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25.01.2022 Victoria s Indigenous Cricket teams own anthems for the games this week in Alice Springs ... featuring our Elite Cricket Academys Merinda Hale, and her mum Fiona. Immensely proud #ECA2017
25.01.2022 Merry Christmas Wishing you a terrific day with safe & happy holidays. May your team work be on point and dont forget to have fun on the journey to success ... See more
24.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge Day 2 - Tuesday 18/12 Development XI = WIN ECA 218 (50 ov) Zac Graham 58, Jack Atkinson 42, Alex Pitman 22 Def ... Rowville Sports Academy 120 (34.3ov) Jack Atkinson 8-5-6-4 Zac Graham 5-2-8-2 Alex Toffolo 7.3-0-26-2 Outstanding all-round performances by Zac Graham and Jack Atkinson
24.01.2022 Well be confirming our Testing Day for our Year 2 Elite Cricket Academy Squad
24.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge Day 1 - Monday 17/12 OpenXI = WIN ECA 5/265 Marcus Kane 85no, Jay Jhamb 72, Sashin Garber 54 Def Haileybury College 200 ... Max Delaney 10-1-30-3 Tom Finn 10-2-30-2 See more
23.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge- Finals Day Open XI v Rowville Sports Academy 8/186 (50 overs) Finn 3 wkts, Kane 2, Kapour 1, Marshall 1 Dev XI v Rowville Sports Academy 8/177 (40 overs)... Toffolo 5 wkts, Jarrad Smith 2 Both teams batting this afternoon to remain undefeated & Win each division
23.01.2022 Great start to the World Schools Cricket Challenge Tournament with both the Open XI and Development XI securing wins on Monday & Tuesday. Thursday Fixture Open XI v Sunnydale School Bangladesh Dev XI v Rosmini from New Zealand ... Both games at Mentone Grammar Sportsgrounds Friday is Finals Day
22.01.2022 Congratulations to our Elite Cricket Academy member Angus Smith on his achievements in the 2017-18 season - League Best Junior player!
22.01.2022 Great to kick-off Year 2 for these dedicated Elite Cricket Academy players #ECA2018
22.01.2022 ECA Open XI v Sunnydale 1st XI 7/298 off 40 overs Huge congratulations to Austin Callow - 118no... Aussies 1st ever !! See more
21.01.2022 It’s always great to see graduates from the Elite Cricket Academy going on to fulfil their cricketing dreams. Merinda, Tess and Tiana all playing for Victoria u18’s in this weeks National Championship in Tasmania. They’ve always been outstanding teammates from the 1st academy day 5 years ago #ECA2015
21.01.2022 Overhead throw - upper body power test
20.01.2022 Outstanding innings by Jess Duffin and record partnership with Elite Cricket Academys very own Merinda Hale. Merinda was a recipient of the Australian Cricket Society Scholarship Program. Very proud.
18.01.2022 The World Schools Cricket Challenge 2017 is now officially underway! The results from our first day of play are below: 1st XI Division: Haileybury College (Aus)... 260 bt IPSSA - Islamabad Private School Sports Association (Pak) 128 Prahran (Aus) 375 bt Scholastica (Bangladesh) 52 @McGain ECA (Aus) 266 bt Rowville Sports Academy 2 (Aus) 44 Rowville Sports Academy 1 (Aus) 287 bt Grootvlei Akadenie (Sth Af) 126 DEVELOPMENT XI Division: McGain (Aus) 142-3 bt St Andrews College (NZ) 141 Mentone Grammar (Aus) 243 bt Waiuku College (NZ) 90 Westlake Boys High School (NZ) 293 bt Rowville Sports Academy (Aus) 61
17.01.2022 Terrific to see Elite Cricket Academy players excel beyond their three year program and link with our Academy High Performance conditioning coaches at Acceleration Melbourne. Kevin has been extremely dedicated since he first attended the ECA at 10yo! Keep working Kev #ECA
17.01.2022 Another Friday, another well delivered education session. This mornings topic was the management and programming for Severs, Osgood Schlatters and Osteitis Pub...is. These are some of the more common developmental injuries experienced by many. Our Director Brett Robertson thoroughly explained how was can best manage and rehabilitate these injuries that can be mismanaged. If yourself or one of your children have any of the above then do not hesitate to get in contact with us!
