Stop #1: Destination: Melbourne Cricket Ground Athlete: Dustin Martin Sport: Australian Rules Football Position: Midfielder “Midfielders are required to stop, start, accelerate, pivot and turn rapidly. They're in the thick of the action 90% of the time, needing to be able to break and absorb tackles, and dish them out too. They need to cover the ground to get to the next contest, and do this for a large portion of the game.” Stop #2: Destination: Margaret Court Arena Athlete: Liz Watson Sport: Netball Position: Midcourt (WA and C) “The midcourt is the engine room of any netball team's attack end. And the ability of your wing attack and centre being able to beat their opponents, get the ball onto the goal circle and create scoring opportunities for their goalers consistently will always be critical to your team's success.” Stop #3: Destination: Melbourne Aquatic Centre Athlete: Kyle Chalmers Sport: Swimming Event: 50m freestyle “The 50 meter sprint is all about explosive arm pulls and a strong kick.” Stop #4: Destination: Rod Laver Arena Athlete: Ash Barty Sport: Tennis “Tennis requires a player to perform all kinds of movements. These include but are not limited to: bending forward and backward, reaching in all directions, lunging, squatting, twisting, flexion and extension of the elbow, shoulder and wrist etc… All of these movements will also necessitate differing muscle actions. Not to mention that velocity of each movement will differ at each joint.” Stop #5: Destination: Aami Park Athlete: Tim Cahill Sport: Soccer Position: Striker “The striker is one of the most important soccer positions there is. Generally the most advanced players on the pitch, their primary job is to score goals and assist other attacking players around them.” Stop #6: Destination: Melbourne Cricket Ground Athlete: Scott Boland Sport: Cricket Position: Bowler “Bowling in cricket refers to when a player - 'the bowler' - propels the ball towards the stumps that a batsman is defending. In terms of objectives, bowlers aim to either take wickets (the act of dismissing batsmen by hitting the stumps with the ball) or to prevent run scoring opportunities.”
