The West Preston Football Club is delighted to announce that we will be running a Football Development Program for our under 16’s & 17’s team’s which will be commencing this Wednesday night at the club – May 18th at 7pm.

We are extremely excited and proud to announce that Paul Bacash will take on the role of mentoring and teaching our young Roosters through the 10 session program.

Paul is heavily invested in our Club and has been the Strength & Conditioning Coach at the Club for the last 6 seasons. He has a strong interest in our junior program and is always putting his hand up to pass on his invaluable knowledge of football and related skill set in recovery,strength and conditioning which is so critical in today’s game.

Paul’s background and CV is quite impressive, and includes the following:-
• 8 years S&C coach at Calder Cannons Under 16 and 18 squads
• AFL Flying Boomerangs Indigenous High-Performance Manager 2013
• 6 years Head of S&C at WPLFC (218/19 Premierships)
• Bachelor of Secondary Education (PE and Health)
• Level 2 Australian Strength and Conditioning Coach

Notes about program are as follows:-
• 10 sessions run alongside regular training to improve Strength and Conditioning.
• Most sessions running from 7 – 7:30 but may vary depending on theme of the week
• Different theme every week. Themes include recovery, preparation, introduction to strength training (gym visit), nutrition, speed and agility, running basics, injury prevention.
• Participants will get resources every week that they can keep and use whenever they want
• no extra cost to parents
• Sessions are educational, but highly interactive so that athletes learn as they are doing.

Our Football Club cares about your son/daughter and is heavily committed to ensuring they are in the best possible environment when it comes to their football journey. We want their experience to be both rewarding and successful.

Should you have any questions about the program please feel free to contact your respective team coaches (Ange Talarico & Wes Brain) or myself on 0414 445 681.

Kind Regards
Go Roosters!
Chas Sauro (Junior Football Co-Ordinator)