About Us

It has become common for sporting clubs to be sued or threatened with legal action over injuries or unsafe practices. The result is a changing face of Sport, where teams and organisations are scrambling to take measures to protect both the players from injury and themselves legally.

Some professional sporting organisations have channels for passing down new evidence-based practices to the clubs to prevent and manage injuries. Unfortunately, most sports do not have those channels in place. The result for them is archaic training practices which increase injury, an inability to safely manage injuries and a lack of protocols in place to appropriately react when an injury does occur. We believe that this leaves them exposed to lawsuit which could close most small, grassroots businesses. 

Aerial, circus and dance schools rely on young, part time trainers who are casually employed to teach a variety of classes. These trainers often lack formal qualifications in teaching and advanced first aid and are therefore unaware of how to prevent injury or how to respond in the case of an accident. As a consequence, unnecessary injuries can occur and when they do occur the trainer response can be inadequate. This results in lost income due to injured clients’ inability to continue with classes and an unprofessional business image affecting new sales. On top of this instructor stress can affect productivity, and the studio will have an increased liability for insurance claims. 

In many jurisdictions the club director can be held responsible if an injury occurs. Legally they are responsible for their business and ensuring the safe work practices of their staff. The consequences could be jail time and huge fines!