MDC - Development of Elite Performers

What are the levels of performance?

1. Foundation

2. Participation

3. Performance

4. Excellence

What factors support the progression from foundation level to excellence?

• High levels of fitness

• Determination to want to succeed

• Commitments to sport both on and off the pitch

• Provision with education establishments

• Positive media coverage for sport and gender

• High socio-economic status

What are the personal factors that support progression?

• Individual posseses high level of sporting ability, determination and a high level of coaching

• Strive to succeed even if it means sacrificing other areas of life

• Appreaciate and value coach feedback

What are the social factors that support progression?

• Support from family and peers

• Social status of the athlete

What cultural factors support progression?

• Number of high quality facilities

• Countries attitude towards physical activity and sport

What do national governing bodies do for foundation level athletes / sport?

• Regulate sport and oversee the rules, clubs and competitions within their sports

• Help to identify talent and guide to excellence

What do talent identification programmes do for foundation level athletes / sport?

• Help to increase the talent pool in the sport

• Aim to identify individuals who have potential to become elite sportspeople

• Ensure potential elites are put on the right pathway to provide them with the correct support

Why are physiological, medial and psychological tests performed in TIPs?

In order to determine whether the individual has the attributes required to be elite

What are schools role in participation level sport?

Provides kids with opportunities to do competitive sport and non-competitive sport through PE lessons and links with clubs

What are NGB’s role in participation level sport?

To provide coaching within schools to further support participation

What are universities role in participation level sport?

To provide a range of sports clubs which often progress from participation to performance level

What is Sport England’s role in performance level sport?

• “Start, stay, succeed”

• To help performaers stay involved with sport

  • by providing high quality facilities and coaching

What is UK Sport’s role in performance level sport?

Provides athletes with lifestyle advice, injury support and organisational support to reduce stress of high level performance

What are lifestyle advisors role in performance level sport?

• To help athletes learn how to deal with the pressures of training, media, recognition and wealth through proactive training

• To ensure athletes aren’t overwhelmed or burnt out before reaching their potential

What is UK sport’s role in excellence level sport?

• Responsible for lottery funding to individual sports via NGBs in order to improve sporting success at the highest level

• Money is used to finance coaching, facilities, equipment, managment and sports science support

What are the national institutes of sport’s role in excellence level sport?

• To add value to what NGBs do

• Assist elite athletes by providing specialised support in coaching, facilities, nutrition, sport science, psychology, medicine and rehab

What do NGBs do?

• Organisations that are set up to run a particular sport

• Various aims and roles related to the sport that they govern

  • Provision of funding

  • Regulating sports and ensuring rules are followed throughout the different levels of the sport → if rules are broken, the NGB can enforce fines and bands for culpable players

  • Increasing participation rate at grassroots level

What do national institutes do?

• Have a role in talent identification by providing a number of services

  • Nutritional support

  • Psychological support

  • Sport science

  • High-quality coaching

  • Increasing participation

  • Sports medicine

  • High-quality facilities

What does UK sport do?

• Focused on developing high-performance sport in the UK

  • Distributes funding from the national lottery, which is used to improve existing programmes in place for talent and development

  • Recieves funding from the government which it uses to fund elite sport development

  • Support those in higher education to try and lessen the number that drop out when they leave school

  • Enforces standardised policies regarding scientific issues such as doping, science and medicine. This helps provide a unified and structured approach to UK sport

  • Researches scientific approach to training and coaching, enabling the best modern techniques to be implemented

  • Organises major sporting events in th UK

What does the World Class Performance Programme do?

• Funded by the national lottery and supports 2 levels of athletes:

  • Those realistically aiming to win a medal at the next olympic games (PODIUM)

  • Those realistically aiming to win a medal at the following / subsequent olympic games (PODIUM POTENTIAL)

• The programme provides funding to improve the quality of coaching, medical and technological support

• Contribute to the cost of living fo these levels of athletes

What is the Gold Event Series?

UK aport uses lottery funding to suppor the UK in hosting prestigious sporting events

• Helps stimulate economic growth in UK communities

• Stimulates interest in participation

What do talent ID and developments programmes do?

• Enable awareness of highly talented yound athletes

• Runs a number of tests to test performance factors and selects those with the most potential

• Asses athletes in greater detail, offering sessions to help develop their talent

• Supports athletes through modernised equipment and facilities

• Excellent coaching to improve existing skills