Raised in Melbourne, Perko played netball and soccer before playing Australian rules football. At thirteen, Perkins was told she would no longer be able to play contact sports due to a spinal disc herniation, so she concentrated on netball for the next three years. However, she decided to start playing Australian rules football at sixteen, joining the Eastern Devils' youth side in 2009 and becoming a two-time Victorian under-18 representative before playing in the Devils' senior side in the Victorian Women's Football League (VWFL) in 2012.

In 2016, she kicked fifty-two goals and finished third in the leading goalkicker award, behind Moana Hope and Katie Brennan, and was named in the VWFL team of the year. In the eighteen months before being recruited, she lost forty kilograms to fulfill her dream of playing AFL football.

In this podcast, we discussed:

00:00  Intro
00:23  About Sarah Perkins
01:25  How Sarah's brother and neighbour inspired her to start playing footy
04:28  Sarah's footy positions
05:32  People who supported and influenced Sarah's footy career
11:40  How Sarah got drafted and how her footy career started
17:41  Her greatest surprise and challenges she faced as she joined the footy club
22:19  How she stays motivated and get better
23:31  How her VFL schedule and workload looks like
27:40  Sarah explains offleague conditioning and when is it used
28:40  Her recovery routine after a game
30:54  Her plans for 2021 VFL and AFLW

People mentioned: 

- Meg Hutchins
- Bec Goddard 
- Elizabeth Keaney
- Georgia Bevan 
- Leah Kaslar 
- Erin Phillips
- Jamie Stanton
- Jade Pregelj 
- Kalinda Howarth

Connect with Sarah Perkins

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/perko29/

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West Coasts Eagles Strength & Conditioning Coach 

Jordan Stares 8 pm  31/8/21 AEST

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#56 - Sarah Perkins AFLW Key Forward for the Goldcoast Suns

Nalesh has worked with the GWS Giants for the last 9 years. 
He has a strong background in football medicine especially in end stage sports specific rehabilitation. He has completed his football diploma and He has completed his football diploma and masters in sports physio degree he has a special interest in hip and groin injuries and is currently completing his FIFA Diploma in Football Medicine.

Discussion Timestamps: 

00:00  Podcast Intro
00:22  Introducing Nalesh Murti
02:18  How Nalesh started his sports physio journey
05:24  How he develop his physio management
07:45  How did he start at Team GWS Giants
16:23  Nalesh shares his S&C experience under his mentors
20:24  Important skills to become a physio and how to polish them
26:45  Similarities he's seen with successful AFL athletes he worked with
29:00  How to build rapport when doing rehab with a new athlete
33:13  What Nalesh is excited about 2021

People mentioned:
 
- Lachlan Wilmot
- David Joyce
- Tim Parham
- Luke Heath
- Matthew Deboer
- John Quinn

Connect with Nalesh: https://instagram.com/theathlete_physio?utm_medium=copy_link

Website: https://www.adpt.physio

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Sydney Grammar Head of Athletic Development  
Jarrod Egan 8.30 pm  7/9/21 AEST

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#57 - Nalesh Murti AFL Athletic Performance Physio for the GWS Giants

Looking forward to this week's PLPlivechats. 
Pencil in tomorrow night as our episode with:
- Belle Dawes premiers on YouTube at 10pm
- Tuesday live chat with Jarrod Egan 8.30pm
- Wednesday free presentation on AFL nutrition basics 101 
- Thursday live chat Michael Rischitelli 8pm
- Friday Stefan Mauk pod. 

In this podcast, we discussed:
00:00  live chats intro
01:32  Podcast release changes
02:52  Insights from interview with sports physio Jordan Stares
05:33  Takeaways from sports dietician Dominique Condo's interview
08:11  Free presentation on AFL nutrition basics 101
10:05  Live chat schedule for Michael Rischitelli
10:05  Live chat schedule for Jarrod Egan
10:57   Release of podcast episode ft. Belle Dawes
11:25  Release of podcast episode ft. Stefan Mauk
12:35   Q&A with Jack Mclean


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#1 - PLP Live Chats Sunday Show

Dawes is from Maroochydore on the Sunshine Coast and is a Lions Academy product. She is a dynamic inside midfielder that finished second in the agility test at the national combine. 2019 NAB AFLW Draft 1st round selection (Brisbane Lions) No.15 overall. She made her debut last season in the Round 1 clash against Adelaide Crows and heading into just her third season. The dynamic midfielder is already a 2021 AFLW Premiership player, 2021 NAB AFLW Rising Star nominee, and 2021 AFLPA 22 Under 22 Squad member.


People mentioned: 
- Ben Stanley
- Will Poth
- Shannon Campbell
- Kate Lutkins
- Breanna Koenen
- Cathy Svarc

In this podcast, we discussed:

00:00 Show intro
00:21 Intro about Belle Dawes
02:00 How Belle started footy at the age of 9
04:55 Her transition from Academy to playing to highest level of AFL
07:05 Her coaching technique when increasing intensity of the drills for athletes
09:22 How she change the vibes of training or game day
11:15 How she started coaching for Lion's Academy 
15:50 People who influenced and supported her 
17:00 What she focuses on footy pre-season and off-season
25:00 Difference between preparing for an AFLW season and playing at a low level
29:05 Things she do outside of footy

Connect with Belle Dawes
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bellecfc/

Book a 1 on 1 with Belle: 
https://www.enhancedfootball.com/

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Subscribe to our YouTube channel to watch interviews like this one live, our next guest is: 

Sydney Grammar Head of Athletic Development  
Jarrod Egan 8.30 pm  7/9/21 AEST

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#58 - Belle Dawes AFLW Inside Midfielder for the Brisbane Lions

Today on the Prepare Like a Pro podcast show we have Stefan Mauk. Stefan is the Founder of the inner game journal. After a decorated junior football career as an National Australian representative and AIS scholarship holder, Stefan signed his first pro contract in the A-League at 16 years of age. After winning a Championship with Adelaide United in 2015/16, Stefan signed a 3 year contract to play in Europe. Since returning to Australia, he has played for the Brisbane Roar & currently Adelaide United. His journal is something he is clearly passionate about and after testing many different methods on himself he is now helping athletes all over the world work on his creation of the inner game journal. 

People mentioned:

- Tim Schleiger
- Christian Petracca 
- Travis Boak

Time stamps: 

00:00 Show intro
00:22 Intro about Stefan Mauk
02:00 How his German father influenced him to play soccer 
04:52 He shares his experience getting his first contract at a young age
09:18 How he incorporate new routines and how he measures it
14:28 Mentors who shaped his soccer career
21:09 What his off season program looks like
24:37 Why he founded Inner Game Journals
31:28 The 3 areas he focus on training 
34:23 Where we can reach Inner Game Journals

Instagram Stefan: https://www.instagram.com/stefanmauk/

Inner game Journal: https://theinnergamejournals.com/

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Former AFL player and Founder/Head Coach Kicking dynamics au  
Tim Schmidt 8.00 pm  14/9/21 AEST

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#59 - Stefan Mauk Founder of Inner Game Journal and captain of Adelaide United FC

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