The High Performance Project - Talking Sports Technology, Sports Science, Elite Sport & More

Bruce Djite joins the Lumin Sports High Performance Project to chat about his career as a professional footballer, life as a youngster growing up in America and the Ivory Coast before moving to Australia. Bruce was always focused on his dream to play top tier football and his drive to experience football culture all over the world.
Bruce played close to 300 games at international level including close to 30 caps for the Socceroos, before retiring where he is now the Director of Football at the Adelaide United Football Club. Bruce is a passionate South Australian and has played a pivotal part in the development of Football both on and off field in the state. In this episode we spoke through the cultural vision for the Adelaide United Football Club and the preparations as the club goes through a growth phase before the 2023 Women's World Cup and a redevelopment at Hindmarsh Stadium the home of South Australian Football.
An episode filled with plenty of high performance takeaways from both an athlete and business leadership perspective, some key insights for anyone interested in football, leadership and business.

Australian Track Cycling Sam Welsford joins the podcast to chat through his final phase of preparations for the 2021 Tokyo Olympic Games. Sam is multiple time World Champion, National Champion, Olympic and Commonwealth Games medalist. His Cycling resume is very handy and Sam is still working towards some of his largest goals of winning olympic gold and scoring a professional road contract in Europe.
Sam unpacks his story working through the ranks to become one of Australia's best Track Endurance Cyclists. In this episode we chat through his junior days, first olympic experience, greatest achievements thus far and his goals for both the upcoming games and his career post the Tokyo Olympics.
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Josh Growden always had his sights set on a career in Australia Football. Always seen kicking a ball as a youngster there was no doubt that he wanted to make it to the top. Josh was picked up by the Greater Western Sydney Giants when they first formed and joined the AFL. However Josh's AFL career was not to be, with an interrupted preparation and struggle with injury seeing him delisted from the Giants list. Josh then joined a group 'ProKick Australia' that gave Australians the opportunity to learn and enter the American Football punting system.
Fast forward a couple of years, Josh has now spent three years at LSU and one season with West Virginia University before graduating in Human Movement and starting his own High Performance Kicking Consulting business. A high performer in every facet, Josh unpacks his athlete journey and speaks through his experiences in both Australian and American Sports Science and High Performance Environments.

Jacob Holmes is a former Australian Basketballer, playing 14 seasons in the National Basketball League and representing Australia at the 2006 Melbourne Commonwealth Games where he earned himself a gold medal, 'Holmsey' as he is affectionately known is a true character of Australian Basketball.
Although now retired, Jacob's heart still lives in basketball as the CEO of the Australian Basketballer's Players Association. The PA was founded in 2016 by Jacob and some of Australia's biggest former basketball stars such as Lauren Jackson.
The ABPA exists to represent, protect, advocate and promote the players in their best interests and for the benefit of basketball in Australia.
To learn more head to: https://www.australianbasketballers.com.au/

Brad Ebert joins us back on the podcast to chat about what his life has in store now that he has retired from AFL football. Brad's football career finished with the Port Adelaide Football Club at the end of the 2020 season, he now is focused on family life and his own business with Hey Diddle Wines.
Listen to this episode as we preview the 2021 AFL season and run through our ratings for each team and our predictions for the top contenders and the biggest fallers this year.

Adelaide United Captain Stefan Mauk joined The High Performance Project to chat about his journey thus far in his football career and digest his goals and aspirations for the future.
Stefan has played in the A-League since he was 16 and had his fair share of football experience in both Australia and Overseas. Starting in the AIS Football system he was very driven and personal tragedy pushed his drive to reach the highest level.
Stefan unlike many took a huge plunge in 2020 and started his own business outside of football. Enter the "Inner Game Journal" an athlete performance and goal setting journal to make athletes more self aware of their goals and performance targets.
Enjoy this episode with Stefan Mauk and be sure to tune into the other episodes of The High Performance Project to hear more stories like these.
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As Australia's greatest cyclist, Cadel Evans really needs no introduction. But in short, he was the first Australian to win a Tour de France (2011), the UCI Pro Tour and UCI Road World Championship. He is also a four-time Olympian and Commonwealth Games gold medallist among many other accolades.
In this fascinating chat, Cadel talks about:

• What he has learned from his time as a professional cyclist
• His thoughts on the current athletes in the sport, the use of sports science and how this has been influential in the development of athletes
• The 2011 Tour de France win, how this impacted his life, the moments leading up to the winning day in Paris.
• The penultimate Time Trail and how that was such a defining moment in the tour that year, what were the messages from the team, coaches and staff.
• His relationships with his ex teammates and staff
• His work with BMC Switzerland and how the brand powers their global ambassador program through athletes
• The Cadel Evans Great Ocean Road Race, where was the idea generated and how has his time in world tour cycling shaped the vision and design of this event.
• What life after cycling looks like

And much more!
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Hosted by Ben Tripodi and Jack Shephard.
Produced by Apiro Media.

James McKechnie is an Australian swimmer who had to overhaul his plans, training and mindset when the Tokyo Olympics was postponed.
In this interview, James talks about:

• 2020, the fallout and what postponing the Olympics meant for him
• The impact of the lack of competition
• How the build up to 2021 Olympics has changed
• Dealing with physiological and psychological demands
• His journey to becoming an Australian Dolphin

And much more!
To make sure you don’t miss an interview, subscribe to The High Performance Project on your favourite podcast player.
The High Performance Project is powered by Lumin Sports. Lumin Sports collaborates with teams to give every decision maker the tools to interpret complex data. Follow them on Instagram, LinkedIn or visit them at luminsports.com.
Hosted by Ben Tripodi and Jack Shephard.
Produced by Apiro Media.

Jamie Stanley is a leading sports physiologist specialising in performance and recovery optimisation. He works with current world recording holding, Olympic, Commonwealth and world champion athletes.
In this interview, Jamie talks about:

• The core of human performance
• His expertise in programming, prescription, training load and stimulus enhancement for endurance athletes
• His pathway to become an elite sports physiologist
• Goals for 2021 and beyond with SASI, Cycling Australia and Paralympic cycling team

And much more!
To make sure you don’t miss an interview, subscribe to The High Performance Project on your favourite podcast player.
The High Performance Project is powered by Lumin Sports. Lumin Sports collaborates with teams to give every decision maker the tools to interpret complex data. Follow them on Instagram, LinkedIn or visit them at luminsports.com.
Hosted by Ben Tripodi and Jack Shephard.
Produced by Apiro Media.