Netball Australia has committed to overhauling its “outdated” governance and practices, as it acknowledges a lack of public trust in the system.
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The State of the Game Review made eight recommendations to Netball Australia
The recommendations included the establishment of an aligned vision for the sport and defining the commercial role of its Super Netball competition
The review said Netball Australia needed to encourage greater diversity and inclusion in the sport
The release of the findings of the independent State of the Game Review, headed by Diamonds great Liz Ellis, listed a number of external and internal challenges faced by netball in Australia.
More than 10,000 people, including members of the elite pathway and wider community, participated in the survey earlier this year, having been asked for opinions on the way the game was run.
The sport has faced a difficult year amid the COVID-19 pandemic with criticism over rule changes and concerns over the treatment of Indigenous players.
But Netball Australia will try to put it behind them as they look to adopt the eight recommendations of the latest review.
Some of these including the establishment of an aligned vision for the sport, creating a high-performance working group that improves diversity and aligns player pathways with the elite level, and defining the commercial role of its Super Netball competition.
“As the report directly reflects the views of our diverse netball nation it came as no surprise that netball’s internal stakeholders have demonstrated their desire to work together to deliver on the review’s core recommendations,” Netball Australia chair Paolina Hunt said in a statement.
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