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Courtney Hancock Wins Iron X Series!!

12.2.2020

The best always push their limits... Getting out of their comfort zone is what makes them who they are... The confidence to accept a new challenge.. It’s what makes them elite...? Take for instance Courtney Hancock winning ? the inaugural nutri grain #ironx #sls competition on Monday. 4 weeks ago she’d never: ?Flipped a tractor tyre... ?Raced a stand up paddle board.. ?Scaled a slip wall. ?Traversed gymnastic rings... ?Hauled a sandbag... ?Crawled thru a cargo net ?Hurled a dead ball... But that didn’t hold her back... True Champions...Evolve, Adapt and L

Gold Coast Suns Off-Season Training Camps

5.11.2019

Awesome to have the Gold Coast Suns Players down at THE USP PIT Gymnasium over the Off-Season. The old adage goes, “It’s the work you do when no ones watching that counts! Good athletes do what’s expected…Great athletes do the extras and go above and beyond what’s expected. Click the link below to check out the video of a few of the Gold Coast Suns Most Committed Elite Players going through their first strongman training experience over the off-season!

Cancer Survivor Nathan Andrews selected in Gold Coast Suns Academy!

12.10.2019

Stoked to see USP Gun Athlete Nathan Andrews discipline and resilience shine thru with his selection in the Gold Coast Suns Academy U/16 Squad. A great effort whilst still undergoing chemo to beat the leukaemia but more importantly finding out the remission date has been moved forward 12 months! Check out the Channel 7 News story courtesy of Mitch Kroehn and shout out to red kite for their support. Click the link below to check out Nathans' inspiring story courtesy of Channel 7. The best is yet to come! Joey Hayes

Strongman AFL Camp January 2020

6.8.2019

Announcing: The FASTEST Way to Become a Better Athlete and GAIN the EDGE OVER YOUR COMPETITION? -Develop Lightning Speed! -Super Human Strength! -Lung Busting Endurance! -Blistering Acceleration! -Precise Sporting Skills! -Stronger Marks! -Longer Kicks! -Harder Tackles! Click Here to find out more!

Female AFL High Performance Training Camp January 2020

6.8.2019

Announcing: The FASTEST Way to Become a Better Athlete and GAIN the EDGE OVER YOUR COMPETITION? -Develop Lightning Speed! -Super Human Strength! -Lung Busting Endurance! -Blistering Acceleration! -Precise Sporting Skills! -Stronger Marks! -Longer Kicks! -Harder Tackles! -Feel Empowered! -Make Friends! -Achieve Personal Bests! -In a Judgement Free Zone Click link below to find out more!

Sport Specific Training vs Training Transfer

25.6.2019

Often coaches and athletes attempt to replicate sports specific movements like using a weighted cable attachment tied around the ankle and swinging the leg in a kicking like manner to replicate the sports action of kicking, some surfers stand on a swiss ball and squat with the the belief that this exercise has greater transference to surfing. The research suggests that many simulated sporting movements can actually distort the athletes biomechanics when to comes to kicking, paddling or surfing which inadvertently decreases performance.

USP Athlete Nathan Andrews Beats Cancer plays 100th Game

3.6.2019

"A Gold Coast teenager has chalked up a milestone after being diagnosed with Leukemia two years ago. The 15-year-old who's with the Gold Coast Suns Academy is back on track to achieve his AFL dream despite an ongoing health battle"....The headline says it all!!

What kind of mindset does your athlete have?

19.5.2019

What does AFL Superstar Dayne Beams, Brayden Crossley, Kurt Tippett, World Champions Ironwoman Courtney Hancock, Australian Boomers Basketball Rep Matt Hodgson and every other successful elite athlete I have coached have in common? They all have a Growth Mindset. Click the link to find out how you can foster a growth mindset with your athletes!

3D Coaching Coaching at another level!

22.4.2019

I was fortunate to catch up with a former Brisbane Lions Triple Premiership AFL Player, Norm Smith Medallist, Gold Coast Suns Head of Development and Strongman Camp Guest Coach Shaun Hart along with Tim Searl who were presenting a seminar on The 3D Coaching Model. If you want your athletes to: 1. Learn skills quicker! 2. Have higher fitness compliance and work harder! 3. Recover quicker from injuries! 4. Be more adaptable to new conditions! 5. Have freedom to be creative! 6. Develop deeper relationships! 7. Learn life lessons through sport! The 3D Coaching Model could be a Game Changer!!

Gold Coast junior footballer Nathan Andrews battles cancer while chasing AFL dream

24.3.2019

Gold Coast junior footballer Nathan Andrews battles cancer while chasing AFL dream. “I have met some strong people in my life but he is the toughest by far.” Those are the words of Michael Andrews who has watched his son Nathan, 15, battle Leukaemia over the past two years while still maintaining his dream of one day playing in the AFL. The Labrador Tigers player was representing North Gold Coast when he suffered dizziness upon standing up and recalled seeing dots.

