Draft-time pressure on player welfare
The road to glory in the Australian Football League (AFL) is highly competitive, with as few as 0.01% of more than 640,000 young footballers and athletes […]
New guidelines aim to bring girls back to sport
South Australia is stepping up its game to tackle the gender gap in sport, launching the ‘Gender Play Gap Guidelines’, designed to help clubs bring girls […]
Alarming gap in girls’ sport
Researchers at Flinders University say there is an urgent need to encourage more girls to participate in sports, following a new study that reveals a striking […]
Get parents and youth sport coaches on the same page
Parents and youth sport coaches need to have positive relationships to foster positive sporting experiences and enable young people to reach their sporting potential – but […]
How sport helped boys during COVID’s first wave
Boys involved in team sports during the COVID-19 pandemic have reported better general, physical and mental health than girls who also played sport, according to new […]
The unique relationship between coach and parent
Unrealistic expectations, conflicting goals, perceptions of qualifications, and sideline interferences can lead to hostile relationships between parents and sporting coaches, according to a new analysis. Research […]
Sport experts gather to address flagging youth participation
A youth sport summit to be held in Adelaide this Thursday will gather leaders across South Australia’s schools, sporting organisations and government to learn from internationally […]