run.

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Sports are more than just fun and games and entertainment for the masses. Athletes, coaches, parents, and fans are drawn to the training, focus, discipline, loyalty, competitiveness, and individual and team performances that are hallmarks of sports culture.

For young people, sports are a means to physical and emotional well-being and the development of strong leadership skills like communication and organization. Sports can play a potential role in alleviating a wide range of social problems in communities that may otherwise be afflicted with substance abuse, crime, academic underachievement, and lack of a cohesive social identity.

Fighting to win draws on cooperation, concentration, coordination, and creativity-all goals worth striving for in their own right. What is the motivation for continually improving performance? How do athletes handle such immense pressure?

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Sports are more than just fun and games and entertainment for the masses. Athletes, coaches, parents, and fans are drawn to the training, focus, discipline, loyalty, competitiveness, and individual and team performances that are hallmarks of sports culture. For young people, sports are a means to physical and emotional well-being and the development of strong leadership skills like communication and organization.

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Young Athletes

Young Athletes is a play-based program for children aged 2-8 who have an intellectual disability as well as their peers who do not. The program focuses on activities that support social and physical growth and is a stepping stone into sport. After participating for just 8-weeks participants experience an average 7-month gain in motor skills (source: Special Olympics Inc). Young Athletes also provides a welcoming support network for families. To understand the power of Young Athletes meet best friends Violet and Anja from Minnesota or watch young Amelia's moves in the gym.

Community Sports

Community Sports is an 8-week sports program and celebration that can be catered to participants needs. Programs are delivered through schools and disability service providers and provide a pathway to the Special Olympics Australia community.

Unified Sports

Unified Sports brings people with an intellectual disability and those without a disability together to play sport. The aim is to change negative attitudes towards people with disability and increase competition opportunities.

Healthy Athletes

People with an intellectual disability are more likely to have unidentified or untreated health issues and will die younger than the general population - average of 13 years for men, 20 years for women (source: Special Olympics Inc). That's why we offer Healthy Athletes at major competitions. Through Healthy Athletes volunteer medical and health practitioners provide free health screenings across multiple disciplines including treating feet, teeth, eyes, ears and general well-being.

Athlete Leadership Programs

Winning and achieving in sport boosts confidence, and as athletes grow and develop some seek to explore new opportunities. So, we teach them the tools to share their voice, make informed decisions and play an active role within the organisation and wider community. Our Athlete Leadership Programs (ALPs) provides opportunities for athletes to channel their energy into public speaking, community engagement, acting as ambassadors, working on committees or gaining employment.

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Sport & Competition | Special Olympics Australia

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Young Athletes is a play-based program for children aged 2-8 who have an intellectual disability as well as their peers who do not. The program focuses on activities that support social and physical growth and is a stepping stone into sport. After participating for just 8-weeks participants experience an average 7-month gain in motor skills (source: Special Olympics Inc).