The AIS Altitude House supports the “live high, train low” principle by enabling athlete's to sleep and relax at altitude while training at sea level.

The facility simulates high altitudes by exposing athletes to low-oxygen or hypoxic conditions.

This multi-purpose indoor sports centre has five courts which are suitable for basketball, netball, volleyball, badminton, handball, table tennis and futsal all with FIBA 1 level ceiling mounted backboards.

The courts are fully accessible for wheelchair sports and there are change room areas available for multiple teams.

The Centre now includes built in sports video technology that can capture footage through a video and analytics system. It is a secure cloud-based platform that allows teams/coaches to live-stream and/or record matches or training sessions that can be viewed by tablets or mobile devices, remotely.

Featuring a large, flexible multi-purpose space catering to individual and team sports. The lab includes a number of force plates for biomechanical testing and analysis, and adaptable configurations for multiple activities to be conducted simultaneously. Recent enhancements include indoor throwing capability for track and field disciplines.

The adjacent indoor running track features six lanes, 110m Mondo surface with a long jump pit at the far end. It is fully instrumented with camera/video capabilities and integrated force plates. The facility is para-accessible and is both air-conditioned and heated for year-round use. Suited for multi-sport use.

The Combat Centre is a multi-sport centre of excellence for boxing, wrestling, judo, taekwondo, karate and martial art disciplines.

The Centre has two national level boxing rings and one training boxing ring.

An international wrestling mat and 900 square metres of judo or jigsaw mats are also part of the Centre.

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In the AIS Dining Hall you will enjoy a variety of healthy, nutritious meals alongside high performance athletes (included in all onsite stays).

All menus are design by AIS nutritionists to support the dietary guidelines for optimal sports performance, enabling each high performance athlete to meet their specific nutritional goals for training and competition. This high performance athlete dining hall experience is extended to our visiting guests.

Meals vary each day with a range of hot and cold buffet selections, including a variety of beverages.

The FIFA quality accredited synthetic football field is suitable for any activity played on grass including football and both rugby codes.

The playing field is 100m x 68m in dimension. The surface is cooler to play on in extreme summer heat and suitable for training and playing games in all weather.

Lighting is available for this field as well as access to change rooms.

The AIS has four grass fields located within close proximity of each other.

Two fields are primarily suited for football (soccer) and both rugby codes. These playing fields are 105m x 68m each in dimension. The other two fields are suitable for football, both rugby codes and AFL. These playing fields are 95m x 68m in dimension.

Lighting is available for all fields as well as access to change rooms (with four toilets, eight showers and 23 lockers).

The Gymnastics Centre at the AIS provides first class training facilities.

Utilised by both Gymnastics Australia and Gymnastics ACT, the venue houses Federation of International Gymnastics standard equipment including vaults, asymmetrical bars, balance beams, pommel horses, roman rings, parallel bars, horizontal bars, sprung floor and sprung floor strips.

The centre also has a range of supplementary equipment including an in-ground trampoline, large foam pit, spring boards, mini trampolines, boxes and soft landing mats.

The Gymnastics Centre is also suitable for club training, school sport and vacation care programs.

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The National Sport Information Centre (NSIC) at the AIS plays an important role in supporting the information and research needs of Australia’s leading high performance coaches, athletes, sport scientists and medical practitioners.

The NSIC 24/7 access to its comprehensive collection of online research resources, physical information holdings, technology platforms, collaboration spaces, coaching room facilities, computers, printers and photocopiers.

The NSIC receives over 35,000 walk-in visitors annually.

The NSIC is currently open for high performance camps but closed to the public during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Multi functional space enabling a range of physiological testing to be conducted. The facility also includes private consultation rooms.

The AIS Physiology Lab also incorporates an Altitude House that can accommodate up to 10 athletes in a residential setting with shared rooms, common kitchen area, amenities and Wi-Fi capability.

The laboratory incorporates haematology capabilities and a dedicated area for resting metabolic rate testing and monitoring.

The Recovery Centre facilitates both wet and dry post-game/training recovery.

Performance recovery involves the use of post-exercise strategies to promote physiological and psychological restoration. Effective recovery between sessions may reduce the risk of developing injuries or illness, and help to optimise subsequent training and competitive performance.

An AIS Recovery Physiologist can provide tailored education and practical sessions for high performance camps.

The three-storey residence has a range of self-contained pods with four to six bedrooms. Each pod includes a shared kitchenette, bathroom, laundry facilities and a common lounge space. All levels and pods are wheelchair accessible and compliant.

The AIS Residence of Champions is also designed to be energy efficient. It has a five-star energy rating and boasts a solar efficient design, double-glazed windows, hydro in-slab heating and cooling, and rainwater collection and storage tanks for toilets and irrigation.

This facility also incorporates the AIS Dining Hall where menus are designed by AIS nutritionists to support the dietary guidelines for optimal sports performance.

Strength and conditioning can assist athletes in the areas of speed, agility, endurance, strength, stability, flexibility, injury prevention, management and rehabilitation.

The Strength and Conditioning Gym includes electronic cardiovascular training equipment such as treadmills, bikes, elliptical cross trainers and rowing machines.

It also incorporates force plates and linear position transducers for strength and power capacity assessments.

The AIS has three full sized outdoor tennis courts with a blue Plexicushion surface.

Lighting is available to all courts. The tennis courts are available to groups staying, training or just visiting for the day as well as for coaches, clubs and teams wishing to hire the courts on a regular basis.

The Mondo surface track is a year-round facility catering to a number of high performance sports looking.

The grass field in the middle is suitable for football and both rugby codes. The playing field is 95m x 68m in dimension.

The Centre has lighting available as well as a scoreboard, 700 seat covered grandstand and four team change rooms.

The AIS has two full sized volleyball courts with sprung floors to protect the athletes’ joints.

It also has a new beach volleyball facility which features state-of-the-art technology to allow athletes and coaches to review their technique in real-time. Two fixed high definition and two roaming cameras will stream vision to large screen as well as handheld devices to provide instant analysis of the athlete training environment.