The Australian Institute of Sport is supercharging gender equality in sport through ASPIRE- a new initiative for women coaches.
ASPIRE is a three-day course which can turn dreams of becoming the next Opals or Matildas coach into a reality.
Thirty women who have shown potential coaching at state or national level will be chosen for the inaugural ASPIRE program in October.
Applications close on 4 August 2025- enter here >, opens in a new tab
These rookie coaches will build connections, learn to navigate the coaching landscape, enhance their learning and embrace performance wellbeing through the in-person course which will be held at the Australian Institute of Sport in Canberra.
This learning is linked to Australia’s HP 2032+ Sport Strategy: Win Well.
Win Well identified the underrepresentation of women in high performance coaching as a priority area and aims to reduce the profound gender gap in head coaching roles (currently 10% of head coaches in Australian sport are women).
The AIS now runs several Women in High Performance Coaching programs to address why there are so few women at all stages of the coaching pipeline.
ASPIRE is the first women’s course targeted at entry-level high performance coaches. It follows the launch of the AIS Enhance program and complements the National Gen 32 and Experiential Learning Programs which are for apprentice coaches, and the Summit program for elite coaches.
Facilitators include dual Paralympic Champion, Janna Mizens PLY (USA) and Diamonds squad member Ali Tucker Munro.
The ASC is driving change for athletes (particularly female performance and health), leaders (through the gender equity policy) and coaching (particularly the women in high performance coaching action plan).
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