17.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge 2017 - tournament report. Incredibly proud of our Elite Cricket Academy Teams in the Open & Development competitions, both making the Final on Friday. Unfortunately the results didnt go our way with victory to Haileybury College (Aust) in the open division and a very accomplished WestLakes School (NZ) in the development.... I was impressed with our teamwork, resilience & personal application throughout a solid week of cricket matches. We had some outstanding individual performances: Charlie Parker 130, Dev Jhamb 99 , Jay Jhamb 88, Julian Pope 8/18 off 8 overs and captain of the development team Liam Collett not out in all 4 innings, twice getting 50+ runs. But most importantly every single player contributed to the overall success of each team, by building batting partnerships, executing their stock (best) ball and saving 5 runs in the field. A huge thanks to our team of high performance cricket coaches & mentors: Adam Hutton, Peter Di Venuto and James Bett. Haileybury College, Mentone Grammar and Dingley Cricket Club produced excellent facilities for the week too. Well done to all players & families for their continued support. Bryce
16.01.2022 20 metre sprint
15.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge Finals Day Development XI - WIN & undefeated for the week (win 4 from 4) Final Game v Rowville Sports Academy III... Rowville 8/177 (40 overs) Alex Toffolo 7-1-30-5 Jarrad Smith 7-1-29-2 DEFEATED BY ECA 5/184 (34.1 overs) Naman Sharma 69 Obi Olsen 40 Alex Toffolo 20 Outstanding all-round game by Alex Toffolo and great opening innings by Naman Sharma. Congratulations to all our players who represented the ECA Development Team so passionately and proudly for the entire week: Jarrad Smith, Zac Graham, Nick Schneider, Aryan Sharma, Jamie Shepherd, Jack Atkinson, Brayden Neilson, Naman Sharma, Obi Olsen, Alex Toffolo, Alex Pitman, Saksham Kapour & Jordan Smith Huge credit to our Super Coach James Boyce who calmly lead the team through the undefeated week.
15.01.2022 News from our India Tour Academy in Bangalore, headed by Irfan Sait. What a wonderful environment to develop aspiring cricketers. #ECAIndia2019
14.01.2022 How do you help take a team with countless injuries, limited speed and no AFL affiliated players to VFL Premiership glory? Heres how we did it with Port Melbou...rne Football Club in 2017... An overview of the PMFC 2017 Season Program: We set out with an aim to improve all aspects of athleticism across the squad from day one. This meant we needed to take baseline data in power, speed, change of direction, anaerobic and aerobic capacities to guide us in our programming for the pre-season. Once these baselines had been recorded the whole squad went through an introductory strength program at one of our facilities with our coaches. The education and development of these athletes with our performance coaches ensured all were on the same page when it came to their individual objectives in the pre-season. Pre-season training consisted of: - Pre-training protocols (injury prevention, movement preparation, soft tissue release) - Dynamic Warm-Up (running form and movement pattern specific) - Acceleration drills (first step-quickness, running form) - Upright Running drills (foot strike patterns, trail leg recovery) - Change of Direction (lateral movement, pattern, cutting) - Agility (reaction, partner reaction) - Plyometrics (vertical, horizontal, lateral) - Conditioning (short, medium, long) (Position specific, load specific, player specific) - Introducing this program to the squad immediately reaped benefits with soft tissue damage decreasing, speed and power outputs increasing and overall EFFICIENCY and ECONOMY of the athletes improving. - With the aid of the sports medicine team, the list of injured players at the start of the pre-season decreased rapidly and we saw more and more players out on the track every night. - Monitoring of training load, player wellness, periodisation and injury reports aided in ensuring players were consistently developing athletically