Let Kids Be Kids in Sport Workshop

Let Kids Be Kids in Sport Workshops 

9th October - Devonport Football Club

10th October - Launceston Aurora Stadium 

11th October - Hobart Rydges Hotel 

Some of the talking points for these sessions are;

Getting back to the fun of sport: 

• Value of sport in the community-benefits of sport

• Balancing competitiveness with the enjoyment factor.

Understanding why children dropout of sport

• Present recent data on key reasons for dropout from sports

• Unpacking the negative impacts of pressure, over-specialization, and unrealistic expectations.

• Addressing the role of parental/coach influence and emotional support in children's sports participation.

• Extensive negative impacts of even one experience of violence

Defining and Cultivating a Safe Environment in Children's Sports:

• Defining what a safe environment encompasses (physical, emotional, and psychological safety).

• Breaking down the blurry lines between what has been normalised and accepted in sport

• Recognizing and responding to signs of bullying, discrimination, or abuse

• What does it look like? What would you do?

• Discussion activity: What are the challenges we face in sport in terms of ensuring the safety of children?

• Encouraging everyone to “Start to Talk” about safeguarding in sport

• Self-assessment of whether or not we feel prepared to respond and take action

Co-creating expectations: Codes of conduct for safeguarding in sport WITH children

• creating an expectations of the club with the children (consider PBTR I Will, I won’t)

Where to from here?

• What can we as individuals take back to our families, our club and our community?

• What support do you need to create change?