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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11 Jun 2024: In Conversation with Professor Alex Hill. National Coach Network. Date: 18 March 2024. Presenter: Professor Alex Hill, The Centre of High Performance. Facilitator: Bill Davoren, AIS High Performance Coach Development Manager. Synopsis:. Professor
28 May 2021: Shona Halson, Head of Recovery at the Australian Institute of Sport, discussed techniques to help athletes recover and reduce fatigue without the need to access specialised recovery facilities like plunge pools
6 Jul 2021: 26 Oct 2016. Various. You're the greatest role model. Demonstrate good sportsmanship, respect the coaches and officials and importantly, be positive and supportive of your child's sporting efforts.
26 Jun 2024: Stuart has worked with professional and amateur athletes in a variety of sports with a focus on power and speed development, and he has personally coached move than 70 Olympians at
12 Oct 2023: Assoc Prof Sean Tweedy (University of Queensland) 'Describing your athlete population – sports class is not enough'. ... This event will benefit early career researchers as well as senior sports science and medicine researchers seeking to conduct
28 May 2021: Great advances are being made in computer vision, including many applications for high performance sport such as non-invasive player tracking, markerless motion tracking, pose detection, and ball tracking.
28 May 2021: This criticism has overlooked the important contribution of international coaches to the Australian high performance sport system since 1981. ... The analysis covers over 200 coaches in over 35 sports from over 35 countries.
28 May 2021: 22 Oct 2015. Janise Mitchell, Australian Childhood Foundation. Powerpoint Slides(PDF • 742.6 kb). Biography. Janise is the Deputy CEO of the Australian Childhood Foundation. She has a Masters of Social Work (research) that examined the role of
1 Dec 2023: How might NSOs better engage with Australia’s $4.2 billion sports tech sector? ... Australian sport is on the ‘green and gold’ decade, and NSOs could be riding a wave of increased interest in their sports as Brisbane approaches.
18 May 2023: Lindsey Reece, Australian Sports Commission. Presenters: Dr. Rosalyn Black, Deakin University, Holly Hazel, Volunteering Western Australia, Simon Rodder, Centre for Multicultural Sport and Adam Weir, Surf Life Saving Australia. ... Simon Rodder –