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http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 32,00.html
It is understood the Saints are close to securing the services of David Misson, the fitness and conditioning guru behind Sydney's extraordinarily low injury rate.
Misson is moving to Melbourne for family reasons, and has attracted interest from the Saints and at least one other club.
WOW!! Now hopefully this is not just part of some "electioneering spin as this would be great news if we can secure him.
David Misson (Swans fitness Guru)to the Saints??
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David Misson (Swans fitness Guru)to the Saints??
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It must be an 'election stunt'.
The story is in the Australian and you know they are just RB's mouthpiece.
Besides if it was true it would show that the incumbent Board was actually doing something beside sitting around getting drunk, doing drugs and cutting staff, and we know that's not true.
Besides, this move may actually assist in reducing our injuries so there is no chance it could be true.
The story is in the Australian and you know they are just RB's mouthpiece.
Besides if it was true it would show that the incumbent Board was actually doing something beside sitting around getting drunk, doing drugs and cutting staff, and we know that's not true.
Besides, this move may actually assist in reducing our injuries so there is no chance it could be true.
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Mr Magic wrote:It must be an 'election stunt'.
The story is in the Australian and you know they are just RB's mouthpiece.
Besides if it was true it would show that the incumbent Board was actually doing something beside sitting around getting drunk, doing drugs and cutting staff, and we know that's not true.
Besides, this move may actually assist in reducing our injuries so there is no chance it could be true.
on the money there for once mr magic......
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
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Only this one time Stinger?stinger wrote:Mr Magic wrote:It must be an 'election stunt'.
The story is in the Australian and you know they are just RB's mouthpiece.
Besides if it was true it would show that the incumbent Board was actually doing something beside sitting around getting drunk, doing drugs and cutting staff, and we know that's not true.
Besides, this move may actually assist in reducing our injuries so there is no chance it could be true.
on the money there for once mr magic......
no mate...just ribbing you..i was well aware your post was tongue in cheek...i am not that senile....yet....Mr Magic wrote:Only this one time Stinger?stinger wrote:Mr Magic wrote:It must be an 'election stunt'.
The story is in the Australian and you know they are just RB's mouthpiece.
Besides if it was true it would show that the incumbent Board was actually doing something beside sitting around getting drunk, doing drugs and cutting staff, and we know that's not true.
Besides, this move may actually assist in reducing our injuries so there is no chance it could be true.
on the money there for once mr magic......
.everybody still loves lenny....and we always will
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From cricinfo
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/austral ... /6860.html
Australian team Fitness Advisor May 1998 - 2000
"A man with strong sporting connections, Dave Misson currently holds down the post of 'Fitness Advisor' with the Australian national team. His role is to provide guidance in a range of areas relating to the physical management and education of the players, and to the development by the team's hierarchy of particular strategies to guard against the onset of long-term injuries to their charges. Misson assumed the job in May 1998 after previous experience with a number of major sporting bodies in Australia - among them the New South Wales Cricket Association, the Australian Institute of Sport, the Australian Rugby Union and Tennis Australia. He is the son of former New South Wales and Australian Test batsman, Frank Misson. (John Polack, July 2000) "
Swag of articles on him via google - biggest challenge was getting Dizzy's back sorted out and regards McGrath as an Iron Man. Plenty of links to his comments on swans too.
http://content-www.cricinfo.com/austral ... /6860.html
Australian team Fitness Advisor May 1998 - 2000
"A man with strong sporting connections, Dave Misson currently holds down the post of 'Fitness Advisor' with the Australian national team. His role is to provide guidance in a range of areas relating to the physical management and education of the players, and to the development by the team's hierarchy of particular strategies to guard against the onset of long-term injuries to their charges. Misson assumed the job in May 1998 after previous experience with a number of major sporting bodies in Australia - among them the New South Wales Cricket Association, the Australian Institute of Sport, the Australian Rugby Union and Tennis Australia. He is the son of former New South Wales and Australian Test batsman, Frank Misson. (John Polack, July 2000) "
Swag of articles on him via google - biggest challenge was getting Dizzy's back sorted out and regards McGrath as an Iron Man. Plenty of links to his comments on swans too.
