The Breakthrough team has a wide range of expertise and experience in the Sports and Fitness industry, along with a passion and desire to ensure all clients have an opportunity to be their best.  Over the last decade the Breakthrough team has worked with and assisted many athletes from various sporting disciplines including Olympic and Australian representative athletes, World and Australian champions, Senior and Junior Australian team representatives, AFL/VFL players,  Stawell gift winner and finalists,  Victorian team members and State league players, and even a V8 Supercar driver. 

At the same time the teams primary focus is to actively work and partner with local level junior and senior clubs and organisations to bring current best practice to all levels of athletes to help them improve their fitness, skills and enjoyment of the game.  This includes many sports from AFL, Soccer, Rugby, Basketball, Netball, Hockey, Cricket, Gymnastics, Tennis, Baseball, Track and Field, Triathlon, and Duathlon.

The Breakthrough Sports Team

 

Alan King

• Director

• Breakthrough Performance Coach

• Strength & Conditioning Trainer

Diploma in Exercise Science (Dip Ex. Sci)
Level 2 Strength & Conditioning Coach (current)
Masters of Entrepreneurship & Innovation (current)
Personal Trainer
Level 1 Triathlon Coach
Member of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association 

 

Andrew Luscombe

• Breakthrough Performance Coach  

• Lead Strength & Conditioning Trainer

Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement Studies - Education)
Masters of Applied Science (Sports Coaching) (current)    
Level 2 Strength & Conditioning Coach (current)  
Physical Education Teacher    
Level 1 Track & Field Coach  
Level 3 Middle & Long Distance Coach  
Level 1 Basketball Coach  
Member of the Australian Track & Field Coaches Association   
Member of the Australian Strength & Conditioning Association

 

Emma Glynn 

• Breakthrough Performance Trainer

• Strength & Conditioning Trainer

 Bachelor of Applied Science (Human Movement) (current)
 Level 1 Strength and conditioning coach

 

 

MENTAL PERFORMANCE COACHES

 

Natalie Atkinson

• Breakthrough Mental Performance Coach

• Strength & Conditioning Trainer

Diploma of Clinical Hypnotherapy
Certificate of Ego-state therapy
TAIS certified practitioner (The Attentional and Interpersonal Style - psychological assessments and identification for sports selection, recruitment and high performance)
Diploma of counselling (current)
Personal trainer
Strength and conditioning coach – level 1
Fitball and kickboxing instructor
Member of Australian Strength and conditioning association

 

Derek Barker

• Breakthrough Mental Performance Coach

• Strength & Conditioning Trainer

Master Practitioner of Neuro Linguistic Programming (NLP) and time line therapy
Diploma of Clinical Hypnotherapy
Diploma of counselling (current)
Business and life coach