Play Your Part In Para Sport
Para Playmakers is Paralympics Australia’s dedicated home for the people behind the athlete: the teachers, allied health professionals, coaches and volunteers who support the Para sport journey.
By connecting and equipping the team behind the team, our mission is to give you the information and tools to help Para athletes start their journey and be the best they can be.
When Dayna Crees was 11, allied health professional Tanja Spencer saw what was possible and pointed her towards Para athletics. Today, Dayna is a dual bronze medallist.
As an Allied Health Practitioner, you have a key role in connecting and supporting the individuals you work with into and through the Para sport pathway.
Whether you are a physiotherapist, orthotist, occupational therapist or anything in between, you can be the person that makes the connection, supports the athlete or helps design training sessions with the coach. There are so many roles you can play in supporting individuals to get started and get going with Para sport.
At Paralympics Australia we recognise the unique position Allied Health holds as an entry point to the Para sport pathway, combining the clinical benefits of sport and recreation with tangible opportunities to compete and excel in Para sport.
As someone working in a school setting, you play a key role in supporting students with disability to have positive experiences with Para sport, and in helping them enter and progress through Para sport pathways.
Whether it is running an inclusive school carnival, facilitating Para sport as part of your HPE lessons, organising provisional classification or supporting a student to start their own Para sport journey, you are the Para Playmaker.
At Paralympics Australia we recognise the value School Sport plays as a critical entry point to the Para sport pathway, offering opportunities to safely sample and compete across multiple Para sports alongside peers.
Community sport is where so many Paralympians’ journeys begin. Through clubs, sporting organisations and the people who run them, it is the foundation of all things Para sport.
Whatever capacity you are involved in, coach, club volunteer, official, mechanic or anything else, you are a crucial part of what makes the Para sport journey possible.
For many, their first experiences are defined by the people and organisations they encounter. At Paralympics Australia we want to connect, support and celebrate the work happening at the entry points of the Para sport pathway.
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