Fast Track for Female Coaches
An intensive coaching and leaderhip course for females on a coaching career parth
In Australia, we are experiencing a rapid rise in the profile of women's sport and female athletes, however women are still under represented in leadership and coaching roles. One of the most considerable and visible discrepancies between “women's sport” and “women in sport” is the lack of women in coaching roles. At the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, the International Olympic Committee reported that just 13% of coaches at the delayed Games were women, despite women making up 49% of competitors. Similarly, when professional Australian team sports are examined, there is a dearth of women in coaching roles, for either women's or men's teams.
Read She'll Be ‘Right… but Are They? An Australian Perspective on Women in High Performance Sport Coaching - https://doi.org/10.3389/fspor.2022.848735
Fast Track for Female Coaches aims to connect aspiring female coaches, provide exclusive insight and further develop their coaching and leadership behaviours and competencies - building capability, confidence and readiness as they fast track through the coaching talent pathway.
What will you learn?
- Importance of your coaching philosophy
- Leadership and influence
- Maximising your impact as a coach
- Coaching Psychology and building resilience
- Development and High performance coaching
- Athlete Wellbeing
- People and relationship management
- Coaching goals and personal pathway
Who should apply?
- Identifies as female
- Wants to invest in their coaching knowledge and leadership skills
*Sport NSW encourages coaches from all diverse backgrounds to apply.
2024 Course information
Listen to what some of the 2024 participants had to say
2025 Course information
2025 Course information will be provided in early 2025
Fast Track for Female OFFICIALS
An Intensive coaching and leaderhip course for females on a coaching career parth
Females continue to be significantly underrepresented at the elite officiating level, most prominently in historically male dominated sports. With the rise in the professionalism of elite coaching programs and pathways (AFLW, NRWL etc), there have never been more opportunities for female officials.
Fast Track for Female Officials will run as a pilot program in 2024. The objective of this course is to support and further develop your development through workshops addressing communication, goal setting, well-being and conflict management.
WHAT is invovled?
- Targeted bespoke workshops on knowing your why, communication, female athlete health, wellbeing and conflict management and resolution
- Opportunity to network with peers across multiple sports
- Hear from industry leading subject matter experts
WHO should attend? The course is for aspiring officials who:
- Identify as female or gender diverse
- Aspire to officiate at the highest level
- Are currently on an officiating pathway within their sport
2024 Course information
Listen to what some of the 2024 participants had to say
2025 Course information
2025 Course information will be provided in early 2025
To date the Fast Track for Females Program has welcomed participants from sports including:
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AFL Athletics Basketball Croquet Diving Dragon Boats Fencing Football Golf |
Gridiron Gymnastics Hockey Ice Hockey Judo Netball Orienteering Rowing Rugby League |
Sailing Skydiving Surf Life Saving Swimming Tennis Touch Football Triathlon Water Polo Wheelchair Basketball |
For any further queries, please contact LIbby Sadler, Strategic Projects Manager, Sport NSW at Libby.Sadler@sportnsw.com.au.