In Australia, women are under-represented in organised sport—as participants, coaches, officials, administrators, and board members—when compared to their male cohort. A variety of strategies exist to help equalise opportunities for girls and women, however, concerns continue on how gender bias may prevent them from receiving the full benefits sport and physical activity (PA) can offer.
Read moreIn practical terms ‘sport’ is defined by its social interpretation as well as its strong association with physical exertion and performance measures. What we perceive as ‘sport’ in one instance may not be in another; sport takes on many forms and is constantly changing based upon societal norms, trends, and new directions.
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27 Oct 2023: Welcome. Kieren Perkins OAM, CEO, Australian Sports Commission. Opening address. The Hon Anika Wells MP, Minister for Sport. ... Andrew Hall, Advanced Sports Dietitian, Queensland Academy of Sport. Maddy Proud, Athlete, NSW Swifts.
4 Oct 2022: 19 Aug 2022. Alison Ezzat. Free paper title: “I don’t have confidence in my knee”: Knee self-efficacy impacting women and girl athletes following anterior cruciate ligament reconstruction.
13 Nov 2023: Evolutions in Coaching. Event 4. Date: 23rd May 2023. Presenter: Shelley Nitschke, Australia Women's Head Coach, Cricket Australia. ... Biography. Shelley is the Head Coach of the Cricket Australia Women’s team, who recently won the Women’s T20 World
27 Oct 2021: John Warmenhoven, Data Science Fellow, University of New South Wales and AIS Statistics in HP Sport Project Lead. ... Establishing a lab and performance science team. MLB women’s leadership program learnings-Navigating 162 games per season (per team!)
28 May 2021: As a result of his efforts, the Confederation of Australian Sport named Ric as Australian Sports Coach of the Year in 1996, 1997 and 2000. ... Ric later took on mentoring roles with the AIS, the Fremantle Football Club, the New Zealand cricket team and
28 May 2021: 07 May 2018. Kristen Veal, Women's Head Coach, Basketball Australia Centre of Excellence.
15 Nov 2021: Academy of Sport, Sports Medicine Australia, and Exercise and Sport. Science Australia, and is named investigator on $1m+ in research grants. ... Rachel Harris. Dr Rachel Harris is a Sport and Exercise Physician based in Perth at the Perth Orthopaedics
1 Dec 2023: of Science and Technology, and was one of just four Australian women named as GovInsider's Women in GovTech in Asia in 2018. ... She was also the inaugural speaker in the Australian Women in Blockchain series.
16 Nov 2023: Their mother Kerrye Katz (nee Daniels) represented Australia when women’s judo was a demonstration sport at the Seoul 1988 Olympics, coached by their dad Rob. ... Their mother Kerrye competed at the Seoul 1988 Olympics, when judo was a demonstration
16 Nov 2023: Paul has undertaken several leadership roles in the Australian High-Performance Sport Industry. ... Alex is also an active researcher in the areas of talent identification and development, coach development, and women in sport.