Football
ACADEMY OVERVIEW
The aim of the Henley Sports Academy is to assist student athletes in their sporting and academic pathway. Students have two 100 minute lessons per week over the whole year. The Football Academy focus for each term includes:
Term 1
- Theory Focus: Fitness Analysis, Individual Goal Setting
- Practical Focus: Strength and Conditioning, Game Sense
Term 2
- Theory Focus: Individual Performance Analysis
- Practical Focus : Competitive preparation
Term 3
- Theory Focus: Coaching and Umpiring Accreditation and Coaching in Primary Schools, Technique Analysis
- Practical Focus: Competition preparation
Term 4
- Theory Focus: Performance Presentation
- Practical Focus: Specific Development Preparation
ACADEMY COACHES AND STAFF
HEAD COACH: Ben Kane
Level 2 AFL Coach
2017 AFL Secondary School Ambassador of the year
2017 South Adelaide Zone Senior Coach of the year
Former AFL Hawthorn player
Former SANFL Glenelg and Sturt player
2018 Under 18 South Australian State-Team Assistant Coach
ASSISTANT COACH: Sam Venning
Level 2 AFL Coach
AFL School Ambassador
Former SANFL Glenelg Junior player
Former SANFL South Adelaide player
Current Brighton Bombers player
Adelaide Crows Development Squad
STRENGTH & CONDITIONING COACH: Sean Baker
PEAQ conditioning business owner and trainer
Former SANFL conditioning coach
Darren Lehman Academy conditioning coach
SANFL & AFL Affiliated Players & Coaches
TRAINING VENUES
- Henley High School Oval
- Henley Football Club
- Henley High School Weights Centre
- Fast Twitch Adelaide West
ACADEMY ACHIEVEMENTS
2010
Open Pool A - State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Runner-Up
2011
Open Pool A - State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Runner-Up
2012
Open Pool A - State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Runner-Up
2013
Open Pool A - State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Runner-Up
2014
Open Pool A - State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Runner-up
2015
Open Pool A - State School Runner-Up
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Champions
2016
Open Pool A - State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Champions
2017
Open Pool A - State-Wide Runner-Up, State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Champions
2018
Open Pool A - State-Wide Champions, State School Champions
8/9 Pool A - State-Wide Runner-Up
STUDENTS SPORTING PATHWAYS – POST SCHOOL
AFL Drafted Players:
Adelaide - Jared Petrenko, Brodie Smith, Cameron Ellis-Yolmen, Nick Joyce, Nathan Bock, Ken McGregor and Hayden Skipworth, Jackson Edwards
Brisbane - Jarrod Wright and Sam Mayes
Gold Coast - Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine
GWS - Jarrod Harding
North Melbourne - Sam Durdin
Port Power - Paul Stewart, Sam Gray and Jared Polec
Richmond - Brad Hellbig
St Kilda - Rhys Stanley and Luke Dunstan
Sydney - Byron Sumner
West Coast - Scott Lycett
Western Bulldogs - Issac Thompson and Brian Lake
ACADEMY AWARD WINNERS
2012
Top of Subject - Aaron Blows
Leadership Group - Sean Davidson, Charlie Hender and Jack Enright
2013
9 Top of Subject - Jamie West
10 Top of Subject - Adam Mahney
11 Top of Subject - Sam Durdin
2014
Top of Subject - Mitchell Mead
Action to Improve - Jackson Merrett- White
Dedication to Academy - Lachlan Fairall
2015
Top of Subject - Jamie West
Action to Improve - Cameron Buchanan
Dedication to Academy - Zac Beecken
2016
Dedication to Academy (voted by his peers) - Trent Burgoyne
Outstanding talent - Jack Lukosius
Top of subject - Isaac Brill
2017
Top of Subject - Patrick Hillard
Outstanding Talent - Jack Lukosius
Outstanding Commitment to Academy - Nicholas Kontoutsikos
2018
Top of Subject - Jackson Mead
Outstanding Role Model - Cooper Horsnell
Outstanding Commitment to Academy - Riley Davis
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