On match day
A physio at every First Grade game, home and away, and at our youth games.
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Performance & Player Care
Looking after players is built into the club. From the Youth League up, our physios are at training and on match day, and every injury and return is followed in the Clubhouse app. From JDL to First Grade, every player trains in a strength and conditioning programme built for their age.
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2027 trials are complete, and selected players have been contacted.
Care that’s part of the club
From a knock at training to the day they’re back in the team, the physio, the coaches and your family follow the same recovery in Clubhouse.
The Monday clinic
A free clinic at Seymour Shaw every Monday before training, in the club’s own treatment room, so a niggle is looked at before it becomes an injury.
Every injury followed through
Each injury is recorded in Clubhouse, from the first report to the physio’s clearance, and families can report one from the app.
A return in stages
The physio sets what a player can do at each stage of their return, and their coaches and family are told as it changes.
Our physiotherapy partner
Our physios come from Jubilee Sports Physiotherapy, the club’s partner for 20 years and a Shire practice since 1995. They work as part of the club: at training, on match day, in our treatment room every Monday and in Clubhouse, where they record each injury and clear each return.
Concussion: if in doubt, sit them out
We follow Football Australia’s concussion guidelines, and Clubhouse holds every return to them.
Eight steps back
The physio plans each step of the return against the team’s own training and fixtures.
Minimums that can’t be skipped
At least 14 days before full-contact training and 21 before a match, and longer after a second concussion within a year.
Cleared by a physio
Coaches confirm the early steps at training. Only a physio can clear a player for full contact and a return to play.
Families kept informed
You’re told as each step is passed, and the day your child is cleared.
Who sees what
- Coaches
- Whether a player is available and what they can do, never the diagnosis or the physio’s notes.
- Families
- Your own child’s injuries, their updates and when they’re expected back.
- Under 18s
- No daily wellness check-ins or training-load tracking for players under 18.
Elite strength and conditioning, at every age
Our strength and conditioning coaches build each stage of the pathway for the players in it, with player health and longevity first.
Junior Development League
Conditioning on the pitch, built into training, with light gym work and physical testing in the older age groups.
Youth League
Individual plans in the gym, and testing against targets set for every age group, from sprints and jumps to endurance runs. Families see their child’s results in Clubhouse.
First Grade
Gym programmes on each player’s phone, built for their position, with GPS at training and in matches. If something feels off during a session, one tap tells the physio.
Recovery
What happens between sessions matters as much as the sessions themselves, so recovery is part of the programme, from the change rooms to the app.
Senior ice baths
Two ice baths in the change rooms beneath the grandstand, for the senior squads after training and on match day.
Private showers
Modern, private showers in change rooms finished to a professional standard, and female-friendly, like every facility at the club.
Readiness, every day
First Grade players check in each day in Clubhouse with their sleep, soreness and fatigue, so the staff see how each one is recovering before they set the session.
After a match
Clubhouse shows the staff which First Grade players need extra conditioning after a game, so everyone stays match-fit.
Our strength and conditioning staff include degree-qualified exercise and sports scientists.
Meet the coaching teamQuestions from families
Who looks after JDL players?
Jubilee’s physiotherapists look after our Youth League and senior squads. JDL players see their family’s own GP or physio. If your child can’t train, let their coach know in the Clubhouse app.
My child was hurt at training. What happens next?
In the Youth League and senior squads, report it in the Clubhouse app. The physio follows it from there, and you’ll be told what your child can do, and when they’re expected back, as they recover.
Who can see my child’s injury?
The physios hold the clinical record. Coaches see whether your child is available and what they can do, never the diagnosis or the physio’s notes.
Will my child be fitness tested?
Youth League players, and JDL players in the older age groups, are tested against targets set for their age. You’ll see your child’s results in Clubhouse, beside the age group’s average and target.