Sport in Western Australia
Sport is an exciting industry playing a vital role in enhancing physical and mental health, a sense of belonging and achievement, social inclusion and fun.
Whilst sport is heavily reliant on volunteers, there are professional roles such as athlete, sports coach, umpire, administrator, leader and lecturer available. There is also a growing field of aligned professions such as sports scientist, sports psychologist and sports nutritionist. As well as the developing field of sport and technology professions investigating AI and sport, E-sports and wearable technology to improve high performance.
The Western Australian peak sporting association is SportWest.
Whilst sport is heavily reliant on volunteers, there are professional roles such as athlete, sports coach, umpire, administrator, leader and lecturer available. There is also a growing field of aligned professions such as sports scientist, sports psychologist and sports nutritionist. As well as the developing field of sport and technology professions investigating AI and sport, E-sports and wearable technology to improve high performance.
The Western Australian peak sporting association is SportWest.