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Swans fitness guru takes secrets south
Jenny McAsey | September 15, 2007
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 06,00.html
THE behind-the-scenes fitness expert who played a crucial role in getting Sydney to successive grand finals is set to take his secrets to another club.
Dave Misson, one of the masterminds of the system that made Sydney's injury list the shortest in the league, is moving to Melbourne and may join forces with former Swans assistant and St Kilda coach Ross Lyon.
Misson said yesterday there was a chance he could stay with the Swans in a sports science role, but he would probably opt to work at the coalface with a Melbourne-based club.
Sydney born and raised, Misson worked with rugby league clubs and the Australian cricket team before becoming the Swans' elite performance director seven years ago.
He had no background in Australian football, but in concert with club doctor Nathan Gibbs, a former rugby league player, and physiotherapist Matt Cameron, also a newcomer to AFL, devised an injury prevention system that significantly reduced the rate of soft tissue injuries, such as hamstring tears.
In 2005, when Sydney won the premiership, the Swans used the least number of players of any team, allowing them to have a hardened, stable side.
Backed by the club, they searched the globe to stay at the cutting edge and went to Italy in 2006 and again this year to study injury prevention procedures at soccer giant AC Milan, where soft tissue injuries have been cut by 90 per cent in the past few years.
The medical and fitness staff convinced the coaches that more training was not better. Misson said the best example of the system's success was the fact that veteran forward Michael O'Loughlin had not missed a game for more than two years despite chronic tendonitis.
"I think we have brought a little bit of innovation and forward thinking, understanding what the game is about and what makes individual players tick," Misson said.
"We have always looked at what works best for each individual, not been locked into a one program fits all mentality. Mick O'Loughlin hasn't missed a game since early 2005, so for someone like that to go without missing (a game) for over two years shows us that we are on the right track.
"Our philosophy is that we really push the players hard in the pre-season and then we are pretty conservative in season."
On the surface, the Swans system appeared to come unstuck this season. Sydney bowed out of the finals last weekend and in the second half of the season was hampered by injuries to key players Barry Hall (groin), Tadhg Kennelly (knee) and Leo Barry (hamstring).
But Misson said the injury rates at the club in 2007 were in fact lower than in previous years.
"From a numbers point of view, injuries were lower than they have been for the past three years. It was just a matter of who was injured, when you lose three of your best players to injury. It could have been three different players and no-one would know," he said.
"Hall's injury was wear and tear. He hadn't missed a game in three years until this year and he also played in two Irish series. It just catches up with you after a while."
Misson's services could be a coup for St Kilda, which has been badly hit by injuries to its top players in the past few years, preventing the team from reaching its undoubted potential.
While Sydney's list has been written off as too old since last weekend's loss to Collingwood, Misson said it was not all gloom.
"You look at the demographic of the list and we have got some older players, but I think they just need a bit of a spark, to change things a little bit," he said. "A lot of them have virtually played three years back to back and not had quite as much of a break as you need to."
Misson believes clubs will try to improve the psychological side of performance. "In terms of where it is going, the whole psychological aspect of performance is an area that is untapped at the moment and an area that clubs will start to look at more closely in the next few years," he said. "Sydney has plans to profile players from a psychological point of view and find out what switches players on the best."
Jenny McAsey | September 15, 2007
http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/st ... 06,00.html
THE behind-the-scenes fitness expert who played a crucial role in getting Sydney to successive grand finals is set to take his secrets to another club.
Dave Misson, one of the masterminds of the system that made Sydney's injury list the shortest in the league, is moving to Melbourne and may join forces with former Swans assistant and St Kilda coach Ross Lyon.
