Sport can play a big part in many student lives but perhaps none more so than for the student balancing their athletic careers with their sporting study.
Isabella Chessler spoke with Senior Lecturer of Sports and Exercise Science, Dr Scott Talpey, and La Trobe student and speed skating Olympic hopeful, Luke Zeliff, to find out how La Trobe University is helping to create the next generation of coaches.
Credits
Presenter: Isabella Chessler
Script Writer: Jordan Moll
Editor: Christian Bradford
Inside the life of athletes balancing studies and sport, through La Trobe’s elite athlete program.
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