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The Elite Football Academy is a sports program designed at improving an athlete’s performance in Australian Rules football. The EFA provides athletes with one-on-one training teaching them about all aspects of football and competing at an elite level. This is different from training in a team because a teams training is focused on improving the team’s performance. In the EFA, training is focused on improving the individual athlete performance. Athlete can improve and work on different parts of their game at their pace, strengthening their position with in the team. |
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With all sports, performance is 90% mental and 10% physical. This is why the EFA includes mental performance training into its programs. Athletes learn about elite level competition and improving their mental game. Each training session is structured to cover areas in mental performance, skill work and fitness. Athletes are continually evaluated, measuring their improvements and gauging their performance level.
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Athletes attend training sessions that fit around their commitment to their club. This enables an athlete to train under a team environment while doing extra training to improve their individual performance on the field. Being a Winning Edge Mentoring run program athletes enrolled in the EFA have access Winning Edge Mentoring networks and other Winning Edge Mentoring services. |
Luke Field a dedicated footballer tells of his experience in the EFA
“The amount of progress I have made since the start of the program has been phenomenal. This program has changed the way I look at my football; from what was a dream to play AFL can now become a reality due to the extra training and I have committed to.
The program has increased my skills on both sides of the body, increased my strength mentally and physically (If you feel stronger you are stronger). After each time I come home from the park I reflect on how well I thought I did. If I had trained badly then I think about how I could improve. If I had trained well I reflect on what I had done well and what needs to be improved on. I now have more discipline towards my football and life in general as well.
I have benefited a lot from the extra training. It has changed the way I feel, think and act on the football field. I am also very pleased with the way my skills are coming along.
I set myself goals more often, before I would back out and take the easy road but now I push myself and try as hard as I can to accomplish what I set out for. I work a lot harder and concentrate more because I have that determination and perseverance to make AFL. If I want it that badly then I need the concentration, the discipline, the determination, the motivation, perseverance and confidence. In my opinion this program has increased all these factors by a huge margin.
Overall this program has been the biggest help. It has made me think about things a lot harder and more in depth. I want to make AFL and I will do everything I can to make it!
I have also learnt new jokes as I hear them every time I train.”
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