Drug Free Sport NZ (DFSNZ) works alongside various sports organisations to assist them with fulfilling their responsibilities for athletes and their governing bodies. Our support includes working with liaison people within their organisations to plan testing programmes. Also organising awareness and education campaigns.
Sports Organisations assist with anti-doping programmes in the following ways:
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Distributing educational materials to their members and particularly to those who will be affected by the anti-doping programme. DFSNZ will provide materials as required but crucially annually when the new prohibited list is published.
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Ensuring that their athletes understand any specific requirements of the sport, for example reporting of asthma medications, providing whereabouts details etc.
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Facilitating presentations to their athletes and particularly those moving through academy/development type programmes. This is most crucial and coaches/managers and administrators need to recognise the need to identify opportunities and make the necessary arrangements.
