The Australian Sports Commission (ASC) and Sport Integrity Australia (SIA) have come together to launch a free online safeguarding module to support community sporting clubs to keep their environments safe.
Following on from last month’s article where we looked at autism we are now focusing on sailors and participants who might have an Intellectual disability and what coaching and instruction techniques will help you in teaching someone with an intellectual disability.
Are you a Coach delivering Advanced-fleet programs at your club, or with your class Association? Australian Sailing has a range of resources available to assist you with preparing sailors in any class of boat or board for State and National championships.
In each Training in Focus edition, we will provide some bite-sized, practical, easy to implement ‘Top-Tips’ from experienced instructors and coaches from around the country, that you can incorporate into your session planning and delivery throughout the season.
In this edition, is Nickie Jones’s Top-Tips for Keel Boat instructors!
Why bring games and play into learning? We often think of play as something children do outside of the formal learning environment, just for fun. However, the use of games in learning to sail, is a valuable activity, children of all ages have better engagement, better retention, and learn quicker.
Australian Sailing CEO Ben Houston has been named as a finalist for the Australian Institute of Sport’s Award for Leadership at the 2022 AIS Sport Performance Awards (ASPAs).
Entries for the Australian Yachting Championships are now open, with the prestigious event set to be held from February 17-23, 2023 at Port Lincoln Yacht Club (PLYC) in South Australia.
With less than one month to go and close to 200 registrations Sail Sydney 2022 is expecting the largest fleet in the event's history. Large fleets will provide great competition and plenty of spectating and social opportunities.
The countdown is on and with just under 60 days to go over 40 of the best Grand Prix level offshore racing yachts from Brisbane, the Gold Coast and as far north as The Whitsundays have already entered Qoin Sail Paradise 2023.
Entries are ramping up for the much anticipated Australian Etchells Championships, which will be held at Adelaide’s Cruising Yacht Club of South Australia from 7-12 January next year.
Preparations are in full swing for the Ocean Racing Club of Victoria’s (ORCV) 50th Melbourne to Hobart, as entrants make their final preparations for the ‘Westcoaster’ as it is colloquially known, which starts on 27 December at 12pm from Portsea Pier on the Mornington Peninsula.
Billed as the ‘must’ do’ regatta to boost sailing skillsets ahead of the summer season of major yachting events, the 2022 Nautilus Marine Insurance Sydney Short Ocean Racing Championship (SSORC) is gathering momentum following the opening of entries in late September.