Table 1

Identified barriers, motivators, and enablers to sports safety policy in New South Wales, Australia

Barriers	Motivators and enablers
Apparent low priority of sports safety at all levels^*	Reframing sports safety to appeal to the “drivers” for action of the various stakeholders^*
Current lack of state-level leadership^*	A credible state-level leader^‡
Current lack of support at the state level^*	Widespread support by representative bodies, including SSOs, non-government organisations, and government departments^‡
Insufficient SSO and community organisational infrastructure^*	Capacity building and resourcing to improve SSO and community organisational infrastructure^*
Limited SSO and community sporting organisational capacity for sports safety (including limited finances, people, time, expertise, and access to data)^†	SSOs and community sporting organisations with the capacity for safety promotion^‡; training and education essential^‡; make it integral to core business so that it is ongoing and sustainable^‡; integrate into existing club development and risk management initiatives^‡
The volunteer nature of “grassroots” sports administration^†	Consumer (sports participants and parents of children) demand for “safe sport”^§
Lack of control over facilities and environments^†	Involvement of representatives from facility managers (eg, local government) in policy development^*
The geographic remoteness of rural clubs and associations^†	Specific strategies to target rural and remote regions^*
Difficulties in achieving effective dissemination of information to all levels of sport^†	Resources to support safety at all levels—finance, training, information^‡; use of effective communication strategies^‡; “train the trainer” approach^‡; use of established networks^‡
Lack of incentives to encourage uptake^†	Accountability for, and mandatory application of directives^¶; links to accreditation^‡
The very different nature of injury and injury risks across different sports^†	Flexibility to enable adaptation to a range of sports; based on universally relevant and applicable principles^‡

↵* Conclusion drawn by the research team after all phases of the research.
↵† Reported by SSOs during telephone interview.
↵‡ Identified at the discussion forum.
↵§ Identified at the roundtable meeting.
↵¶ Identified at the discussion forum as a means of making policy work, but not favoured by SSOs.