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Certificate II in Sport (Career Oriented Participation) Prepare for Competition

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Course at a Glance

Sessions Session in Detail

Communication Skills Prepare for Competition

Working with Others Sport & Recreation Industry • Nature of the Sport & Recreation Industry Presentation Skills Sporting Codes in Australia • What is a sporting code or code of conduct? Life Balance • Legislation, Policies & Guidelines

TAC Cup History Building a Career • Why is it important to understand the history of your club? • TAC Cup History Prepare for Competition Nutrition in Sport • What is good nutrition? • Basic food groups Social Responsibility • The food pyramid • Eating for energy

• A basic training diet First Aid • Healthy methods of cooking Management (Part 1) • Getting advice and tips

Preparing for Travel in Sport First Aid • Sports Nutrition for Travelling Management (Part 2) Athletes

Appendix A Injury Management • Article: Bulking Up AFL Style and Prevention Appendix B • Recipes Safe Work Practices • Prepare for Competition • Weight Loss • Recovery Nutrition Personal Finances • Eating Before Exercise • Carbohydrate Loading

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Objectives of this session

Learning outcomes: At the end of this session, participants will be able to: 1. Describe the sport and recreation industry. 2. Understand and demonstrate the importance of sporting codes in Australia. 3. Acknowledge and understand the history of TAC Cup. 4. Understand the differences of individual nutritional requirements and prepare meals for pre and post events. 5. Organise travel and accommodation for interstate/away games.

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Sport & Recreation Industry

Nature of the Sport & Recreation Industry The sport and recreation industry covers the following four sectors: (groups or areas): • community recreation - leisure education, community recreation activities, and adaptive recreation; • fitness - fitness services and fitness facilities; • outdoor recreation – outdoor clubs, holiday camps, recreation equipment hire, outdoor activities, and parks and gardens; • sport - outdoor venues, indoor venues, sports administration, sports coaching, and sports officiating;

Community Recreation This sector is defined by the community-oriented provision of recreation in a variety of settings, and the not-for-profit nature of the majority of organisations. It also includes both active and non- active leisure forms.

State and local government are generally the largest facility providers and tend to oversee these recreation services. The sector has experienced substantial growth recently, with developments in: • community sport • adventure tourism • personal development programs • experiential learning • corporate adventure training • rehabilitation • programs for special populations

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Fitness The fitness industry is growing fast. It's partly comprised of commercial health and fitness centres (e.g. gyms) that provide a venue or service where the public can come for advice and training in a single or group environment. Fitness services are also offered to the general public by: • Commercial sport and recreation centres • Corporate sector fitness programs • Holiday resorts and hotels • Educational institutions • Retirement villages • Freelance consultants

A number of community-based organisations also deliver fitness services. These organisations promote health and fitness in general and some cater to groups with special needs such as the aged, the disabled and those requiring rehabilitation after injury.

The trend towards fitness for health and improved quality of life has seen a growing involvement by the fitness sector in allied services. These kinds of services fit under the umbrella of the community services and health industry.

Sport The sport sector is defined by the competitive nature of the activity. A range of organisations provide services and facilities for individuals and groups, who participate under formal rules and are organised within institutions like football and athletics clubs. Not- for-profit clubs, and associations managed by state or local government, also run sports activities including local fixtures.

Sports study and training can lead to employment in recreation centres, sporting associations and resorts. However, the volunteer nature of the sector means that jobs are generally on a part time or casual basis.

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Outdoor recreation The outdoor recreation sector covers all active and leisure activities occurring in natural settings. Individuals or groups participate in a range of activities from bushwalking and swimming to riskier activities like rock climbing and white-water rafting.

The sector sometimes works with disability groups, young people or corporate groups. Organisations tend to specialise in activities such as abseiling or canoeing, or operate as adventure tourism, ecotourism or holiday camps.

People employed in the Outdoor recreation sector are usually expected to have "hard" and "soft" skills. Hard skills relate to activity expertise in keeping participants safe; with soft skills relating to communication, coordination, marketing and facilitation.

Source: DEST - Executive Summary: National VET Plan for Industry (Sport & Recreation Industry)

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Sporting Codes in Australia

What is a sporting code or code of conduct? In life, in your career, in football or any game you play there are rules, laws and systems overseeing how you conduct yourself and play the game. This is known as a code (i.e. code of conduct or sporting code).

A code of conduct helps us to understand how to behave in certain situations and what is expected from us.

For example; The AFL has a code of conduct that all players must sign as part of their contract. AFL coaches must also sign their own code of conduct.

AFL Victoria Code of Conduct AFL Victoria (AFLV) is justifiably proud of the long history that Australian Football has played within this State since the mid- nineteenth century.

The past 150 years have witnessed significant achievements and created lifelong memories for hundreds of thousands of people. To ensure that Australian Football plays a significant part of our future for the next 150 years we need to be smarter about the way we preserve the traditions and values of our game.

One of the critical components of our game is the passion that people show for the team & club that they support. Whilst this passion is usually harnessed and used to support our game, it sometimes can boil over to create negative situations. We must all work together in the attempt to eliminate this negative passion.

Codes of Conduct are an integral component of sporting activities and the following codes compliment the good work of many football bodies over several years and the Australian Sports Commission requirement.

All Members of AFLV shall adopt Member specific codes and AFLV encourages Members to be vigilant in enforcing such codes whether via support for those who constantly abide by the codes and / or harsh penalties for those who fail to act in accordance with the codes.

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AFL Players Code of Conduct The Code seeks to promote and strengthen the good reputation of Australian Rules Football, the AFL Competition, the AFL, AFL Clubs and AFL Players by establishing standards of performance and behaviour for AFL footballers.

