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Tips for coaches and sports clubs

Many sports in Australia actively encourage inclusion of people with a disability in their club life. Inclusion can be achieved through:

  • no modifications
  • minor or major adaptations or modifications
  • involvement of people with a disability in non-playing roles, such as coaching or being an official.

Resources

  • The Australian Sports Commission provides information about programs it offers that support coaches and clubs with promoting inclusion:
  • Sporting Wheelies and Disabled Association is involved with education and community engagement to support people with a disability in Queensland being involved in sport and recreation. As part of its education and community engagement program, Sporting Wheelies:
  • The Play by the rules website offers free online training courses, including interactive scenarios for coaches, administrators, officials and players about their rights and responsibilities under discrimination and child protection laws.
  • Deaf Sports Australia publishes fact sheets about topics such as communication, coaching and booking an Auslan interpreter to support clubs with being inclusive of Deaf athletes.
  • NICAN, which promotes inclusive recreation for Australians of all abilities, has published a guide, Know before you go, that includes information and tips for sports clubs, fitness centres, hobby groups and other recreation providers about becoming more inclusive.
  • Positive or it's pointless encourages positive behaviours in all junior sporting events.

More information

Contact your local Sport and Recreation Services office for more information about ways you can make your club or sport more inclusive for people with a disability.

Inclusion tips for swim coaches

Swimming Australia has guides for swim coaches to help them with supporting swimmers with disability. There are also inclusion tips for officials, volunteers, administrators, parents and carers, and other swimmers. Coaches and swimmers also share their thoughts in a video about swimming for people with disability on Swimming Australia's YouTube channel.

Bowls Queensland guide

A man participating in lawn bowls.

Bowls Queensland has a Working with People with Disabilities handbook that aims to make bowls, and bowls clubs, more inclusive and accessible to people with a disability. You can also read about how lawn bowls is a game for everyone.

Gymnastics Australia

Gymnastics Australia has a national program, GymAbility that promotes inclusion of people with disability in the sport, whether they are interested in being a gymnast or in other roles-like being a volunteer, coach, athlete or judge. People with disability and their family and carers can contact their local gymnastics club in Queensland for more information about the program. You can search for a club on the Gymnastics Queensland website.

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Last updated:
9 January 2013

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