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Dribbling is one of the most important skills on the basketball court. In this video, Keely Froling from the Australian Opals and Daniel Grida from the Illawarra Hawks demonstrate variations on crossovers, including behind-the-back, through-the-legs and spin moves, and dribbling drills, including two-ball staggered dribbling, two-ball crossovers and the spider dribble. Clear demonstrations complemented by worded instructions make this an essential resource for budding sports stars. Show Less

Shooting is one of the most important skills on the basketball court. In this video, Reece Kaye from the Canberra Gunners and Keely Froling from the Australian Opals demonstrate crossover layups and the Around the World shooting drill. Clear demonstrations complemented by worded instructions make this an essential resource for budding sports stars. Show Less

Shooting is one of the most important skills on the basketball court. In this video, Annabelle Lindsay from the Australian Gliders and Keely Froling from the Australian Opals demonstrate basic shooting and layups. Clear demonstrations complemented by worded instructions make this an essential resource for budding sports stars. Show Less

Before you go anywhere on the basketball court, it's important to have good ball handling skills. In this video, Keely Froling from the Australian Opals demonstrates variations on the wrap drill, including body wraps and leg wraps. Clear demonstrations complemented by worded instructions make this an essential resource for budding sports stars. Show Less

Dribbling is one of the most important skills on the basketball court. In this video, Annabelle Lindsay from the Australian Gliders and Reece Kaye from the Canberra Gunners demonstrate one-handed dribbling, crossovers, jump stops and stride stops. Clear demonstrations complemented by worded instructions make this an essential resource for budding sports stars. Show Less

Passing is one of the most important skills on the basketball court. In this video, Keely Froling from the Australian Opals and Daniel Grida from the Illawarra Hawks demonstrate chest passes, bounce passes and passing drills. Clear demonstrations complemented by worded instructions make this an essential resource for budding sports stars. Show Less

An effective cool down and stretch routine is vital to ensure you recover well from a workout. Exercises in this clip include: Windmills, Quad Stretches, Pigeon Stretch and the Downward Dog. The focus is on performing the exercises with good breathing technique and form, and at different levels that consider people’s fitness, strength and stability. Show Less

This Chase 20 workout is a motivational boxing-based routine that will help you make movement a part of your everyday routine. The instructor demonstrates correct form and right and left-hand stances in this TABATA sequence. The four exercises covered are: Jab Jab Cross, Wide Squats, Upper Cuts and Lunge with Push Kick. Show Less

The Plank and Arm 2-4-6 workout extends upon knowledge gained in clips ‘Workout 1: Engage Your Core’ and ‘Workout 2: Strong Glutes’. The aim is to build upper body strength and stability by completing Hand taps, Caterpillars, Leg raises and Cobra Push Ups. The instructor describes different versions of the exercises, so that they are suitable for people with different fitness levels and strength ability. Show Less

The Super 8s routine is designed to correct the poor posture that develops when we spend too much time sitting or looking down at devices. The exercises include: Roll Downs, Super Heroes, Single Leg Pull Downs and V-Backs. The instructor gives clear demonstrations of each exercise, showing how to complete them with good controlled form. Show Less

The 21s workout includes four levelled exercises for glute activation and strengthening: Squats, Fire Hydrant, Crab Walk and Bridge Raise. Full-range, half-range and bottom-range versions of each exercise are demonstrated, with a clear focus on performing them with good controlled form. Show Less

In the Core 60 workout four different exercises are described and demonstrated with a focus on good form and practice. These exercises will engage and strengthen the core muscles and include: Dead Bugs, Vampires, Plank Holds and Standing Bicycles. The instructor describes different versions of the exercises, so that they are suitable for people with different levels of fitness and strength ability. Show Less

Sitting and standing with good posture is essential when so much of our time is spent seated or using electronic devices. This clip provides the viewer with a clear set of simple explanations for improving posture. It also explains the specific muscle groups, including the core and gluteal muscles, that are affected by good and poor posture. Show Less

