Engagement and WiHPC Insights
2026 Project Activities and Insights
Four Year Journey and Next Steps 2021-2025
Women in high performance coaching: A four year journey and next steps 2021-2025
2025 Project Activities and Insights
- Career Support Program - Pilot[PDF • 846.75 kb]
Delivery of a bespoke support program that includes the AIS career support services, mentorship, bespoke learning plans and communities of practice.
- 2024 Biennial WiHPC Showcase Insights[PDF • 54.44 kb]
This report spotlights the insights from the November 2024 WiHPC Showcase.
- Facilitating HP Coach Development for Women Coaches[PDF • 47.67 kb]
This executive summary highlights 18 months of work conducted through dedicated workshops with over 150 participants.
- High Performance Coach Development Gender Mapping[PDF • 47.66 kb]
This executive summary report presents a consolidated analysis of the Gender Mapping of the High Performance (HP) Coach Development Workforce.
- High Performance Coach Development Facilitation Workshops [PDF • 1.43 mb]
This report contains the insights and recommendations from the High Performance (HP) Coach Development Facilitation Workshops designed and delivered as part of a broader WiHPC project.
This pilot aimed to provide targeted learning and engagement for a selected cohort of women coaches stepping into new to leadership roles.
2024 Project Activities and Insights
- 2024 Half Yearly Report June 2024 [PDF • 532.84 kb]
The half yearly report identifies project impact and the major activities being undertaken throughout 2024.
- Optimising Facilitation[PDF • 46.64 kb]
- Allyship in high performance sport [PDF • 2.48 mb]
The goals of allyship are to enhance the representation, experiences, development, career progression and retention of women coaches.
- 2024 Annual Scorecard[PDF • 33.71 kb]
- The 10 Leaky Pipeline Recommendations [PDF • 42.95 kb]
- Experiential Learning Program[PDF • 4.53 mb]
The Experiential Learning Program (ELP) was designed to strengthen development opportunities for women HP coaches through authentic workplace learning, with a focus on international tour experiences.
2022-23 Project Activities and Insights
The following poster series amplifies the insights from the 2 years leading into the WiHPC Leaky Pipeline Action Plan. Download these for your own personal use.
- Drivers of Poor Participation[PDF • 74.46 kb]
- Call to Action to Avoid Broader System Risks[PDF • 70.31 kb]
- Opportunities to leverage the ‘Bright Spots’ [PDF • 83.96 kb]
- Strategic focus areas and recommendations for action[PDF • 162.26 kb]
WiHPC Insights 2022-23
- AIS Women in High Performance Coaching Full Report - 2023 [PDF • 2.74 mb]
- AIS Women in High Performance Coaching Executive Summary - 2023 [PDF • 5.08 mb]
- WiHPC - Understanding the environment around women & their experiences in developmental programs (2023) [PDF • 512.92 kb]
- Our approach - Women in High Performance Coaching - 2023 [PDF • 998.1 kb]
- WiHPC Pipeline Mapping - 2023 [PDF • 2.02 mb]
- AIS WiHPC The Leaky Pipeline - 2023 [PDF • 79 kb]
Research
- Women in HP Coaching - Pregnancy[PDF • 268.55 kb]
- Women in HP Coaching - Female specific coaching education and experiences[PDF • 312.52 kb]
- Women in HP Coaching - Flexible work[PDF • 314.24 kb]
- Women in HP Coaching - Quotas[PDF • 327.33 kb]
- Women in sport reports, research & expertise
Additional Information and Links
Get Involved: Contact Us
The next phase of the WiHPC project will require continued support and engagement with organisations and sports. Please contact us if you are interested in ‘testing’ some of our toolkits and resources, or you have stories to share!
In the next phase of the WiHPC project we wish to engage more directly with researchers in targeted areas of interest. Please email hpcoachdevelopment@ausport.gov.au if you are interested in supporting this project.