Team Culture Resources

Community Coaching Essentials - an online course run by the Australian Sports Commission on creating a safe, inclusive team environment.

Coaching women and girls -  resources from the Australian Sports Commission

Play by the rules - Is a government run website providing information and training about a range of topics including setting a positive culture, child safe clubs, inclusion and bullying. Magic recommends coaches spend time reading this content prior to commencing with the club.

Club Respect - Has discussions about various types of cultural issues clubs may face.

Articles on bullying in sports clubs:

• How boys and girls bully differently

• Bullying in youth sport

• Bullying among teenagers

• Australian Sports Commission factsheet

• Identifying and managing bullying in sports clubs

• Academic paper on how a competitive environment created by coaches can enable bullying

Articles on inclusion in sports clubs:

• Podcast: being engagement in junior sport, particularly female participation

• Benefits of being an inclusive club

• Making inclusion happen

• WA Govt policy on how to be an inclusive club

• Practical steps to be inclusive

Article on involving parents with your team:

• Parent engagement

Articles on coaching neurodiverse (Autism, ADHD) players:

• Includes tips for designing training

• Information on coaching and behaviour from ADHDFoundation UK

• UK Coaching people with autism

• Autism UK advice to coaches on session environment and communication

• Monash University tips