at a speed which would ensure long term success and a fourth quarter capacity better than any other team. - No GPS measures or heart rate measures were used for the squad, rather the coaches eye and education to the players on what to expect in a pre-season and how to cope with the load provided the edge over the competition. In-Season: - Strength and power programs continued with players completing these at any of our facilities, at PMFC or in their own time. Emphasis moved to injury prevention, power production and effective load management. - All running form drills, pre-training protocols and agility drills remained constant throughout the season at the start of training, providing players with a stimulus for continual development and form maintenance. - Sessions across the week fluctuated in load, weeks across the season fluctuated in load based upon player fatigue, game length, upcoming schedule and coachs eye. - Conditioning continued during the season with one of our coaches offering up the term premiership running. This was a hard pill to swallow for some of our players but ultimately was pivotal in our success against the AFL clubs with greater resources. Keeping players fresh was a main concern but we could not have underestimated the importance that greater conditioning levels provided our players against their opposition. - This was evident with the number of fourth quarter blowouts that occurred as our players ran the legs of their opposition. - The injury list decreased at a rapid pace to give us near on a full squad to pick from at any time in the season. Apart from a few season ending injuries, the joint approach from Acceleration coaches and the Sport Med team provided amazing results to the injury list. The rest.... Well thats all part and parcel of the Acceleration program that all teams we work with experience. I cannot thank the Acceleration coaches who worked with the program enough... Brogan, Matt, Jarrod, Tom and Kelly. All provided valuable knowledge and expertise at various times during the year to ensure success of the program. To the PMFC Sports Medicine team, you guys made our job easier on a daily basis with your knowledge and openness to work alongside us in ensuring player wellness. Gary, Toby and all of the other amazing coaches and players at PMFC, it was an honour. Up The Borough! Brett Robertson Director
11.01.2022 Monday 29 January - Elite Cricket Academy Tournament & Excursion Day. An outstanding day where all ECA players experienced cricket on a leading Victorian Premier Cricket ground, Prahran CCs Toorak Park ... AND went on an exclusive Cricket Excursion to the Gray Nichols bat making workshop & Kookaburra Australia ball making factory.... Congratulations to the players, whove developed enormously over the last 6 months of our program, in not only their cricket skills but personal leadership & elite mindset. HUGE THANK YOUS to ... Our team coaches- Nick King, Liam McGain, Julian Pope, Blake Parsons & Mason Warne Prahran Cricket Club - Toorak Park was presented in A-grade condition (thanks curators Mitch & Dylan), Zoe Quinsey-Munro from PCC Womens team volunteering to be scoreboard operator all day, BBQ dinner by president Phil Williamson, John Raglus, Lisa Grimwade & no1 supporter Georgie Wakim Kookaburra Australia - Leigh Watts & David Hussey Grays Nichols Australia- legendary bat-maker Stu Kranzbuhler & Michael Reed And importantly the Parents providing opportunities for their young cricketers to be their absolute best Bryce
11.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge Day 1 - Monday 17/12 Development XI = WIN ECA 2/266 (25ov) Aryan Sharma 109ret, Naman Sharma 69, Zac Graham 56no ... Def Sunnydale School Bangladesh 71 (25ov) Nick Schneider 3-0-10-3 See more
10.01.2022 More 20m sprint action
