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- Move quick: 5 of the best agility exercises for <span class="highlight">AFL player</span>s
- (Sport & Fitness)
- Created on 15 December 2021
- ... 20 seconds to get an outstanding workout for a variety of leg muscles. These drills will enhance your game Agility is one of the most important attributes of a truly good AFL player. An awesome ...
- What is pentosan polysulphate sodium (PPS) and why are <span class="highlight">AFL player</span>s using it?
- (News)
- Created on 06 April 2018
- Former Carlton player Andrew Walker was reportedly able to resume playing regional football after PPS treatment. AAPAFL players are reportedly being treated with injections of the drug pentosan polysulphate ...
- As Netball Australia eyes betting sponsorship, women and girls are at increased risk of gambling harm
- (News)
- Created on 22 June 2022
- Netball Australia CEO Kelly Ryan said last week she would consider accepting gambling sponsorship to help with Netball Australia’s debts. Gambling sponsorships were “lucrative” for sports, she reasoned, ...
- Sports concussions affect men and women differently. Female athletes need more attention in brain research
- (News)
- Created on 05 May 2021
- ... (CTE). Male former AFL players Danny Frawley and Shane Tuck were both diagnosed with CTE when their brains were examined after their deaths. CTE is described as a delayed-onset and progressive neurodegenerative ...
- Here's what we know about CTE, the brain condition that affected Danny Frawle
- (News)
- Created on 04 September 2020
- ... an abnormal buildup of a protein called “tau” in the brain, which can damage brain cells. Frawley’s is the second confirmed case of CTE in a former AFL player, while two former NRL players are also ...
- when you berate people for bad behaviour, they do it more
- (News)
- Created on 27 March 2020
- ... such as retired AFL player Ron Barassi or former Governor-General Quentin Bryce. The voices of respected figures like these may reach people that tune out anything politicians say. This is an incredibly ...
- The AFL sells an inclusive image of itself. But when it comes to race and gender, it still has a way to go
- (News)
- Created on 30 September 2019
- ... throughout the league of the racist hatred directed at Goodes, and of the need to respond better in the future. The Adam Goodes documentary has become essential viewing for AFL players. ...
- Fairest and best? Status counts in the Brownlow Medal
- (News)
- Created on 23 September 2019
- ... there is Carlton’s Patrick Cripps, recently awarded the Leigh Matthews Trophy given by the AFL Players Association to the league’s “most valuable player”. Cripps also became Carlton co-captain this year. ...
- It's not just athletes who get Achilles tendon pain, but exercising is the answe
- (News)
- Created on 23 August 2019
- ... thread. More than 30% of AFL players have a “hole” in their tendon when we scan them but are able to play at the highest level with no pain. Read more: Health Check: why do my muscles ...
- The Australian Dream is must-see for lovers of football and this country
- (News)
- Created on 01 August 2019
- ... booing of Indigenous AFL player Adam Goodes in 2015. Written by and featuring Stan Grant, a Wiradjuri man, the film journeys back from the events of 2015, to trace the prevalence of racial vilification ...
- Our national anthem is non-inclusive: Indigenous Australians shouldn't have to sing i
- (News)
- Created on 05 June 2019
- ... be proud about our country.” Aboriginal AFL player Lance Franklin even described the protest as “pretty stupid”. Muted criticism of the protest The silent dignity of players refusing to sing the anthem ...
- The long and complicated history of Aboriginal involvement in football
- (News)
- Created on 24 May 2019
- ... leagues. In fact, to mark this year’s Indigenous round, the AFL Players Association recently updated its map celebrating the 84 male Indigenous players and 13 female players in the league and showing where ...
- We need to do more about cyberbullying against Indigenous Australians
- (News)
- Created on 09 May 2019
- ... a game by running through a banner featuring hateful tweets directed at AFL players, including Noongar man and Demons defender Neville Jetta. It is good to see the issue of online abuse in the spotlight. ...
- The AFL and its clubs must continue to expose and sanction online trolls, it’s the law
- (News)
- Created on 29 March 2019
- We have experienced what at times has felt like an epidemic of online trolling of AFL players in recent weeks. Some of the trolling has taken the form of sexual abuse, such as that of Taylor Harris. Others ...
- How sport can tackle violence against women and girls
- (News)
- Created on 06 December 2018
- ... The comment is not dissimilar to one made by an AFL player involved in the Port Adelaide program: “The purpose is to impact the generations … getting the younger generations to know that [violence against ...
- The AFLW found instant success, but challenges remain for its long-term sustainability
- (News)
- Created on 10 October 2018
- ... AFL player Mick Malthouse sparked outrage – and prompted AFLW star Moana Hope to storm out of a Grand Final luncheon – when he suggested the AFL was a “man’s game”. He went on later to say: Let’s get ...
- How two 1990s discoveries have led to (some) cured cancers, and a Nobel Prize
- (News)
- Created on 02 October 2018
- ... of cancers. From AFL player Jarryd Roughead to businessman Ron Walker, to former US president Jimmy Carter, anecdotes abound for the activity of immune checkpoint inhibitors in advanced cancers such ...
- 'Too fat to get drafted': the worrying body-image pressures in the AF
- (News)
- Created on 14 August 2018
- ... club. Still, this weight-loss tactic is hardly unique to Carlton. When AFL players are on holidays or personal leave, many clubs also expect them to continue working on their bodies, too. Players ...
- How to help athletes adapt to life after sport
- (News)
- Created on 13 April 2018
- ... development. The AFL Players’ Association, for example, has responded to its own research findings by implementing its Max360 program. This explicitly aims to help players with their holistic development ...
- Do athletes really need protein supplements?
- (News)
- Created on 11 April 2018
- ... be in the lower range, as they have a smaller body frame and less musculature. A power sportsman, such as an AFL player, would require more. Are we getting enough? A 2011-12 survey found most Australians ...
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