A Day in the Life of an Elite Athlete

By On June 10, 2011 · Leave a Comment

Quite often we are asked what do you need to do to become a world class athlete. The answer is a lot of hard work. Here is a typical day for a Wombat:

4:00am Wake up, light breakfast
4:30am Morning run. Usually 15-20 km, sometimes more, rarely less
6:00am 2nd Breakfast. 12 or 13 Weet-Bix. Brett Lee only does 7 – pretty soft….
6:30am Shower, shit and shave – not always in that order
7:30am Morning media commitments – the Wombats have got regular spots on radio stations across Australia
9:00am Hit the gym for some weights. We usually have a competition for the most bench presses. Tamas has the record of 5 reps @ 160kgs
10:30am Brunch
12:00pm PR time. This is different every day – maybe a school visit or media appearance
2:00pm Lunch – a lot of protein. Lunch always involves a whole dead animal
4:00pm Team strategy session. Usually we will go over videos of our games or our opponents and see what we can improve on. On a light day, we might put an action or horror movie on instead
6:00pm More media and sponsorship commitments
7:30pm Home time. Light dinner and a massive dessert
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Welcome New Wombat – Twitch

By On May 28, 2011 · Leave a Comment

The Wombats would like to welcome the newest Wombat, Twitch. Twitch comes from a long line of dodgeball greats. Struck down at a young age with throwing arm problems, Twitch was headed for the glue factory. The Wombats saw some potential in Twitch though and brought him into the Wombats development squad. Since then, he has had his arm replaced and has improved in leaps and bounds. Australian selectors believe he has what it takes for the big leagues now and will be added in to the regular playing roster.

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Wombats @ Kid’s Gaol

By On May 23, 2011 · 1 Comment

The Wombats paid a special visit to the children’s gaol over the weekend to spread the message that you can have fun without criminal activity. As part of the Wombats Community Program, the guys had a great time with the kids who can’t be named for legal reasons.

“We came to cheer the kids up” Wombats skipper, Jon, says while recounting the days events. “We started throwing dodgeballs at them, which they didn’t get into at first… but fun’s pretty contagious and pretty soon they started pegging them back, and then everyone got into it. We were throwing dodgeballs, then someone threw a chair and then we were throwing TVs. Before you know it we were chucking beds out windows… it’s the most fun I’ve had for ages.”

The Wombats have created a tradition of putting back into the community. Since the start of the Wombats Community Program, the Wombats have been proud supporters of over 100 events focussing on the community.

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