Flinders Academy

Flinders Athletic Club "Academy" commenced in October 2019 under the guidance and coordination of coach Russell Brown. Since then the group has expanded it numbers and now incorporates specific sprint ( Warren Fuss) and distance (Paul Sutcliffe) groups.

The academy is targeted at athletes aged from 11 years to 17 years of age.

The aim of the academy is to build athletes strength, co-ordination, general fitness and confidence in Track and Field disciplines from sprints through to middle distance as well as cross-country.

The technical development program (Russell Brown) aims to build athletes technical model, incorporating specific drills and plyometric patterns with programming that strives to find the right balance between volumes, intensity and recoveries for young up and coming athletes.