Though not exhaustive, below are some examples of value-added support that can be catered for by the Performance Services team:

Your team/group is about to head off to a benchmark event in a location that most of the athletes and staff have never been to before from the camp.

Support options to consider include education or practical sessions in:

• Hydration when travelling.
• The use of compression garments for long-haul flights.
• Illness prevention and management, and immunisation services and advice.

Your staff that have come in with the camp want to have some of their current practices reviewed and updated.

Activities can be undertaken with the Performance Services team in areas such as:

• Recovery delivery.
• Physical testing.
• Use of the Athlete Monitoring System.
• Implementation of national testing protocols.

The next big event for your sport to achieve a performance outcome is going to take place at altitude and in hot conditions. You have two years to prepare for this event, and you have discussed an approach with your athletes.

The Performance Services team would recommend and be able to implement a camp schedule of:

• Acute acclimation sessions to minimise the impacts of heat exposure on performance.
• Altitude specific training interventions and nutrition strategies.
• Practical sessions for strategies during competition.
• Pre-cooling, recovery, and pacing practices.

You as a sport have identified that you need to undertake some research in an area of performance that is limiting your athlete’s performance outcomes.

Areas such as:

• Dietary needs in certain environments.
• Reducing certain types of injury peculiar to your sport by changing certain aspects of training.
• Periodisation and planning of training programs.

In addition to the support the Performance Services team can provide on a number of these topics/projects, there are numerous other AIS teams that can also support your camp. Please discuss with the Performance Services team.