Australian Strength and Conditioning Association

This September 🤩🌍 We’re excited to announce a series of Professional Development & Networking events in Kraków, Belfast and Cork this September 🤩👊🌍

Registrations are open on the ASCA website 🎟️ wwwstrengthandconditioning.org/workshops

🗓️ Wednesday 9 September - Kraków
📌Piotr Doncer | Performance Development 📍Kraków
🎙️Dan baker & Piotr Doncer

🗓️ Monday 14 September - Belfast
📌Queen’s Sport Upper Malone, Queens University Belfast
🎙️Dan Baker & Steven Duhig

🗓️ Wednesday 16 September - Cork
📌Mardyke Arena UCC
🎙️Dan Baker & Steven Duhig

The ASCA International Conference is where the strength and conditioning community from all across Australia, and beyond, comes together 🌏🌍🌎

Every November, coaches, sport scientists, researchers and performance professionals from across Australia and beyond gather to exchange ideas, challenge their thinking and build lasting professional connections.

It’s more than a conference.

It’s the conversations between sessions, the ideas that challenge your thinking and the connections that continue long after the conference ends.

Join us at Brisbane Convention & Exhibition Centre in Brisbane this November - secure your Early bird ticket today 🎟️ Offer ends in just 2 weeks

Register via our Link in Bio or via our website at 🔗www.strengthandconditioning.org/international-conference

New ASCA Associate L2 course available in Dublin this September!

🗓️18-20 September 2026
📌 Sport Ireland Campus National Indoor Arena
Apply now via 🔗www.strengthandconditioning.org/associate-l2-international-course-dates

💲Early bird rates available when applying by 21 August 2026 💲

Are you eligible?

✅Are you currently accredited at ASCA Level 1?

✅ Can you provide evidence of a minimum 100 hours of practical S&C coaching?

If the answer is YES to both, you are eligible to apply😁💪

Welcome our special guest Lyn Jones to the ASCA Elite S&C Coach podcast, sponsored by AlphaFit!

Lyn shares his extensive coaching journey from weightlifting beginnings to coaching Olympic gold medallists. Discover insights on training cycles, technique, athlete psychology and the evolution of weightlifting methods.

The episode is out now on the ASCA website at 🔗https://www.strengthandconditioning.org/podcast/elite and wherever you get your podcast 😊

New Zealand, we're coming to Auckland this August! 🇳🇿 Join us for an evening of learning, networking & great conversation with coaches Simon Chatterton & Balin Cupples.

📅Thursday 27 August
📌HPSNZ Auckland National Training Centre Gym
🕦18:00-19:30 NZST
🤝3 ASCA Reaccreditation points

Registrations are open on the ASCA website at 🔗https://www.strengthandconditioning.org/workshops/260827-pdng-auckland-27-august

Explore all sessions here 🔗https://www.strengthandconditioning.org/workshops/260827-pdng-auckland-27-august

Building a seamless Year 7–12 S&C pathway with Erin Clancy 👊

Erin shares practical strategies for developing a clear, structured S&C pathway across the school years, balancing LTAD with the increasing demands of sport-specific performance.

Session takeaways:

👉Understand how to structure a cohesive Year 7–12 S&C program template that maintains consistency across a school pathway.

👉Identify the key training priorities at each stage of development (junior, middle, senior) and how these shift over time.

👉Apply a framework that balances long-term athlete development (LTAD) with the demands of modern sport-specific performance.

Explore the event, also featuring presentations from coaches Eva Cafolla and Billy Zebra 🔗https://www.strengthandconditioning.org/workshops/260812-pdng-melbourne-12-august

Study a postgraduate strength and conditioning course at Edith Cowan University (ECU) in Semester 2, 2026 and you may be eligible for Commonwealth Support towards your fees!

Domestic students who commence their studies in Semester 2, 2026 may be eligible to apply for a Commonwealth Government Supported Place, subject to meeting the relevant eligibility criteria.

Don’t miss out - apply before August 7!

• Master of Exercise Science (Strength and Conditioning) - ecu.edu.au/courses/U94
• Graduate Certificate of Exercise Science (Strength and Conditioning) - ecu.edu.au/courses/M27

Learn more and apply - ecu.edu.au

🌟Paralympics Australia🌟Exhibitor at the 2026

The nation’s peak sporting organisation for athletes with a disability.
At the heart of their ambition are the athletes, who strive to represent the nation, honour our past and uphold the ideals of the Australian Paralympic Movement.

Paralympics Australia responsibilities include preparing, managing & delivering Australian teams to the Paralympic Summer and Winter Games. They work with valued partners from Government, National Sporting Organisations, the National Institute Network and others to identify, develop and support Paralympic talent. More broadly, they help Australians engage in Para sport and play an important role in changing community perceptions of people with disabilities.

Learn more at https://www.strengthandconditioning.org/international-conference/supporters

NEW Osteo specific ASCA Level 1 just added in Melbourne 👊

If you missed out on your spot for the course in October, now’s your chance to secure your place to the new course available this November via 🔗 www.strengthandconditioning.org/level-1-osteopaths-australia-oa-course-dates

Must be a member of Osteopathy Australia to register