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Articles on Junior sport

May 2, 2024

You’ve been ‘volun-told’ to coach junior sport – here’s how to best handle the parents involved

Cassy Dittman, CQUniversity Australia; Michael John O'Keeffe, The University of Queensland, and Steven Rynne, The University of Queensland

A lack of support from parents is a major reason why some junior coaches quit. So, what can coaches do to build better relationships with parents?

August 10, 2022

Mary Woessner, Victoria University and Aurélie Pankowiak, Victoria University

We found 81% of gender-diverse people reported experiencing violence from a coach.

June 13, 2019

Karen Farquharson, The University of Melbourne; Ramon Spaaij, Victoria University, and Ruth Jeanes, Monash University

New research has found that racial vilification is a common occurrence in junior sport in Australia – and is rarely punished when it happens.

Karen Farquharson
Head, School of Social and Political Sciences and Professor of Sociology, The University of Melbourne
Ramon Spaaij
Professor, Victoria University
Ruth Jeanes
Associate professor, Monash University
Mary Woessner
Lecturer in Clinical Exercise and Research Fellow, Institute for Health and Sport (iHeS), Victoria University, Victoria University
Aurélie Pankowiak
Research Fellow, Institute for Health and Sport, Victoria University
Dr Lyndell Bruce
Senior Lecturer in Sport Science, Deakin University
Michael John O'Keeffe
Adjunct Research Fellow in Sports Coaching, The University of Queensland
Cassy Dittman
Senior Lecturer/Head of Course (Undergraduate Psychology), Research Fellow, Manna Institute, CQUniversity Australia
Steven Rynne
Associate Professor, Sports Coaching; Affiliate, UQ Poche Centre for Indigenous Health, The University of Queensland
Sarah Hellewell
Research Fellow, Faculty of Health Sciences, Curtin University, and The Perron Institute for Neurological and Translational Science, Curtin University