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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20 Dec 2020: Previous work adopting a ‘dynamical systems’ approach in the team sport context has been based on team invasion sports such as soccer and rugby,( e.g., Gréhange, Bouthier & David, 1997; Passos, ... 2002). Sport competition as a dynamical
3 Jun 2004: Bowls Australia decided to holdseparate forums due to the different issuesfacing men and women in the sport. ... Queensland secured the first women’sAustralian SuperLeague trophy, while ACT’sRuth Moore won the inaugural women’sAustralian
31 Jul 2003: 16-year history, a full women’s field will contest the Australian IndoorChampionship. ... The 2003 event will consist of twoseparate competitions — a men’s and a women’s.
6 Apr 2016: sport. Eileen Scott (BVIT), Cara Honeychurch and Matthew Dunstan (TBA), Stephen Barnes (BSA). ... The Government’s 2014–15 investment of nearly $120 million into Australian sport continues to be refined toensure funding is aligned to sports with the
15 Dec 2020: #SportAUS. 26 November 2018. New AIS investment approach for sport stability and agility. ... Winter sport, women’s Olympic teams and Para-athletics are among the biggest beneficiaries of funding.
7 Apr 2014: our Para program received a decrease in funding to $290,000. Our Principle Funding Partner the Australian Sports Commission continues to support our sport not just. ... sport and has continued to help us develop and improve our Sports Science and Sports
18 Oct 2021: The National High Performance Sport Strategy 2024 signals the first time all Federal and State/Territory sports agencies have signed up to a joint high performance strategy. ... Instead of annual grants to sport, for the first time the AIS is providing
1 Jun 2002: From apopular sport every four years when the Olympicrings dominated the sports pages to one of themost watched sports in Australia every time ourswimmers dive into the pool. ... The Australian Institute of Sport is a majorprogram of the Australian
16 Jan 2024: The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) is the Australian Government agency responsible for supporting and investing in sport at all levels. ... The AIS seeks to guide, but not instruct sports on a range of policy positions, including sport-related
31 Oct 2021: be part of a sports community, in any role, enjoys the extraordinary benefits and grows as a result of their engagement with the sport of their choice. ... Australian Sports Commission and the Australian Institute of Sport: Josephine Sukkar AM, Rob