Endeavour is the passion project of head coach Alex Quirk and in his own words:
Like many coaching journeys, mine began rather inconsequently, I was racing the National Road Series and some of the juniors in my local club asked for some help. I was studying physiology at the time and had always had a keen interested in delving deeper into my own training. Injury forced an early end to my personal athletic endeavours and I began investing increasing amounts of energy into coaching. In this time I pursued a more conventional career path. I started a chemical engineering degree however, it quickly became apparent that coaching was the real passion of mine. Some of those juniors were achieving amazing results: winning national medals, representing Australia and began competing at the international level. These guys like to think of themselves as the Endeavour OG crew! Slowly, coaching transitioned to a full time load and in 2020 I made the decision to go all in and pursue coaching as a career.
Since then, I’ve been privileged to work with an amazing group of athletes from diverse backgrounds. Many of those riders who started with me in their junior years are now some of Australia’s best domestic riders, chasing rides in europe and selection in National Teams. I’m acutley aware that athletes place an anormous amount of trust in their coach. My goal is to see riders actualise their potential and repay the trust they place in me. I firmly believe in ‘looking at the big picture’ when working with athletes. There has been an explosion in data and technology in coaching, it’s very easy for athletes to get lost in this new age of information. Whilst I feel my background and skillset allows me to use these tools to truly optimise training, if we don’t have clarity about exactly what we want to achieve then we have nothing. From that point it’s about applying evidence based training practices, regularly communicating, identifying targets and using data analytics to make smart decisions about your training and racing endeavours.
Endeavour Coaching as it is now, is the culmination of a decade of my coaching experiences, further education and a constant drive to evolve. My background as an athlete and understanding of exercise physiology has allowed me to provide highly proficient and leading coaching care to athletes. I derive huge satisfaction from riders to enabling riders to reach heights they never thought possible and if you want to work with someone who shares your passion for the sport then get in touch.
Qualifications
- Masters of High Performance Sport
- Bachelor of Science, Extended Major of Physiology, First class hons in Neuroscience
- AusCycling Advanced / Level 2 Road & Track Coach
Notable Experience
- 2023: Completed Professional Placement at Cycling New Zealand / High Performance Sport New Zealand
- 2022: Completed Professional Placement at South Australia Sports Institute
- 2018 – Current: Sports Director at the Women’s Racing Project
- 2020 – Current: Queensland Junior Track Coach
- AusCycling Women and Girls Coach Specialisation certificate
