Regional Institute of Sport

Regional Institute of Sport Athlete Performance - Rehab - Performance Coaching with qualified exercise & health professionals

21/02/2026

Colac athletes

You can access our programs every Wednesday with RIS Performance Coach Matt Kemp and Saturday with RIS Director Stuart Canavan

Trinity College Colac

One Movement

Improving speed is not simply a matter of sprinting. Movement quality and coordination, particularly between the foot an...
21/02/2026

Improving speed is not simply a matter of sprinting.

Movement quality and coordination, particularly between the foot and the pelvis is crucial for optimal performance.

Most team sport athletes simply never learn this. Yet the importance of speed for a successful outcome in sport is crucial ( and it significantly drops your injury risk! ).

Let us know if you’re ready to get quicker 🏎️

21/02/2026

Marching with the CHAOS bag as part of our dynamic prep process. Aims: improve foot contact position, strengthen the link between the foot and pelvis ( hip lock ) and reinforce good postural habits. Don’t neglect your feet in your training

20/02/2026

Speed 4 Sport

Colac - Trinity College Colac Athletics Track

Saturday 8.30 AM

Come and learn techniques and approaches that help enhance and improve the speed of Essendon player Rhys Unwin.

A great way to sharpen your speed this preseason.

Questions? Call Stu 0499 999 274

AFL players of Colac Train with RIS Director Stuart Canavan every Saturday morning at Trinity College Develop game chan...
20/02/2026

AFL players of Colac

Train with RIS Director Stuart Canavan every Saturday morning at Trinity College

Develop game changing speed !!

20/02/2026

Speed 4 Sport Saturday 8.30 AM Bookings available via our website

Athletes If you want to get better you need to accept that you will occasionally ‘fail’. That’s ok. It’s how we learn an...
19/02/2026

Athletes

If you want to get better you need to accept that you will occasionally ‘fail’.

That’s ok.

It’s how we learn and refine ourselves.

19/02/2026

This is a great example from one of our teen athletes about embracing the process of learning a complex new movement pattern and not fearing making a mistake. We encourage our athletes ( particularly our teen athletes) to explore new movements and exercises and embrace failure. It’s how you learn. Too often there is an expectation of ‘perfect’ form in the gym with exercises. The reality of sport is such that ‘perfect’ form is not often seen but efficient and effective movement is. So, athletes, embrace the process and accept that ‘failure’ will be part of the journey

Colac Wednesday at 4 pm and Saturday morning 10 am at One Movement you can train in our teen specific athletic performan...
18/02/2026

Colac

Wednesday at 4 pm and Saturday morning 10 am at One Movement you can train in our teen specific athletic performance program.

‘Junior Elite Training’ ( JET )

Our ‘Speed 4 Sport’ program starts at 8.30 am every Saturday at Trinity College Colac
This program is complimentary for Trinity College students. All other athletes can book via the RIS website.

Teen athletes need to learn ‘how’ to develop strength and power in a way that positively influences their performance and reduces injury risk.

Questions? Let us know

RIS Director Stu 0499 999 274

TIMBOONThank you for your patience as we have worked through the process of setting up our new booking system.❤️Wednesda...
17/02/2026

TIMBOON

Thank you for your patience as we have worked through the process of setting up our new booking system.❤️

Wednesday afternoon you have a few great options to improve your wellbeing, or athletic performance.

Teen athletes: TAP 4 pm

CORE plus : 5.30 pm

STRONG Foundations: 6.30 pm

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2 Brooke Street
Camperdown, VIC
3260

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Monday 9am - 5pm
Tuesday 9am - 5pm
Wednesday 9am - 5pm
Thursday 9am - 5pm
Friday 9am - 6pm
Saturday 9am - 12pm

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Regional Institue of Sport

After a clinical & high performance career that has spanned 3 decades, Stuart Canavan has established the Regional Institute of Sport (RIS) to provide services to athletes of the Geelong, Surfcoast & Western District.

Stuart formerly was the Founder, Sports Medicine & Performance Director at one of Australia’s largest high school based sports academy. A program that he and his team of clinical & exercise professionals collaboratively developed for 8 years and is now home to over 770 athletes. He has an extensive academic & professional experience that includes: Bachelor of Physiotherapy, Post Graduate Certificate in Sports Physiotherapy, Certificate of Spinal Manual Therapy and a Master of High Performance Sport. Stuart has assisted many of Australia’s and the World’s best athletes optimise their athletic performance and recover from injury.

The RIS has a special interest in the athletic development pathways of adolescent athletes and the performance enhancement of endurance athletes. In 2019 we have assisted Colac Secondary College develop a ‘Sporting Pathway Program’ which will be expanded in 2020 and beyond. Preseason involvement with the delivery of athletic development programs for the Geelong West Giants and Camperdown Football & Netball Club resulted in zero ACL injuries in the mens and womens teams, both sports.

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