Listen & understand
Start with sports organisations and stakeholders to understand real-world challenges, context and constraints.
Discovery & research-agenda development
Independent applied sports research and technology for South African sport.
FTSZA investigates how South African sport operates, where persistent gaps exist and whether technology can provide practical, evidence-led responses.
We are developing our research agenda and inviting sports organisations, funders and strategic partners to help identify the questions worth investigating.
Proposed first research focus
Scope under developmentHow do clubs and academies advertise trials, and what makes reliable trial information difficult for players to access?
FTSZA plans to test this question through early conversations with clubs, academies, players, parents and other participants. The wording and scope may change as evidence emerges.
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Explore the proposed trial-information research focus
This is a proposed research focus and not an active or completed study.
Our approach
Evidence before assumptions.
Investigate & validate
Examine available information, identify gaps and apply rigorous, practical analysis to validate key questions.
Assess & test
Explore how technology, process improvement and better governance might address priority issues, then consider what to test further.
Other areas we’re exploring
Participation &
development pathways
Administration &
competition data
Visibility &
communication
Commercial opportunities
& access
These areas may inform future research as evidence and partnerships develop.
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Updates as the proposed first study develops, future findings and relevant participation opportunities.
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