SPORT & RECREATION

Sport is a challenge – but so is a sporting life. Tomorrow’s champions need support today to manage the complex and often competing demands of sport, work, study, health and life.

The Waikato Academy for Young Achievers

The Waikato Academy for Young Achievers [WAYA] was founded in 1995 to support the development and overall well-being of young athletes who aspire to achieve sporting excellence.

The programme is coordinated by WILSS and supported by The University of Waikato and the Waikato region’s current and retired elite sports people.

To deliver the modules, WILSS uses New Zealand’s current and former elite sports people and experts within the sport and recreation industry.

This programme is no longer available.

Core components

This programme focuses on helping athletes to look after themselves holistically.

Topics include:

dreaming of the international arena
creating an image
communication on and off the field
listening to your body

Programme of study

This programme is currently unavailable.

Future pathways

The Academy programme provides students with tools to excel in their chosen sport and to achieve balance between their sporting, career and personal life. Successful students may also be able to progress on to the Pathway to Podium, the New Zealand High Performance and the Sir Edmund Hillary Scholarship Programme.

One of the best things about the Academy is hanging out with other sports people and getting a whole lot more support to keep striving and keep pushing boundaries..."
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