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Aussie kids love sport!


1.7 million
60%
aged 5-14 years participate1

Here’s
what Sport is generally a
they want positive experience 75%
from for most kids, but…
1. To have fun.
sport 2. To do something A UK study showed that 75% of
they’re good at. children who participated in
3. To improve their skills. organised sport up to the age of
4. To stay in shape. 16 had been criticised for their
5. To get exercise.2 performance, had been shouted
or sworn at or had been embarrassed
or humiliated by a coach, parent,
, I sure peer or sports administrator.3
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and positive
2. Abuse/intimidation of coaches/officials Free
3. Excessive instruction from the sideline
4. Putting down children in front of others resources Emphasise fun
and enjoyment
5. Criticise performances on the to help
drive home
Be quiet
and listen

Free toolkit:
http://playbytherules.net.au/let-kids-be-kids

1 4156.0 – Sports and Physical Recreation: A Statistical Overview, Australia, 2012.


2 Clark, M. A. (n.d.). Winning! How Important Is It in Youth Sports? Retrieved November 11, 2004.
3 Kate Alexander, Anne Stafford, Ruth Lewis (2011). The experiences of children participating in organised sport in the UK.
The University of Edinburgh/NSPCC Child Protection Research Centre.
4 Samuel Elliott and Murray Drummond. “Parents in youth sport: what happens after the game?” Sport, Education and Society, May 6, 2015.
www.playbytherules.net.au 5 O’Sullivan, John (31 January 2017). ‘An open letter from the back seat’ in Sports Parenting.

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