Warming up for an exercise session is important. This clip includes ideas to get your blood pumping, leave you a little out of breath and get synovial fluids to each of the joints. An instructor demonstrates how to perform exercises with good form that will engage core muscles and the pelvic floor. Exercises include mime skipping, squats, sit ups and backward lunges. Show Less

This clip introduces seated and supine position exercises and specific skills that will help you get the most out of workouts, protect you from injury and be useful in everyday life. It includes how to stand and sit to improve posture, ways to activate glute muscles and how to engage and strengthen core muscles with good form. Show Less

Coasting is a stand up paddle boarding program aimed at improving women’s motivation and confidence through physical activity. This video examines the program in terms of the social-ecological model and the four main factors influencing physical activity. Featuring commentary from Kim Surfing Victoria’s Kim Byrne and Deakin University’s Dr Helen Brown, this is an excellent learning resource for senior secondary level Health and Physical Education. Show Less

Why are some people physically active and others not? This program examines the social-ecological model and its four main categories of factors that influence participation in physical activity – individual; social environment; physical environment; and policy and organisational. With comments from Deakin University’s Dr Helen Brown, this is an ideal resource for senior secondary level students of Health, Physical Education and allied disciplines. Show Less

During exercise, multiple acute responses occur in the body to deliver more oxygen to the muscles. With the assistance of her CrossFit coach, a trained athlete, and a sports scientist, our presenter takes us through some of these responses, including recruitment of slow and fast-twitch muscle fibres, arteriovenous oxygen difference, enzyme concentration and lactic acid build-up. Show Less

When the body exercises, acute responses occur in the cardiovascular system, and our presenter wants to know more as she does her workout. Drawing on the expertise of a CrossFit coach, a highly trained athlete and a sports scientist, she explores how the muscles’ demand for more oxygen is met by changes in the heart rate, stroke volume, cardiac output and blood pressure. Show Less

As our presenter undertakes some high intensity exercise with her CrossFit coach and a trained athlete to assist, she takes a close look at how the respiratory system responds. During the session, a sports scientist explains key areas such as tidal volume, respiratory rate, ventilation, diffusion of gases in the lungs, oxygen deficit, VO2 max and EPOC. Show Less

Regular training causes chronic adaptations in the body’s systems. In this programme, our presenter who is preparing for her first marathon, her coach and a trained endurance runner, examine decreased resting heart rate, increased stroke volume and cardiac output, and increased arteriovenous oxygen difference. Three different types of aerobic training are also briefly discussed – continuous, Fartlek and interval training. Show Less

A number of chronic adaptations to exercise occur in the muscular system. Both aerobic and anaerobic exercises bring about improved performance over time. As the programme's presenter trains for a marathon with her coach, we examine muscular adaptations to exercise types, including hypertrophy of muscle fibres, improved neuromuscular functioning, increased size and number of mitochondria and increased lactate inflection point. Show Less

The respiratory system makes a number of chronic adaptations to regular training. As the programme's presenter prepares for a marathon with her coach, and a trained endurance athlete, we examine a number of those chronic adaptations, including increased tidal volume, changes in respiration rate, increased lung ventilation, VO2max and lactate inflection point. Show Less

Blue and white at 1,000 frames a second, this feel-good doco captures the emotion and adrenaline of the real-time two seconds in the air that these extreme athletes seek. We meet the international competitors at the One Hit Wonder and Mile High ski and snowboard aerial comps here in Australia. Russ Henshaw achieves the first ‘triple cork 1440’ in the Southern Hemisphere on the 92-foot high jump built by his mate Charles. We also look at life on the snowfields, and the year round winter lifestyle choice of the people who follow the White Air around the globe. Show Less

Mental preparedness is vital to succeed as an athlete. To stay calm and remain focused on the task at hand athletes need to develop the mental strength to block out external distractions. This excellent program discusses with athletes, coaches and sports psychologists techniques that can be adopted to clear your mind and maintain concentration. We explore developing a belief system that gives you the confidence to believe you have the talent to win and focus on that and not on what may interrupt that from external distractions. Show Less