Sports Academy

The Sports Academy is now in its fifth year of operation at Camberwell Grammar, catering for Year 1s through to Year 12s in 14 different sports with over 350 coaching sessions provided weekly for the entire calendar year. The Academy caters to all abilities and has Personalised Coaching Sessions (PCP) in which the students have an individual or group coaching session. The Academy also has an Emerging Athlete Pathway (EAP) that services the talented and aspiring athletes within the School with a range of services and support networks.

The Personalised Coaching Program is organised before, during, and after school across a range of wonderful new sporting facilities, including the underground synthetic play surface in the car park. The program has also just initiated the use of iPads to provide better feedback and assessment of the students which accurately gauges their strengths and weaknesses in their chosen sport.

The Emerging Athlete Pathway is now home to over 50 students in the School, ranging from Years 7 through to 12 and from a vast array of sports and sporting backgrounds. Recent initiatives in this program include the inaugural launch at Camberwell Grammar’s new Tennis Centre at Leason Street in Kew East, the inaugural EAP Awards night dinner, EAP smoothie bar, EAP recycling sports equipment program, and Lunch with the Stars, including Old Camberwell Grammarians Johan Durst (2008), Blake Collyer (2014), and Dan Houston (2015).

In 2023 the Sports Academy hopes to strengthen our athlete management system, booking and invoicing systems, links to Deakin University, EAP term news, and the annual EAP Sports Centre Games. The Games hope to raise funds for local Indigenous and disadvantaged communities and their access to sports uniforms, equipment, and fees associated with playing sport.

The Sports Academy, in conjunction with the new Sports Centre, has allowed sport at Camberwell Grammar to flourish and to allow students to develop their skills in a safe and positive environment. The expert coaching and support the students can now access puts Camberwell Grammar at the forefront of educational sport and the junior sports landscape.

Mr Jamie Watson

Head of Sports Academy