The Department of Sport and Recreation have loads of information sheets and booklets available for coaches and officials on their website, along with links to the Australian Sports Commission website and other relevant sites.
No matter what level you are, from beginner to experienced, you will find information that is useful to develop your understanding of the roles and responsibilities of coaches and officials. You can download and print various documents or click directly on ‘The Lab' link (coaching and/of officiating) to read research documents and visit other interesting websites.
Latest news and information on officials.
Research on coaching and sports science.
Making your club and activities safe for everyone.
The changing needs of growing bodies and minds.
Play by the Rules provides information and online learning about how to prevent and deal with discrimination, harassment and child abuse for the sport and recreation industry.
Important tips for junior coaches.
How to meet your duty of care responsibilities.
What to do and what not to do as a coach.
How to create a supportive, respective and appreciative environment for your officials.
The Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) supports initiatives that aim to minimise the risk of children being harmed within the sport and recreation industry.
The Department of Sport and Recreation (DSR) supports
initiatives that aim to minimise the risk of children being harmed within the
sport and recreation
Australian Sports Commission
You will find some very useful coaching and officiating templates, activity and game cards, videos and fact sheets on the Australian Sports Commission website.
Jonelle Burns
Project Officer - Industry Training and Development
246 Vincent Street, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007
PO Box 329, LEEDERVILLE WA 6903
Telephone (08) 9492 9757
Facsimile (08) 9492 9711
Email Jonelle
Aaron Morse
Project Officer - Industry Training and Development
246 Vincent Street, LEEDERVILLE WA 6007
PO Box 329, LEEDERVILLE WA 6903
Telephone (08) 9492 9758
Facsimile (08) 9492 9711
Email Aaron
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Coaches and officials are the lifeblood of Australian sport, they contribute their valuable time, effort and expertise to help participants enjoy their sport and develop their skills.
The duty of the sports official is to act as an impartial judge of sporting competition. This duty carries with it an obligation for the official to perform with accuracy, consistency, objectivity and the highest sense of integrity.
A tribunal is a forum for dispute resolution. An athlete appearing before a tribunal must receive natural justice.
This information sheet helps you to inspire people to become officials and how to keep them.
Harassment is defined as offensive, abusive, belittling or threatening behaviour directed at a person or persons because of a particular characteristic of that person on persons. The behaviour must be unwelcome and of a nature that a reasonable person would recognise as unwelcome.
