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Sport-Specific Youth Development

TOUCH & OZTAG
DEVELOPMENT

Led by a Sydney CC Premier Cricketer and a NPL footballer — both with elite-level team support experience in NSW Touch. Built around the repeated sprint, agility, and evasion demands of the fastest amateur field sports in Australia.

Built for the demands of touch & oztag.

Touch and Oztag look easy until you watch them at rep level. They're sports of max-intensity sprints with near-zero recovery, constant change of direction, and evasion skills that separate the quick from the brilliant. Generic fitness work doesn't prepare young athletes for what these sports actually demand.

01
Maximum Sprint Speed

Touch and Oztag are won by the fastest players on the park. Top-end sprint speed development through specific acceleration work, top-speed drills, and the technical sprint mechanics that separate rep-level players from the rest.

02
Repeat Sprint Ability

One sprint is nothing. Ten sprints with 20 seconds rest across a 40-minute match is the real demand. Conditioning that builds the repeat-sprint engine actually used in touch and oztag — not generic aerobic work.

03
Change of Direction & Evasion

Beating defenders comes down to lateral speed, deceleration, and the ability to change direction under fatigue. Agility programming that reflects touch and oztag's actual evasion demands — step, swerve, and accelerate.

04
Hamstring & Soft Tissue Resilience

Repeated max-effort sprints are the highest-risk movement for hamstring injury. Specific eccentric hamstring work, adductor strength, and soft tissue preparation — the preventative foundation for an uninterrupted season.

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Coached by two practitioners
with NSW Touch experience.

Shash and Rosh both bring direct work with elite-level touch football programs alongside their Premier Cricket and NPL football backgrounds. Sprint-based field sport expertise is their shared specialty.

SHASH
Senior Physio & S&C · NSW Touch

Senior physiotherapist and S&C coach. Works across NSW Touch programs at representative level. Elite cricket background as a 1st Grade Shires bowler for Sydney CC translates into high-volume sprint-based field sport expertise.

Current — NSW Touch support experience
1st Grade Shires bowler — Sydney CC
Senior Physiotherapist & S&C Coach
ROSH
Physio · APIA Leichhardt · Football

Physiotherapist with NPL football experience at APIA Leichhardt and Hawkesbury FC. Brings running-based field sport expertise that transfers directly into touch and oztag — repeat sprint demands, evasion, and sprint-specific preparation.

Physio — APIA Leichhardt (NPL) & Hawkesbury FC
Bachelor of Physiotherapy with Distinction — WSU
Sports Trainer Level 1

Assessment. Program. Progress.

Every young touch or oztag player starts with a comprehensive assessment focused on speed, repeat sprint ability, and soft tissue risk.

01
Physical Profile Assessment
Sprint profiling, max speed testing, repeat sprint testing, hamstring strength screening, and change of direction assessment. Baseline data drives everything.
02
Sport-Specific Programming
Periodised around the season. Sprint-focused blocks, preventative hamstring work, and repeat-sprint conditioning specific to touch and oztag demands.
03
Re-Testing & Season Monitoring
Regular sprint re-testing to track development. Objective data on speed gains, repeat sprint capacity, and strength markers.
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Get faster.

Touch and oztag are won by the fastest players on the field. Book a session at Five Dock and start training under two practitioners who understand what elite-level sprint sport actually demands.

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