I think the the really exciting thing is that we can access more people. Rob Dalton Look, that's really exciting coming from a state sporting background and having coached it at all levels, you know, including including rep level. The getting that consistency of messaging, it's a really important factor is that we've got multiple ways that we can really scale this up. And so when our participants, who've got so many different options to go to, you know, whether it be through sport, arts, culture, whatever it is, you know, the emergence of E-sports, you know, we're giving them a great experience, which is teaching them lessons in life, and they want to keep coming back.Ĭam Tradell And again, you talk about that scale, which is so important, and the new learning centre at Sport Australia becoming available and underpinning everything that we're sort of trying to achieve. You know, it's so I think we've got a real opportunity to get some consistency, to give people the idea of what a great coaching session is. They don't necessarily see the the value of coaching and coaching and volunteering have such an impact on their lives that they don't know. And there are a lot of barriers at the moment, a lot of challenges for our for our coaches and our participants. That's what we want our community clubs to be doing. And I think that that's the lifeblood of sport. To become coaches and then, you know, the participants that they coach and goes on and on and on. And we've got a cycle of coaches who want So what we are trying to do is we're trying to make people, you know, those coaches who pass on their their talent and their ideas and their, their techniques to to young participants and hopefully its a chain letter, you know, hopefully they then go and pass it on as well.
So having an effective medium where people are going to use it, I think, you know, using the manual approach where you run a roadshow or a workshop and those sorts of things, you can only get so many people to those events. I think you're well on the way of being able to to make that happen. I think we've got to have a really effective medium to be able to do that. Rob Dalton Yeah, I think by working individually with sports, we'll find out the nuances between different sports.
We're going to keep more people playing, which is what we're about.Ĭam Tradell How do you think we can best at Sport Australia, provide that consistency that you're talking about to get better outcomes for the broader Australian population? And so that is largely because of the experience and by getting everybody trained in a methodology that can be applied, you know, from a bespoke perspective within each sport, we're going to get a better outcome. You know, at the moment we've got 30 percent and 30 percent of our people are playing a game are leaving the game every year. And I think, you know, the real if we can get an outcome where sports are really developing their their coaches, then we're going to get a better experience. I know that a lot of sports have tried to do that, but there really is a great need for modernisation and actually get some consistency, which also enables a bespoke program for different sports and different cultures in different states because they are all different. And I think, you know, if I look at my experiences in sport where we really have just relied on the talent of the individual coach and there's been no there's been no consistency in the content. Look, I think, you know, sport has such a great thing in this country. That you're calling me old because I've been around for a while. Looking back, why do you see the need for some change? You've got a lot of lenses and a lot of experience. I spent my life coaching and I think this is just something that we can all leave as a legacy and, you know, really make sport prosper in our country, which is what we really want to do.Ĭam Tradell Now, you've had multiple jobs and experiences through sport. And, you know, I'm really passionate about coaching. I'm really, really excited about the work that you and your team have done to build this modernised and connected coaching program across the sports sector. It's great to be here and thanks for having me.
He is with us to introduce the series and more importantly, the need for a modernised system that supports a connected sports sector. In this episode, we'll be speaking to Rob Dalton, acting CEO of Sport Australia. Each podcast, we will be joined by a special guest who will share experiences and practical tips on their topics. Over this series, we will look at what it takes to modernise Australia's coaching and officiating system. My name is Cam Tradell and I am the Project Lead for Coaching Officiating at Sport Australia. SportAUS Podcast - Coaching and officiating Rob DaltonĬam Tradell Hello and welcome to our coaching and officiating podcast series.