First Day in OZ

Let me start by saying that I am a confirmed Austrophile. Love the Aussies and love the country. Great to be back! Grant Duthie, graciously gave up his Sunday morning to pick me up at airport. Grant is the S&C coach for South Sydney Rabbitohs. He took me over to see their new training complex, a major upgrade. Grant is an outstanding young coach, has a PhD in sport science, but is a coach. We were joined for coffee by an old friend and colleague, Lachlan Penfold, who just this past week started as Performance Director of the Sydney Roosters of the NRL. Lachlan is one of the best, served as conditioning for several medal-wining teams in Olympic games. Can’t believe I first met him 19 years ago and he is still a young guy. Dinner last night with my host at New South Wales Institute of Sport, Rob Medlicott and his wife Melissa. Melissa was a two time Olympian in the sprints for Australia. Rob is manager of Sport Science and Medical Services at NSWIS. I start teaching today at NSWIS. Look forward to learning as much as I teach. Going to be a busy two days here before heading to the Gold Coast. As an aside it pretty cool to look out your hotle and have view of the Olympic stadium.