Sport specific

Rugby League Coach Brian Johnson instructing team
Contact your state or national sporting organisation about becoming accredited.

There are more than 70 sports that are involved in the National Coaching Accreditation Scheme (NCAS). Each sport sets it's own system of coach education and accreditation, within national guidelines set by the Australian Sports Commission.  Contact the national or state sporting organisation for the sport in which you are interested in coaching for information on their coach education and accreditation system. Most state and regional sporting organisations conduct regular coach accreditation courses.

NCAS training programs include the following components:

  • coaching general principles – generic principles of coaching and athletic performance that apply to all sports
  • sport-specific – skills, techniques, strategies and approaches to the particular sport

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Australia is one of only two nations to have competed in every modern Summer Olympic Games.

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700 athlete scholarships are offered annually at the AIS.
263 current and former AIS athletes competed at the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games.
142 Olympic medals have been won by athletes from the AIS since its establishment.
40 thousand kilometres were swum by Petria Thomas while at the AIS.
1 million people visit the AIS each year.
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