The Bond University High Performance Centre has been producing virtual training routines for their abundance of state, national and international athletes and sporting sides

They’re one of the Gold Coast’s great sporting meccas but not even a global pandemic can stop Bond University’s high performance centre from getting the best out of their athletes.

THEY’RE one of the Gold Coast’s great sporting meccas but not even a global pandemic can stop Bond University’s high performance centre from getting the best out of their athletes.

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A handful of Bond University sporting sides and individuals were either set to start or were in the infancy of sporting seasons when the COVID-19 pandemic hit, forcing many sports to stand down until safe to play again.

Bond University will field their first ever Women's XV in the Queensland Premier Rugby competition this year. Faythe Manera 16, Caity Costello 24 and Jetaya Faifua 16 . Picture Glenn Hampson

When the high performance centre was forced to close, impacting several state, national and international sporting sides, facility manager Glenn Corcoran and his team were forced to think on their feet.

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And that’s when virtual high performance workouts were born.

Bond University manager of high performance and Bull Sharks head of physical performance Glenn Corcoran. Picture supplied.

“With the social distancing and lockdowns of training centres due to COVID-19 restrictions, the problem we encountered was teams and squads that were in Rugby’s case, one week away from the start of their 2020 season when training had to cease,” Cocoran said.

“Athletes that had worked hard to achieve fitness and strength levels that had exceeded previous preparations were informed that the competitions were postponed indefinitely.

“The HPTC working with Bond Sport concentrated on how to quickly deliver training routines to athletes that were in the routine of regular structured, supervised sessions to try and ensure that when restrictions were lifted our teams would be in the best physical position to resume activity in what will be a shortened second pre-season.”

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Around 1200 athletes have access to the online programs including Australian representatives like sprinters Ellie Beer, Murray Goodwin and 2019 bronze World Championship mountain biker Janine Jungfels.

The online programs have also been provided to Bond club sport, the Viking athletics squad, high performance surf lifesaving squad, five Gold Coast netball associations as well as bond staff.

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To date, the high performance centre has produced around 25 videos ranging from body weight training, to yoga, stretching, abdominal sessions, circuits, speed work, breathing techniques and more.