Nutrition for Performance

Ola Luczak

Advanced Sports Dietitian

Ola competed in Division 1 US college tennis at the University of Central Florida. It was here she discovered that eating pop tarts and free pizza on campus was NOT an optimal fuel choice for performance.

Over the past decade Ola has devoted her energy towards adolescent sports nutrition – where lifelong habits form.

She was alarmed to discover:

~65% of athletes were dehydrated (Game Day Nutrition testing with 300+ athletes)

~75% of female athletes were under-fuelling (in line with AIS research)

Many athletes were underperforming with low energy levels, poor concentration, slow reaction times and decreased motor skills (largely due to the above two reasons)

This fostered a passion to create a program to support athletes on a consistent basis throughout their adolescent years. She quickly noticed that sports directors, coaches, parents and athletes wanted more resources and advice in the nutrition space.

Marc Sophoulis

Director and Head Coach

Since 1996, Marc has coached athletes at the highest level in the sports of tennis and Australian Rules Football (AFL). He has also mentored and trained coaches in the art of coaching and athlete development for the past decade. 

As head coach of tennis at the Maribyrnong Sports Academy and MITS Tennis in Melbourne Australia, Marc has been instrumental in developing a sustainable high-performance tennis program while working closely with a diverse group of talented young players.

Since 2007 Marc has worked at the Richmond Tigers AFL club in multiple roles as the coaching coordinator and assistant coach in the Victorian Football League (VFL) program.

He has led and facilitated Tennis Australia's Level 1 and 2 coaching courses since 2007, and regularly creates, develops, and conducts coach development courses and workshops in both tennis and AFL.

Marc’s coaching philosophy is an innovative pracademic approach, where he uses science and data to support and create practical interventions within a holistic, team focused framework.