Mordialloc College Sports Excellence Program
Where Potential Meets Performance!
At Mordialloc College, our Sports Excellence Program (SEP) is built for driven student athletes ready to elevate their game. Combining high-performance training with academic support, SEP provides a professional pathway in Netball, Basketball, and AFL.
Students benefit from expert coaching, strength and conditioning, and performance analysis—all within a supportive environment that values both sporting and academic success.
- Sport-Specific Coaching (AFL | Netball | Basketball)
- Strength & Conditioning Sessions
- Athlete Education & Wellbeing
- Performance Analysis & Testing
- Academic Pathways & Support
Comprehensive Athletic Development
Specialised training in Netball, Basketball, and AFL.
Access to elite sports testing facilities and professional sports physicians.
Personalised performance analysis and tailored intervention plans.
Structured strength and conditioning sessions to build speed, power, and resilience.
Integrated Learning
- A focus on biomechanics, body systems, and movement science.
- Courses and workshops in nutrition, injury prevention, recovery strategies, and sports psychology.
- Students participate in nutrition workshops to better understand fuelling for performance and recovery.
- SEP students are given access to our Mordialloc College SEP Track APP to track their athlete data across all areas, manage areas of concerns, injuries, and track progress and performance across the 7-9 years in the program.
Opportunities to engage with community partners including:
- St Kilda Football Club
- PhysioPro Seaford (testing days, recovery sessions, and specialised performance experiences)
Experienced Coaching Staff and External Providers
External Providers offer coaches with extensive professional and national-level experience
Highly experienced SEP staff provide a structured coaching approach tailored to each sport
HIGH-PERFORMANCE PARTNERS
Weekly External Training Providers
- Chase Basketball
https://www.chasebasketball.com.au - Inspire Netball Program
https://www.inspirenetball.com - Enhanced Football
https://www.enhancedfootball.com.au
Academic Excellence
Balance between sport and academics to ensure overall development.
Clear pathways into:
- VCE Physical Education
- Health and Human Development
- VET Sport and Recreation
Years 7–9: Foundations of Performance
Students engage in a balance of practical and theoretical learning designed to build strong athletic and academic foundations. The program includes:
- Strength and conditioning sessions to develop physical capacity
- Recovery strategies and injury prevention practices
- Tactical and game-based learning across Netball, Basketball, and AFL
- Introduction to sport science concepts including biomechanics and body systems
Years 10–12: Advanced Physical Education Pathway
The Sports Excellence Program transitions into an Advanced Physical Education pathway, preparing students for senior study and future sport-related opportunities.
This stage deepens student understanding of:
- Training principles and performance analysis
- Energy systems, movement science, and skill acquisition
- Nutrition, recovery, and sports psychology in applied settings
Students are supported in progressing toward:
- VCE Physical Education
- Health and Human Development
- VET Sport and Recreation pathways
Pathways Beyond SEP
- School and community sport pathways
- Coaching and officiating opportunities
- Further study and careers within the sport, health, and fitness industries
HIGH-PERFORMANCE PARTNERS
Weekly External Training Providers
- Chase Basketball
https://www.chasebasketball.com.au - Inspire Netball Program
https://www.inspirenetball.com - Enhanced Football
https://www.enhancedfootball.com.au
Online applications via the Mordialloc College website:
Costs for each sport for SEP 2027 will be:
• AFL/AFLW: $1250
• Basketball: $1250
• Netball: $1500
SEP Trials and Come & Try afternoon:
For more information please get in touch with the sport specific coaches
SEP Program Co-ordinator & Netball
Lauren Hibell
Email: lauren.hibell@education.vic.gov.au
Hayley Gregory
Email: hayley.gregory@education.vic.gov.au
Basketball
Andrew Potter
Email: andrew.potter@education.vic.gov.au
Physical Education in Years 7 and 8
In Years 7 and 8, Physical Education classes enable students to learn the importance of cooperative behaviour and participation through activities such as athletics, volleyball, cricket, role playing, fitness, swimming, soccer, gymnastics, decision-making activities, hockey, football, basketball, netball, softball, futsal, indoor games and tennis.
Participation in these activities allows students to meet the challenges provided by varied experiences and to develop positive social skills for the future. There is also a major Health component in the curriculum.
The study of Health and Human Development provides an opportunity for students to investigate health
and human development issues across the lifespan. Students will develop the knowledge, attitudes,
values and skills to become actively involved in influencing their own health and development, and the
health of their local and global communities.
VCE Outdoor and Environmental Studies develops students’ understandings of outdoor environments,
and the ways in which humans interact with, relate to and have impacted outdoor environments over
time. ‘Outdoor environments’ encompasses landscapes, both local and further afield, that range in
health from protected wilderness to those heavily impacted by human practices.
The study enables students to make critically informed comments on outdoor environmental issues, including asking questions about environmental sustainability and human connections to Country, both past and present. Students are able to understand the importance of change to environmental health from human or natural influences.
Physical Education focuses on the relationship between motor learning and psychological, biomechanical,
physiological and sociological factors that influence physical performance and participation in physical
activity.
Sport Education in Years 7 and 8
Sport Education is compulsory in Years 7 and 8 and runs for one period each week.
The aims of the program are to introduce students to a range of sports and to increase the activity levels and health of students. Students are required to wear their PE uniform for Sport Education.
Sports covered may include cricket, tennis, badminton, table tennis, football, soccer, hockey, netball, futsal, touch rugby, basketball and volleyball, as well as recreational options like fitness, minor games, walking and swimming.
Each term students involved in competitive sport classes will have the opportunity to play against other schools in the district, with winners of the round-robin format invited to play in Southern Metro finals.