A Canberra coach who allegedly used "touch experiments" to groom a girl he was training also asked her if he could have sexual fantasies about her, a court has heard.
The man has been charged in the ACT Magistrates Court with four offences including grooming, acts of indecency and capturing intimate images.
On Monday, he was released on bail, but has no access to the internet or mobile phone and will be but will be unable to leave the house except in limited circumstances. He has also been banned from any further coaching.
Documents tendered to the court showed the man was recruited by the girl's parents for one-on-one coaching in 2019.
The allegations are that after an initial training period, the man began instructing the girl using a program he called 'captaincy training'.
The training included personality tests.
He is alleged to have told the girl she was a kinesthetic learner who would learn best through touch, and then begun what he described as "touch experiments" with her.
Court documents allege this included an incident where he put his hand up her shirt and ran his fingers down her back.
It is also alleged he repeatedly kissed her on the cheeks, but she refused to kiss him back.
He is accused of frequently turning the conversation to sex, asking her what porn she watched and whether he could have masturbation fantasies about her. The girl refused that request, according to court documents.
The girl's parents became concerned about the amount of time he was spending with her, and confronted the man, and it is alleged he continued to try to contact the girl.
The girl went to the police in January.
Prosecutors opposed bail, telling the court the alleged victim was concerned he may try to contact her.
Magistrate Louise Taylor said the prosecution case revealed an almost obsessive interest in the girl, noting that even after the parents' intervention he was undeterred.
Magistrate Taylor did eventually agree to bail, but issued a warning to the man that he would only get one shot at showing he could comply with the strict conditions.
She told the accused any attempted contact with the girl would be disastrous for him.
The case will be back in court in September.
