FEATURE: BOWLING FOR SUCCESS BOWLING FO STRENGTH & CONDITIONING JONO WALLACE-SMITH TALKS In this role he also attends camps, STRENGTH AND CONDITIONING where the team is put through a testing protocol. At these camps, Jono and the WITHIN THE SPORT OF LAWN BOWLS. national team coaches put together a series of exercises which are focused around functional movements to see aspects of strength and flexibility Jono Wallace-Smith is a strength and affecting the consistency of lunge conditioning coach based out of the pattern. The lunge pattern of a lawn Victorian Institute of Sport (VIS). His rolebowler is one that “they can do 300 as physical preparation coach has led times in a day.” From these tests, the him to work with many different types bowler’s strengths and weaknesses are of athletes through the VIS scholarshippresented to them and a program is program. The sports he is currently tailored to each individual. involved in include shooting (shotgun and pistol), lawn bowls, along with individual“The way the lawn bowls program is run athletes competing in skateboarding, at the moment is slightly different to a table tennis, wheelchair rugby and a fewtraditional program run through the VIS.” other sports. With the Commonwealth Jono explained. “A typical program for a Games just around the corner, Jono team or individuals is based around set provided time out of his schedule to talktimes and a program for a specific group about the national lawn bowls team, theas they come in and leave. However, due Jackaroos, and his involvement with them.to the uniqueness of lawn bowls, it takes a slightly non-traditional approach to The role Jono plays within the nationalstrength and conditioning.” The main lawn bowls squad, the Jackaroos, is as areason that a non-traditional consultant. “My purpose within my work approach is taken is due to with the team, is to make sure that the age range. The age nothing within their game is affected range of the team for the because of physical preparation. For Commonwealth games is example, if they can’t do something between the ages of 25 because they’re unfit or weak, or they and 46, therefore, there can’t perform well for the entirety of are a number of variables game. My job is to make sure that physicalof each athlete that needs ability isn’t a factor in limiting theirto be individualised while performance.” 34 VOLUME 36 • APRIL ISSUE 2018