10.01.2022 If YOU run in your sport then YOU must take personal responsibility to understand your own running gait, have it professionally assessed and then develop it with their guidance. Move faster, for longer (repeat efforts) with less effort ... PLUS minimise injury & time out of your game. ... every single athlete should be saying Ill have me some of that!!... But most with think like an amateur and say just Ill get fit at training, lift some weights & go for a run Make no mistake - this is THE most critical aspect in running sports. Just Get It Done Right! Heres my connection & personal recommendation to the absolute best in the business. #KeepWorking #AlwaysMyBest Bryce
09.01.2022 Elite Cricket Academy physical screening & fitness testing today with ACE at AAMI Park. Great results
07.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge Final Open XI - WIN & undefeated for the week. Final Game v Rowville Sports Academy... Rowville 8/187 (50 overs) Tom Finn 10-3-26-3 Marcus Kane 6-1-23-2 DEFEATED BY ECA 2/189 (40 overs) Paddy Skelly 92 not out (8x6s, 5x4s) James Smith 36 (7x4s) Austin Callow 29 not out (3x4s) Incredible opening innings by Paddy Skelly - patient, powerful and batted through to secure the W. He shared an unbroken 116 run partnership with Aussie Callow, who was our most consistent batsman for the tournament. Congratulations to all our players who represented the ECA so passionately and proudly for the entire week: Liam McGain, Marcus Kane, Jay Jhamb, Sashin Garber, James Smith, Patrick Gholam, Patrick Skelly, Austin Callow, Max Delaney, Julien Marshall, Tom Finn, Julien Pope, Saksham Kapour Very fortunate to have the expertise, experience and skill of the highly regarded International Coach Peter Buchanan to manage this team of fine young Cricketers, and provide the subtle guidance. An outstanding week of top class cricket managed by the World Schools Sports Challenge company.
07.01.2022 Sprint camp coached by Olympic Gold medalist Ken Wallace! Register now! https://vic.paddle.org.au//sprint-camp-with-ken-wallace-9/
06.01.2022 Its always great to see graduates from the Elite Cricket Academy going on to fulfil their cricketing dreams. Merinda, Tess and Tiana all playing for Victoria u18s in this weeks National Championship in Tasmania. Theyve always been outstanding teammates from the 1st academy day 5 years ago #ECA2015
05.01.2022 Privlidged to provide opportunities to our Elite Cricket Academy players to tour India under the guidance of Irfan Sir. Scheduled to bring his KIOC teams to Melbourne in 2018. What an outstanding man - the godfather of Karnataka Cricket Irfan Sait
05.01.2022 A very capable all round sportsman, Riley Collier was a member of the Elite Cricket Academy before Aussie Rules Football became the priority. Terrific to see him acknowledged amongst the best young footballers in Australia. Draft Night is tonight - exciting times!!
04.01.2022 Reminiscing with these Elite Cricket Academy legends from our 2016 India Tour #TourFun #SportsStoreTakeover
04.01.2022 Superb weather for Day 1 of the Elite Cricket Academy, hosted at Haileybury College. Cricket season is right here! Two more days working on batting preparation, individual plans, power & range hitting and tons of battle zone challenges. Pleasure to work with this close knit squad and helping each other to be their absolute best
03.01.2022 ECA Dev XI v Rosmini School New Zealand ECA 9/170 (46 overs) Coin toss won by Captain Jarrad Smith - bat 1st
03.01.2022 This is way Acceleration Melbourne provide all the High Performance conditioning & training for all our athletes in our Elite Sport Programs.
02.01.2022 The Elite Cricket Academy takes two teams (Open & u16) into the World Schools Cricket Challenge Tournament this week. Credit to Haileybury College & Mentone Grammar for opening their outstanding cricket facilities. Final team preparations complete Academy clothing ready Excited coaches & players ... We look forward to competing against schools from New Zealand , South Africa , Bangladesh , Pakistan and Australia . One of the greatest weeks of cricket in the calendar. #ECA2018 #WorldSchoolsCricket
02.01.2022 World Schools Cricket Challenge Day 2 - Tuesday 18/12 OpenAge = WIN ECA 181 James Smith 76, Austin Callow 33 Def ... Rowville Sports Academy 150 Julien Pope 10-2-27-7 Seven Wickets to Julien Pope!! Amazing fast bowling
