Sports Science Institute of South Africa, Cape Town
Thank you to those that attended the Sports Science Institute of South Africa’s 4th annual Schools Sports Summit, from 20-21 September 2018. Without your support this event would not be possible. We trust you left the two-day conference inspired to make a difference.
An event of this magnitude is impossible to host without the support of our partners, therefore we would like to take this opportunity, on behalf of everyone, to also thank our partners O2Sports, Gym Africa, the South African Institute of Drug Free Sport, Spur and Totalsports who contributed to this wonderful event.
Click on the links below to view the session presentations:
| Day 1 – Thursday 20 September 2019 | |
| Topic | Speaker |
| Lessons Learned from the Evolution of American | Prof Robin S. Vealey (USA) |
| 2 ID and Development Maturation | Prof Ben Jones (UK) |
| Tea | |
| Technical skill training: How to optimize learning during training sessions to ensure optimum transfer to competition | Dr Sharief Hendricks – UCT |
| 4 Lean In – Girls & Sport | Hershel Girls High -Stuart West |
| Creating a high performance offering at government school level | Milnerton High – Paul Besener and Heinrich Martin |
| Lunch | |
| 6 Supplements and school sport | Dr Amanda Claassen-Smithers – SA Institute for Drug-Free Sport |
| 7 Innovation against the odds | Grassy Park High – Marcia Woolward |
| Readiness for learning skills and competing in youth sport | Prof Robin S. Vealey (USA) |
| My story | Vernon Philander |
| Day 1 closes | |
| Day 2 – Friday 21 September 2018 | |
| Key principles of principles of periodisation and monitoring | Prof Ben Jones (UK) |
| 10 Motivation basics and strategies for youth athletes | Prof Robin S. Vealey (USA) |
| Tea | |
| 11 Equipping the talented school athlete | Ruan Schlebusch and Brad Player |
| 12 Dynamics of primary school sports | Bishops Prep – Murray Anderson and Brendon Fogerty |
| Winning with kids | Paddy Upton |
| Lunch and close | |
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