AIS boss Matt Favier has a plan to convert NRL and AFL prospects into Olympic medallists. Source: News Limited
THE Australian Institute of Sport has sharpened its arrows in an aggressive bid to convert NRL and AFL prospects into Olympic medallists.
In what Matt Shirvington calls a "warning shot" to the major football codes, the second intake of the AIS Sports Draft will target potential athletics champions.
While former junior track and field prospects, NRL players Jarryd Hayne Hayne and Jamal Idris have been lost to the sport, Shirvington believes Olympic disciplines boast an incentive that money cannot buy.
"Becoming an Olympian is still a very big carrot," the Olympian and former 100m national record holder said.
"I'd love to see a Jarryd Hayne back doing hurdles or Jamal Idris back throwing the javelin.
"This is a warning shot but the most important thing is that it's opening up a pathway to Olympic sports that was not previously there."
Almost a year after the AIS held a draft targeting recruits for combat sports, it has announced the next round of testing aims to unearth medallists in athletics, cycling, rugby sevens, hockey, paddling sports and para sports.
The draft, which is an initiative from Australia's Winning Edge game plan, is looking for expressions of interest from athletes aged from 15 to 26.
Its aim is to convert athletes from different sporting backgrounds with a view to deepening the talent pool and ultimately winning Olympic medals.
AIS director Matt Favier said this intake would focus on speed, power and agility.
He believes Australian rules, rugby league and rugby union footballers can be introduced to athletics as sprinters or middle distance runners.
"The 400m (is an event) where you can identify raw talent," Favier said.
"It's an entry point and potentially a great platform."
Australia did not have an individual entrant in the men's 100m at the Glasgow Commonwealth Games, a sign our male 100m and 200m sprinters are not globally competitive, according to Shirvington.
The AIS Sports Draft has the means to identify a raw speed machine from the football ranks and find a home for that athlete in athletics or cycling.
Melbourne teenager Dylan Anderson was yesterday presented as an example of why the Australian Sports Commission believes the program will work.
Anderson, 19, was a promising Australian rules footballer and schoolboy rower before entering last year's draft and coming out the other side in judo.
The rookie has already won several medals at major domestic competitions.
Those who make it through selection trials will be offered 12 months of high-performance coaching.
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