Victorian Masters Sport Resource Kit - Australian Sports Commission

Contents
1. What is Masters Sport? 6
1.1 Participation in Masters Sport 6
1.2 Victoria’s Ageing Population 7
1.3 The Market for Masters Sport 8
2. What’s in the Kit? 9
3. Benefits of Masters Sport 11
3.1 Social 11
3.2 Health and Well Being 11
3.3 Economic Benefits 12
3.4 Benefits to Sport Organisations 13
4. Participation Issues 15
4.1 Barriers to Participation 15
4.2 Overcoming These Barriers 15
4.3 Creating a Healthy Sport Environment 18
4.4 Injury Prevention Issues 18
4.5 Injury Prevention Fact Sheets 19
4.6 Modifications to Sports 20
5. Role of Organisations 26
5.1 State and Regional Sport Associations 26
5.2 Sport Clubs 28
5.3 Regional Sport Assemblies 30
5.4 Local Government Authorities 32
5.5 Sport and Recreation Victoria, Department of State Development 33
5.6 Victorian Health Promotion Foundation (Vichealth) 33
5.7 Sports Federation of Victoria (Vicsport) 34
5.8 Other Agencies 34
6. Masters Sport Participation Opportunities 35
6.1 Impacts on Existing Participation Structures 35
6.2 Marketing Masters Sport Participation Opportunities 35
6.3 Participants, Officials, Administrators, Coaches 37
7. Masters Sport Events 39
7.1 Context of Masters Sport Events 39
7.2 Event Management Issues 39
7.3 Marketing Masters Sports Events 41
7.4 Participants, Officials, Administrators, Coaches 42
8. Where to Go for Assistance 43
8.1 Advice 43
8.2 Training and Information Programs 44
9. Funding Schemes 45
10. Useful References and Resources 46
11. Case Studies 48
12. Developing Masters Sport Opportunities 49
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