What's in the AFL Players Code of Conduct? 1 Introduction • 1.1 Commitment and consultation • 1.2 Purpose • 1.3 CBA and Player contracts • 1.4 Discipline

2 General responsibilities • 2.1 Behaviour • 2.2 Fitness • 2.3 AFL Rules and Regulations • 2.4 Property

3 Football responsibilities • 3.1 Playing • 3.2 On-field behaviour • 3.3 Attendance and apparel • 3.4 Vilification

4 Public and related responsibilities • 4.1 Public conduct • 4.2 Public comment • 4.3 Functions • 4.4 Promotional events • 4.5 Sponsors • 4.6 Vilification

5 Substance abuse

6 Dispute resolution procedure

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7 Confidentiality • 7.1 AFL and AFL Club material • 7.2 AFL Player medical records • 7.3 Disclosure

8 Discipline • 8.1 Purpose • 8.2 Disciplinary measures • 8.3 Forfeitures • 8.4 Withholding of amounts due to AFL Players • 8.5 Relevant considerations

9 Monetary Forfeitures

Further Reading AFL Players Association: (AFLPA) • Bad Off-Field Behaviour

Resources • http://www.sportingpulse.com/get_file.cgi?id=190252 • http://www.sportingpulse.com/assoc_page.cgi?c=1-3020-0- 0-0&sID=229816# • http://www.aflvic.com.au/fileadmin/user_upload/ Documents/AFLV_Web_2010/3._Getting_Involved/ Community/Regulations_and_Policies/Codes_of_Conduct_ Policy.pdf

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Legislation, Policies & Guidelines Human rights are basic entitlements that belong to every one of us, regardless of our background, where we live, what we look like, what we think or what we believe.

Based on the values of freedom, equality, respect and dignity, human rights acknowledge the fundamental worth of each person. The law places responsibilities on government and other public authorities to consider people's rights when developing laws, policies and delivering services.

Human rights are the cornerstone of strong, healthy communities where everyone can participate and be included.

Our federal Parliament has passed a number of laws which aim to protect people from certain kinds of discrimination in public life and from breaches of their human rights by Commonwealth departments and agencies. • Australian Human Rights Commission Act 1986 • Age Discrimination Act 2004 • Disability Discrimination Act 1992 • Racial Discrimination Act 1975 • Sex Discrimination Act 1984

The Australian Human Rights Commission has statutory responsibilities under these laws. We have the authority to investigate and conciliate complaints of alleged discrimination and human rights breaches lodged under these laws.

Further Reading Human Rights Commission For more information on Human rights visit: • http://www.humanrightscommission.vic.gov.au/

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Group Discussion / Activity Why is it important to have discrimination laws?

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How does the discrimination act help you and the community?

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TAC Cup History

Why is it important to understand the history of your club? Understanding the history of your club helps you to acknowledge the achievements and successes the club has celebrated and the mistakes and triumphs the club has overcome.

It helps us to recognise where the club has come from and where the club wants to be in the future.

TAC Cup History With the focus of the VFL/AFL moving rapidly towards national competition, the old metropolitan and country Victorian zoning recruitment method for VFL/AFL clubs was phased out and at the start of 1992 the league's Under 19 competition was disbanded.

A new competition, sponsored by the Transport Accident Commission was formed as an avenue to where many young Victorian under-18 players make their transition to becoming senior Australian Football League players. The TAC Cup is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with a team representing each of the 12 Victorian regions.

In 1992 the competition consisted of five metropolitan teams and one country team. The initial teams were the Northern Knights, Eastern Ranges, Southern Stingrays, Western Jets, Central Dragons and Geelong Falcons.

In 1993 an additional four country teams were included - the Murray Bushrangers, Bendigo Pioneers, Gippsland Power, and North Ballarat Rebels. In 1995 two additional metropolitan regions were established with the Oakleigh Chargers and Calder Cannons teams included in the competition. The Tassie Mariners also commenced in the competition in 1995, becoming the league's first non-Victorian side. Finally, in 1996, the NSW/ACT Rams were admitted to the TAC Cup. The Mariners and RAMS both exiting the competition at the end of the 2002 (have been played 4 games a year from 2003-2004 and 3 game a year since 2005). Other non- Victorian clubs Queensland and Northern Territory played 2 games a year in 2003 and 2004 and 3 games a year since 2005.

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The Gold Coast Football Club joined the competition for season 2009, playing 13 home games at their home stadium, before their expected promotion into the Victorian Football League in 2010, followed by their expected debut season in the Australian Football League in 2011. Greater Western Sydney will debut in the TAC Cup in 2010, following a similar model to the Gold Coast before their AFL debut in 2012.

Since 1992 the TAC Cup has become the major source of AFL Draftees with more players recruited to the AFL from the TAC Cup than from any other competition throughout Australia. The TAC Cup has also been very successful in providing an opportunity for talented country players to play in a very high standard competition without having to relocate to Melbourne and for providing quality young players, not only to the AFL, but also to the senior VFL competition and local country and metropolitan football. Importantly, 95 per cent of TAC Cup graduates continue to play football.

TAC Cup The TAC has been the naming rights sponsor of the under 18’s Australian Rules football competition since 1992, we will be celebrating 21 years of support in 2012.

What began as an opportunity for the TAC, to support learner drivers has developed into a program encouraging eligible TAC Cup players achieve their 120 hours driving practice. By ensuring these future role models are road-wise, the TAC spreads the word about the importance of learner driver practice.

Research undertaken at the time was the backbone to starting the sponsorship (