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Issues in Sport and Physical Activity

Violence in Sport

 

Contact sport is hazardous. Participants by implication consent to the inherent risks involved in physically and psychologically charged competition, particularly at the professional level, and injuries are inevitable...continue reading...

 

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Less than half of Australian children who experience violence in sport tell an adult, world-first study finds...continue reading...

 

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Every week millions of Australian children play community sport. Participating in community sport can improve children’s mental, physical and social wellbeing, but only if the sport environment is physically and emotionally safe...continue reading...