Preparing Student Athletes for Success 

At St Catherine’s all students are encouraged to participate in sport. Through our diverse range of sporting programs, we aim to lift the athleticism of our students, improve their physical skills and graduate young women who value physical activity throughout their lives. 

St Catherine’s School has enjoyed a long history of sporting success, and is credited with nurturing
talented young sports women to achieve at state, national and international competitions.

St Catherine’s Athlete Development Academy

St Catherine’s Athlete Development Academy is a platform for aspiring female athletes to further develop their sporting abilities through individualised sport-specific training programs and a suite of athlete education services including:

• Personalised training programs – to maximise performance and articulate athlete’s individual goals 
• Strength and conditioning program – to build key fitness components and mitigate injury 
• Athlete education – access to qualified professionals discussing a range of topics including sports nutrition, performance psychology, time management and recovery techniques 
• Academic support and career guidance 

A Word From Our Academy Head Coach Mr Tom O’Connor

“The aim of the Academy is to help our girls perform at their peak. We have support services that supplement the sports-specific training that they do either at school or externally.

It looks at performance in terms of their specific sports but also a bit more generally, given they are still all developing in general athletic development.

Athlete Academy students take part in specialised sessions outside of other classes and in addition to the school’s health and physical education curriculum. Rather than adding more sports-specific training to their load, physical sessions held twice a week target sports conditioning, recovery, and injury management and prevention.

Sports psychology and goal setting sessions help students become mentally fit for the rigors of elite competition, while nutrition sessions best prepare them to perform. The gym work they do is specific to the sport but the students do it all together – we might have 10 or 12 girls all in the gym at once but they might be across eight or nine different sports.

This is a unique program in terms of the breadth that we like to offer and we try to be quite comprehensive in terms of all the different things that might benefit performance.”

High Performance Facilities  

Through the provision of high-performance training facilities within our School campus, our student-athletes maximise their training and study opportunities. 

Utilising our current facilities and the new Sports Centre, students have access to : 

• High Performance Fitness Studio, including ergo and spin bike studios 
• Strength and Conditioning Studio, with qualified coaches
  
• Gymnastics Studio 
• Indoor Sports Courts
• Indoor 25 metre pool 

Our high-performance training environment will monitor, track and elevate our athletes to maximise their performance and motivate them to continually strive for excellence.