Select A Role - Select which role applies best to you - it will help us deliver the most relevant content for you in the future. Select one if you are an administrator, coach or official, player or parent.

Administrator

Administrators play a vital role in sport, particularly to reduce the potential for things to go wrong. Here, you can access resources to help you manage risks in your sport.

Coach or Official

Coaches and officials are what make sport tick. They play a crucial role in helping keep sport safe, fair and inclusive. Here are a number of tools and resources to help you do just that.

Player

If you are a player then you can make a huge contribution to making sport safe, fair and inclusive. Your behaviour influences others, not only your team mates, but everyone involved in sport.

Parents

As a parent you should be aware of your clubs responsibilities. At the same time you also have responsibilities and you can play a huge role in creating a safe environment for your child.

Got an Issue
Here you will find a range of issues that impact on safe, fair and inclusive sport. There is information to help you understand the issue and tools to help you take action to address it.
Training
Our training courses are online and/or face-to-face. They cover a range of topics to help keep sport safe, fair and inclusive. Simply click on the links below or 'View All' to see the course requirements.
Resources
Here you can find a wide range of free downloadable resources for you to use in your organisation.
Complaint Handling
Today sporting organisations at all levels need to be able to respond to complaints from their members and personnel about on field and off-field behaviour, such as inappropriate behaviour in the club rooms, at practice or on away trips.
Conduct and Behaviour
'Conduct and behaviour' underpins organisational culture. Organisations that have a positive culture generally flourish and bring a huge amount of value to their community. But what is a positive culture and what behaviours can promote it?
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Tips for coaches

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Coaches can help create a positive sporting environment and reduce poor behaviour by being good role models. To do this they can:

Encourage fair play

Respect opponents, spectators and officials
Thank the officials and opposition after the game – teach your players to do the same.

Uphold your club’s code of conduct

Understand, uphold and support your club’s code of conduct for coaches. See the Play by the Rules Code of Conduct for coaches.

For coaches of junior sport, it’s also important to help kids enjoy sport

Paul Kennedy has a few tips for coaches:

Emphasise trying hard and having fun, not only winning. Use our Let Kids be Kids resources and videos to promote positive messages at junior sport.
Never ridicule or yell at a child for making a mistake.
Take a look at our Guidelines for working with children information sheet. This will help you with strategies to manage potential problem situations with young people.
Communicate with parents - arrange a pre-season meeting to discuss expectations.
Always greet and welcome parents.

Respect officials

Accept decisions by officials – they are only human and can make mistakes.
Deal with any issues in a controlled and professional manner after the game.
Understand that yelling at officials, particularly verbal abuse, can have serious ramifications for your sport, not least on the harm it is doing to young players. Download our 7 Ways how yelling at officials is hurting children infographic and display it at your club.

7 ways how yelling at officials is hurting children

Rewarding effort in junior sport

One of the easiest, but often overlooked, things that encourage a positive sporting environment is to remember to reward effort, particularly in junior sport. Below Paul Kennedy gives us a timely reminder: