Youth Netball Training & ACL Prevention Sydney
Led by a physiotherapist with a strong Exercise Science background and a deep understanding of female athlete development. Built around netball's unique demands — and specifically designed to reduce the ACL injury risk that follows young netballers through their careers.
Built for the demands of netball.
Netball is a sport of repeated jump-land cycles, rapid change of direction, and sudden deceleration — the exact movement patterns that sit behind elevated ACL injury rates in female athletes. A good netball program doesn't just develop fitness. It actively builds protection against the injuries that end careers.
Female netballers sit in the highest ACL injury risk category in team sport. Specific landing mechanics training, single-leg stability, neuromuscular control work, and jump-land progressions — the evidence-based foundation of ACL injury prevention.
Netball's stop-start movement is more demanding on the knee than sports played at constant speed. Deceleration training, lateral stability work, and reactive agility drills that reflect how netball is actually played.
Holding position under contact, contesting for the ball, and driving off defenders all require strength. Progressive, age-appropriate strength programming that builds the physical base young netballers need to compete at higher levels.
Growth, maturation, menstrual cycle considerations, bone health, and relative energy availability — female athlete development has specific considerations that generic youth programs routinely miss. Ava brings an informed lens to all of them.
Coached by someone who
understands female athlete development.
Ava Tsaousidis combines a Bachelor of Exercise & Sports Science with a Masters in Physiotherapy — a dual qualification that sits at the intersection of athletic development and clinical injury management. She focuses on female athlete development and women's health, bringing a genuine understanding of the specific considerations that young netballers face.
Her Exercise Science background informs the S&C programming side — strength development, movement quality, and progressive loading. Her physio background ensures every program is delivered with an eye on injury prevention, not just performance gains.
Assessment. Program. Progress.
Every young netballer starts with a comprehensive assessment. Programming addresses both their performance and their specific injury risk profile.
Built for netballers.
Ava works with young netballers at Five Dock — combining evidence-based ACL injury prevention, female-athlete-specific programming, and the kind of development work that builds careers, not just seasons.
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