Andrew Top 10 One on One Coaching Tips:

18.2.2019

Awesome to have former Richmond, Brisbane Lions and Gold Coast Suns AFL player; and now Gold Coast Suns Academy Head Coach and One on One Founder Andrew Raines down to impart his wisdom to the tribe members.The One on One football coaching platform that was developed by Andrew is a ground breaking idea. That allows footballers to get trained and mentored by former professional AFL players, coaches. As I have discussed there are 4 key determinants for elite sporting performance. Physical Qualities-(Strength, Speed, Power, Endurance, agility, flexibility).

Sam Gilbert All She Wrote

23.1.2019

Having watched him play for the last 12 years…ridden the highs and ridden the lows-They are like your own children-you see them grow up and evolve and mature into sensational human beings then one day they leave home or in other words retire from playing the game! I first came across Sam Gilbert as very lean raw lanky teenager at PBC High School in the AFL Sports Excellence Program…I think it was the 1st or 2nd year I started their physical preparation program maybe 2003 or 2004..this kid although not blessed genetically in the gym for size or strength..was working his backside off..

Channel 7 News Reporter Uncovers The Truth behind USP’s results…

20.11.2018

Awesome to have Channel 7 down to our USP Training facility to find out how our small private gym (Aka the USP PIT Gymnasium) tucked away in a Miami industrial area has produced some of the most outstanding athlete results of any performance facility in the country.

Channel 7 Showcasing Brisbane Lions AFLW Star Arianna Clarke USP Coach Mentor

30.10.2018

Check out the channel 7 news clip below to see Brisbane Lions AFLW Player and Legend and Special Guest High Performance AFL Camp Coach Arianna Clarke mentoring and taking some of our future AFL Superstars Piper Phelan and Imogen Evans through their paces at the USP PIT Gymnasium Training facility!

USP Training Methods Exposed by The Gold Coast Bulletin and Channel 9

3.8.2018

It was great to have an awesome article in the Gold Coast Bulletin about Ultimate Sports Performance elite training and coaching methods being successfully utilised by Australian Boomers Basketball Rep and Brisbane Bullets Player Matt Hodgson has been flying up from Adelaide and since arriving in Queensland travelling down from Brisbane using some revolutionary rehabilitation techniques and performance enhancing methods to take his body and performance to another level.

Brayden Crossley AFL Debut and USP Mentors

9.5.2018

As is a long held USP tradition I always watch our athletes debut games. I remember watching Dayne Beams play for Collingwood against the Brisbane Lions, Sam Gilbert for St Kilda, Broc McCauley, and Bryce Retzlaff as well up at the Gabba many years ago! Sitting in the grandstands on cool Ballarat Saturday afternoon I was fortunate to witness USP Athlete and now Gold Coast Suns AFL young gun Brayden Crossley-make his impact..when I say impact I mean physically impose himself on the game and throwing his body weight around.

USP Athlete Kurt Tippett Retirement Insights Final Swan Song

25.1.2018

Over the past week I’d been playing phone tag with Kurt Tippett, finally after 8 missed calls, he dropped the bombshell. “Joey, Im going to announce my retirement today (Monday 22nd January), I wanted to let you know first, before it was released to the media, mate I’m so grateful for everything you’ve done for me over the past 14 years you’ve had massive impact on me as a man and as a a footballer”! I was shocked, but not surprised!

The tale of 2 Gold Coast Drafted Footballers...Journey from THE USP PIT Gymnasium to the Gold Coast Suns AFL Club!

27.11.2017

Awesome to see USP Athletes Brayden Crossley and Connor Nutting selected on Friday night! Having seen their growth and development as athletes and men. I’m so proud of how far these young men have come! Their work ethic and relentless pursuit of excellence has and will hold them in great stead for successful careers at the elite level! Very few people know the background stories and as I’ve told many of the young athletes in our program everyone has setbacks! These guys are no exception.

Nick Riewoldt The Things That Make Us!

21.11.2017

Apart from watching him dominate during AFL Games…I hadn’t seen or heard from Nick Riewoldt for the best part of a decade…in fact, the last time I saw Nick Riewoldt I was getting dosed up with pain killers and taken off in the ambulance to the Gold Coast hospital after dislocating both shoulders in the first quarter of the U/18 AFL Grand Finals at Labrador Footy Ground in 2001 where Nick Riewoldt was special guest doing the commentary for our game! Nick and I had played junior cricket together at Broadbeach, competed for the Gold Coast little athletics club at Pizzey Park

GC Bulletin Exposes What USP Coach Joey Hayes did to AFLW Western Bulldogs Captain Katie Brennan to take her game to another level…

6.11.2017

Fantastic to have USP legacy athlete, Western Bulldogs AFLW captain, Allies Team, All Australian player, 2017 Victorian AFL leading goal kicker and 2017 Victorian Female League Best and Fairest Katie Brennan up for The USP Elite Athletes Retreat to get the edge over her competition. Katie was a revolutionary and was the first ever female to attend our AFL off season strongman camp and The PIT way back in 2012.