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USC High-Performance Sports official blog. This blog features blog posts from our High-Performance Athletes at the University of the Sunshine Coast, QLD Australia.
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USC’s High Performance Program catches Australian softball pitcher Kaia Parnarby

Featured photo by Daily Telegraph You can find the original article at: https://www.usc.edu.au/explore/usc-news-exchange/news-archive/2019/august/usc-catches-australian-softball-pitcher After nearly a decade playing professional softball in Hawaii and Japan, Australian softball team pitcher, Kaia Parnarby, has chosen to make USC her home base. The 29-year-old, who grew up on Sydney’s northern beaches, completed an undergraduate degree in Exercise Sports Science at the University of Hawaii in 2012 under a full … Continue reading USC’s High Performance Program catches Australian softball pitcher Kaia Parnarby

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Lightning’s Peace Proscovia in push to support Ugandan sport

Featured photo: Emma Thurston @ Sky Sports A sports kit drive championed by Sunshine Coast Lightning’s Peace Proscovia to send back home to Uganda is one step away from becoming a reality.  The High Performance Sport office at the University of the Sunshine Coast is overflowing with more than 500kg of sports apparel that is destined for budding athletes in the central African country. All … Continue reading Lightning’s Peace Proscovia in push to support Ugandan sport

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Maddi McLeod studying a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy whilst playing softball professionally at USC Sunshine Coast

My name is Maddi McLeod and I’m a 3rd year Occupational Therapy student (Photo; Left). I am also a softballer and have recently been selected in the U23 Queensland Softball team for 2019, we will be competing at Nationals this July 7th-13th. The HPSA program has been extremely helpful in helping me organise my timetable around my trainings for the upcoming nationals and ensuring that … Continue reading Maddi McLeod studying a Bachelor of Occupational Therapy whilst playing softball professionally at USC Sunshine Coast

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Get your sports nutrition right with Bachelor of Dietetics and HPSA student Annelise Jefferies here at USC Sunshine Coast

Sport Nutrition: Back to the Basics As athletes, we are always looking for those extra 1%ers to get the best gains in performance and recovery. Sport supplements from A-Z are common hot topics amongst many sports at the elite and sub-elite level. However, many of us have fallen complacent in our day-to-day nutrition, and some conned into enticing performance enhancing promises marketing products. I strongly … Continue reading Get your sports nutrition right with Bachelor of Dietetics and HPSA student Annelise Jefferies here at USC Sunshine Coast

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Chloe Grabs studying a Bachelor of Health Science whilst competing professionally in Archery at USC Sunshine Coast

My name is Chloe Grabs and I am currently studying a Bachelor of Health Science with an extended major in Prosthetics and Orthotics. I also have a degree in Sport and Exercise Science and I compete in archery! I tried archery for the first time in 2012 when my friend wanted to try it for her 18th birthday and I thought it was really fun. … Continue reading Chloe Grabs studying a Bachelor of Health Science whilst competing professionally in Archery at USC Sunshine Coast

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