Nutrition for Young Athletes

Recommended Websites

Sports Dietitians Australia www.sportsdietitians.com
Nutrition Australia www.nutritionaustralia.org
Australian Institute of Sport www.ais.org.au/nutrition
Dietitians Association of Australia www.daa.asn.au

The AFL together with Netball Australia and Medibank Private have put together a Nutrition Booklet to use as a guide to healthy eating for better performance. 

Sports Dieticians Australia have put together an AFL specific regime with areas such as Fluid Needs, Training Diets and Pre Event Diet etc.  A very comprehennsive document.  Well worth a read.  Download the PDF document here . 

Food Diary
A food diary is available here .  It is recommended that all players utilise a food diary to track their dietary intake.

AFL Queensland have put together a presentation on diet & Nutrition here

Stretching

All players are encouraged to stretch at least once per day, preferably twice. 

A pdf document of what stretches you should be completing is available here . 

An alternative programs is available here .