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Jake was also one of the founding members of 'The Academy' a full time elite sport passion school that provides and mixture of sport and regular curriculum schedules to provide pathways for elite sports candidates. Working alongside some of some of the industries best and most respected people has allowed Jake to find his passion and desire to develop and teach the future stars of Australian Football. Jake has built a wealth of knowledge in the sports science and high performance industry through his time spent with AFL teams Collingowood, North Melbourne and now Essendon. Jake Giannakis - Head of Strength & Conditioning at Essendon VFL and High Performance Manager at the Academy joins the podcast to speak about his last 12-24 months in the world of high performance sport. To learn more head to or follow on socials. It was amazing having Alex in the studio for this episode with the Gold Medal even making an appearance. This episode explores a provides a great insight into Alex's journey into the sport of rowing and what drives him to continue to compete at the highest level. Fast forward after 11 years in the sport he now holds a silver medal at the Rio games and recently the gold medal at the Tokyo 2020 games. It was a piece of feedback given to him from a school rowing coach that made him double down on the sport and from there he never wavered from there. However his passion for rowing was lost for a brief period during his high schooling in Adelaide. Growing up from very humble beginnings in Loxton North, Alex was your typical river kid, and always showed a strong liking to the water. Olympic Gold Medalist Alex Hill joined the podcast to speak over his success at the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games and his journey into the sport of rowing. Hören Erneut hören Fortsetzen Abspielen.A high performer in every facet, Josh unpacks his athlete journey and speaks through his experiences in both Australian and American Sports Science and High Performance Environments. Fast forward a couple of years, Josh has now spent three years at LSU and one season with West Virginia University before graduating in Human Movement and starting his own High Performance Kicking Consulting business. Josh then joined a group 'ProKick Australia' that gave Australians the opportunity to learn and enter the American Football punting system. However Josh's AFL career was not to be, with an interrupted preparation and struggle with injury seeing him delisted from the Giants list.
Josh was picked up by the Greater Western Sydney Giants when they first formed and joined the AFL. Always seen kicking a ball as a youngster there was no doubt that he wanted to make it to the top. Josh Growden always had his sights set on a career in Australia Football.