Misson said yesterday there was a chance he could stay with the Swans in a sports science role, but he would probably opt to work at the coalface with a Melbourne-based club.
Sydney born and raised, Misson worked with rugby league clubs and the Australian cricket team before becoming the Swans' elite performance director seven years ago.
He had no background in Australian football, but in concert with club doctor Nathan Gibbs, a former rugby league player, and physiotherapist Matt Cameron, also a newcomer to AFL, devised an injury prevention system that significantly reduced the rate of soft tissue injuries, such as hamstring tears.
In 2005, when Sydney won the premiership, the Swans used the least number of players of any team, allowing them to have a hardened, stable side.
Backed by the club, they searched the globe to stay at the cutting edge and went to Italy in 2006 and again this year to study injury prevention procedures at soccer giant AC Milan, where soft tissue injuries have been cut by 90 per cent in the past few years.
The medical and fitness staff convinced the coaches that more training was not better. Misson said the best example of the system's success was the fact that veteran forward Michael O'Loughlin had not missed a game for more than two years despite chronic tendonitis.
"I think we have brought a little bit of innovation and forward thinking, understanding what the game is about and what makes individual players tick," Misson said.
"We have always looked at what works best for each individual, not been locked into a one program fits all mentality. Mick O'Loughlin hasn't missed a game since early 2005, so for someone like that to go without missing (a game) for over two years shows us that we are on the right track.
"Our philosophy is that we really push the players hard in the pre-season and then we are pretty conservative in season."
On the surface, the Swans system appeared to come unstuck this season. Sydney bowed out of the finals last weekend and in the second half of the season was hampered by injuries to key players Barry Hall (groin), Tadhg Kennelly (knee) and Leo Barry (hamstring).
But Misson said the injury rates at the club in 2007 were in fact lower than in previous years.
"From a numbers point of view, injuries were lower than they have been for the past three years. It was just a matter of who was injured, when you lose three of your best players to injury. It could have been three different players and no-one would know," he said.
"Hall's injury was wear and tear. He hadn't missed a game in three years until this year and he also played in two Irish series. It just catches up with you after a while."
Misson's services could be a coup for St Kilda, which has been badly hit by injuries to its top players in the past few years, preventing the team from reaching its undoubted potential.
While Sydney's list has been written off as too old since last weekend's loss to Collingwood, Misson said it was not all gloom.
"You look at the demographic of the list and we have got some older players, but I think they just need a bit of a spark, to change things a little bit," he said. "A lot of them have virtually played three years back to back and not had quite as much of a break as you need to."
Misson believes clubs will try to improve the psychological side of performance. "In terms of where it is going, the whole psychological aspect of performance is an area that is untapped at the moment and an area that clubs will start to look at more closely in the next few years," he said. "Sydney has plans to profile players from a psychological point of view and find out what switches players on the best."
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Yes I just had a look...I started this string on Misson possibly coming to the Saints on Friday...he started a new string on Saturday..Mr Magic wrote:sRr, this was posted under another thread by Total Awareness already.
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Pretty sure his Dad was Frank Misson who opened the bowling for NSW and Australia in the late 50's early 60's.
Verdun 66 - You are spot on.
Dave used to run 400m Hurdles in around 53 seconds. He is quite a nice guy have spoken to him on a number of occassions as I used to compete in running too. I asked once why the Swans had such a low injury rate & he said that when a player said they ave a niggle they are very conservative with training. Dave still does some jogging to keep fit & still see his old man l walking in too keep fit. His younger brother is also a personal trainer & played Club Rugby. So a sporty family.
Verdun 66 - You are spot on.
Dave used to run 400m Hurdles in around 53 seconds. He is quite a nice guy have spoken to him on a number of occassions as I used to compete in running too. I asked once why the Swans had such a low injury rate & he said that when a player said they ave a niggle they are very conservative with training. Dave still does some jogging to keep fit & still see his old man l walking in too keep fit. His younger brother is also a personal trainer & played Club Rugby. So a sporty family.
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