SPORT-SPECIFIC
TRAINING CENTRE
A NEW ERA OF HIGH PERFORMANCE
case of hit-and-miss. Some years we excel and others, due to changes in players or coaching staff, we don’t. The High-Performance Centre is an avenue for all sporting teams and players to consistently achieve at a maximal level.”
BY LYNNE RIPPENAAR-MOSES
strength and conditioning, nutrition, physiotherapy, biokinetics and sport psychology services. Student athletes can utilise the centre’s services and gym for an annual fee of R1 000.
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HE NEW HIGHPERFORMANCE
CENTRE (HPC) of the University of the Western Cape (UWC) opened in January 2022. The project is led by Associate Professor Barry Andrews from the Sport, Recreation and Exercise Science Department (SRES). “The history of high performance at UWC is centred
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around individual sporting codes. ‘Richer’ sports like cricket, rugby and soccer do more in terms of high performance because of their status in South Africa and the revenue that they bring in, making more resources available to sports players,” says Prof Andrews. “Those three sports have a really good track record at UWC in terms of successes, but it has also been a
THE HPC OFFERS sport-specific training,
IN 2017, physiotherapist Brent Hess
and performance (strength and conditioning) specialist and sports scientist Keenan Watson were tasked by Prof Josè Frantz, Deputy ViceChancellor: Research and Innovation, to investigate the level of institutional support for high performance.
