About Us
Optimal Sports is New Zealand's largest independent high performance sports science organisation. Our New Zealand based team works exclusively with a selection of our country's elite sports providing sports science support to athletes, coaches, and sporting bodies. Our team have different areas of expertise in various training methods and specialist interests. Our collective experiences and comprehensive knowledge in sports science ensure our athletes optimise their performance.
Because of our commitment to improving sports performance we have developed a wealth of experience in the sporting world providing high performance support to the some of the best elite and professional athletes, including; New Zealand Black Caps Cricket, New Zealand Women's White Ferns Cricket, Auckland Cricket, Vodafone Warriors Rugby League, AFL Richmond Tigers Football Club, New Zealand Squash, Tennis New Zealand, Auckland Tennis, New Zealand Badminton, New Zealand Golf, Auckland Soccer, Manu Samoa Rugby Sevens, New Zealand Gymnastics, and Auckland Netball.
We pride ourselves with high standards of integrity while demonstrating excellence in everything we do. We continue to raise the bar by pushing our boundaries in research to develop new frontiers in sports science. Not only do we develop specialised training methods to suit individual needs we build upon the knowledge of other specialists to create a winning athlete. By coordinating and managing all of the sports disciplines supporting the athlete, we collectively develop winning performance strategies for our athletes.
Our Mission
Coaching athletes to reach their optimal athletic potential.
Our Values
- Partnership: We believe that the creation of strategic partnership based on mutual trust and respect are essential to achieve our mission.
- Excellence: We believe that we should deliver our services with exceptional quality that will add value to all involved for the long term.
- Leadership: We believe in a leadership that challenges, inspires, and encourages.
- Disciplined: We believe in a disciplined approach to providing a world class service; no short cuts, but developing support to improve optimal athletic performance.
- Integrity: We believe that what we promise we will deliver. We only make agreements with ourselves and others that we are willing and intend to keep.
