Brad Hall (BSecEd, GCEdStud, MEd&ProfStudRes) is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Academic in Health and Physical Education (HPE) at Griffith University. His doctoral study investigates how and why the curriculums, pedagogies and assessments in Queensland secondary schools’ Sport Excellence programs are the ways they are. Prior to starting his PhD, Brad completed a research master’s degree that looked at how pre-service HPE teachers interpreted and translated the five propositions in the Australian Curriculum: HPE.