Athlete Availability Program

The Australian Institute of Sport (AIS) mission is to lead and enable a united and collaborative high-performance system that supports Australian athletes to achieve international podium success.

The Athlete Availability Program (AAP) is an initiative of the Applied Technology and Innovation team within the AIS.

The primary purpose of the AAP is to improve health, training availability and performance outcomes of Australian athletes by facilitating the adoption of a proactive, preventative healthcare model across the High Performance System.

Surfing Australia's, Sally Fitzgibbons and Australian Diving athletes have taken part in the Athlete Availability Program (AAP)

Athlete Availability Program Objectives

The AAP program was developed to provide support and expertise to sports and their athletes to increase the probability of athletes reaching peak performance and maintaining their health ahead of Olympic and Paralympic Games. The AAP objectives are as follows:

Quantify and prioritise areas of health requiring prevention within sports and across sports

Embed prevention systems into National Sporting Organisations

Increase awareness of the impact of health on performance outcomes

Build workforce capability across the sports industry related to health

Improve the efficiency of the health system within the sporting sector

Lead and enable a connected high performance health system focussed on improving the health and performance of Australian athletes

Lead the creation of new knowledge related to athlete health and its relationship with performance

Lead the implementation of research findings using innovative and proven methods to increase adoption of new knowledge