Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania – Page 2 – For people of all ages interested in Olympic Weightlifting

October 11, 2017

Training of Instructors and Coaches

I am very pleased to announce that development is underway of long-awaited courses that provide the knowledge and skills to be effective as Instructors and Coaches in a Weightlifting club setting. These courses are available only to members of the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania. These courses will provide a mixture of theoretical knowledge delivered in an online format and practical...

News

July 31, 2017

Academy Athletes in Action at Australian Championships 2017

Stephanie Pickrell (Gold and Bronze) Hannah Spinks Zac Millhouse (Silver) Camilla Fogagnolo (Gold) Ben Spinks Sean Fitzgerald (Bronze) Kaity Fassina (Gold)

Events/News

July 31, 2017

Ideas for School Projects in Weightlifting

Weightlifting is an excellent sport for a school science project. Here are some questions for students to ponder: Using the ‘principle of the lever’, explain why it is good technique for the athlete to keep the barbell as close to the body as possible. Discuss why keeping in balance is a very significant problem for the athlete during the execution...

Information

May 3, 2017

Calling for Volunteers

The Australian Junior and Senior Weightlifting Championships will be staged at the Grandstand Hall of the Hobart Showgrounds over 3 days, 2-4 June 2017. The organisers seek volunteers for the following roles: Food serving The role involves manning a food counter to sell light snacks and beverages to the public and participants in the main hall and assisting with the...

Uncategorised

October 18, 2016

Academy athletes off to Malaysia

Kaity Fassina and Zac Millhouse, who are both members of the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania are off to Penang, Malaysia in October to participate in international events. Zac Millhouse will compete in the 85Kg category at the 2016 World Youth Weightlifting Championships on Monday 24 October and Kaity Fassina will compete in the 2016 Commonwealth Championships on Saturday 29 October....

News/Uncategorised

September 21, 2016

Morning Sessions with Leo Isaac

During week beginning Monday 26 September- Friday 30 September, Leo Isaac will be coaching twice daily every day, morning and evening, at the Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania (WAT). These sessions are available to members AND non-members of WAT but numbers are limited. Why not drop in for morning training and either follow your own training program or undertake a special ‘themed’ program...

Uncategorised

September 7, 2016

Intensive Training Camp, Hobart

The Weightlifting Academy of Tasmania will conduct a weekend intensive training camp 1-2 October 2016 at its premises in Glenorchy, Hobart. The 2-day program is 9:30 am – 4:30 pm each day of training focusing on issues of technique development, performance improvement, training methodology and psychology. For more details click this link

Education/News

August 21, 2016

Impact of Life on Training

It is a great feature of life that we do not know the future. All we can do is to make moment-to-moment decisions that we think are in the best interests of ourselves, those we love, and hopefully the planet. The decisions we make stem from what we have learned, our personal motivations and, more than we know, the pressure we experience...

Training Methodology

April 7, 2016

Athlete Self-Monitoring

By Leo Isaac There are multiple benefits for athletes to keep a log or diary of their session-to-session training activities and, importantly, record a regular self-evaluation of their performance and well-being. These benefits include: Optimising the prescription of training load Training logs assist in gathering information about the athlete’s physiological and psychological adaptive response to training stress and this enables...

Training Methodology

April 7, 2016

Officiating at the 2016 Australian Masters Championships

Calling all persons who may wish to act as Referee, Announcer, Marshal or Timekeeper at the forthcoming Oceania and Australian Masters Championships to be held 3-5 June at the Hobart Showgrounds. This is a perfect opportunity for State Referees to upgrade to National Referee status. To nominate your services as referee at this event, whether or not you intend to upgrade, please...

Competitions