Exercise Science students at Flinders University were on hand to support Adelaide United Women’s team last week, at a testing session ahead of the commencement of pre-season training.

The students helped out at testing stations, collected data and gained valuable practical experience.

Players from the Reds squad and a selection of footballers in the local Women’s National Premier League attended the session.

This is the second testing session conducted by the team, with the earlier August event also attended by the Flinders University students. Adelaide United Women strength and conditioning coach, Eleni Vosnakis, said the comparison of results between the two sessions will help in building the pre-season program.

She also praised the input from Flinders University students and staff.

“We’re using the majority of their track quality equipment like our speed gates for our sprint testing.

“And we’ve got a PhD student in Dylan Hicks who’s out here doing some extra testing using force plates.

“So we’re very lucky to have them here and this day wouldn’t be possible without them.”

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