The COVID-19 pandemic has significantly disrupted normal activities globally including traditional face to face learning and development.
There are numerous on-line resources which may support Sporting organisations to provide staff and stakeholders with learning and development opportunities to enable them to remain connected with sport, to develop new skills or pursue other interests.
Infection control and advice
For information on infection control advice, visit Public health information and infection control.
Sport related learning and development
Sport Australia provides portals to online general principles of coaching and general principles of officiating courses and a portal to the excellent Clearinghouse for Sport, which provides high quality information, research and analysis about, sport human performance and physical activity. You can also sign up for a comprehensive daily sports news service through the Clearinghouse for Sport that you can tailor to topics of specific interest.
For more information visit:
The AIS provides high quality information, research and analysis about high performance sport and human performance. There is no on-line learning as such but there is a wealth of knowledge and information that is relevant to community sport as well as high performance sport
For more information, visit Australian Institute of Sport
Sport Integrity Australia provides e-Learning courses relevant for all coaches, officials and participants, focusing on anti-doping, match fixing, illicit drugs and ethical decision making
For more information, visit Sport Integrity Australia
Play by the Rules provides free online training to increase the capacity and capability of administrators, coaches, officials, players, parents and spectators to assist them in preventing and dealing with discrimination, harassment, child safety, inclusion and integrity issues in sport.
For more information visit Play by the Rules
The Office of the Children’s Guardian is an independent statutory authority in NSW Government. It promotes and regulates the quality of child safe organisations, services and people.
The Office of Children’s Guardian offers a range of online courses designed to help you keep children in organisations safe from abuse and harm.
For more information visit: NSW Office of Children’s Guardian
The NSW Office of Sport provides the Sport Australia Advanced Officiating General Principles Course and the Intermediate General Principles of Coaching Course as correspondence courses that can be completed at home or remotely.
For more information visit our training page.
NSWIS has developed a range of resources that can be used by athletes and recreational participants in sport and physical activity. These include the High Performance at Home resources and initiatives such as the Seniors Online Workout.
For more information visit:
Many National Sporting Organisations provide on-line learning opportunities and forums. The breadth of courses, costs and log in procedures vary from sport to sport. Go to specific National Sporing Organisations websites for more information.
For a directory of National Sporting Organisations, visit: Sport Australia Directory
A large number Australian Universities offer fee paying online courses that may be of interest to coaches and participants
Institutions offering Online/Distance Sports Science Courses
There are a range of institutions that offer free online courses in sport and other areas of professional development that can be undertaken at home and enable individuals to improve their capacity to contribute to their chosen sport as an administrator, coach, official or volunteer
Podcasts have become an extremely popular means of disseminating educational material and can be accessed by a range of different platforms so android, apple and PC users can all access the material. There is a virtually endless number of podcasts available and the quality varies considerably. Look for credible reviews and the opinions of experts you trust when evaluating the merits of podcast material.
There are quite a few NSW State Sporting Organisations that provide on-line development opportunities and forums separate to their NSO. The breadth of information and platforms used vary from sport to sport. Go to specific SSO websites for more information.
For a directory of State Sporting Organisations and other sporting organisations, visit: Office of Sport – Find a Sport
Directors, boards and secretaries learning and development
Volunteer Directors, Boards or Committees of Management board secretaries, officers, and committee members of State Sporting Organisations, State Sporting Organisations for people with Disability and local clubs and associations are the lifeblood of the NSW sporting system. They voluntarily work long hours for the love of their sport and the benefit of members.
The Office of Sport provides a range of support and services to assist State Sporting Organisations, community sport clubs, industry peak bodies and recreation sector organisations through these difficult and challenging times.
There are several resources and tools to help your organisation including:
- The COVID-19 Recovery Support Tool which has been designed as a short-term tool that aims to provide support and insight for SSOs, clubs and associations regarding issues they should consider and actions they can take to support their recovery from the impacts of COVID-19
- Running Your SSO targeting State Sporting Organisations
- Running Your Club resource aimed at NSW sporting clubs
- Financial Ratio Health Check Tool has been designed to help staff and volunteer boards and committee of management monitor their organisations financial health and performance expectations
- The Cash Flow Modelling Tool to gain a better understanding of the cash flow of your organisation, as well as undertake future cash flow modelling and scenario planning.
The Australian Institute of Company Directors have developed information, resources and advice targeting directors and boards an impact of COVID-19 on the governance of not for profits.
For more information visit: Australian Institute of Company Directors
The Governance Institute of Australia has developed information, resources and advice to assist targeting the company secretary and boards concerning governance functions and important tips for not for profits.
For more information visit: Governance Institute of Australia