Sports Development Participation to Performance

Mr Kirby

Olympic Sport Funding

SportSydney Olympiad

Athens Olympiad

Beijing Olympiad

London Olympiad

Athletics 10,600,000 11,400,000 26,515,000 25,110,900

Canoeing 4,500,000 4,700,000 13,622,000 16,289,000

Cycling 5,400,000 8,600,000 22,151,000 26,922,000

Gymnastics 5,900,000 4,100,000 9,036,000 10,332,100

Hockey n/a n/a 9,882,000 14,128,700

Rowing 9,600,000 10,600,000 26,042,000 27,470,000

Sailing 5,100,000 7,600,000 22,292,000 23,389,000

Swimming 6,900,000 6,400,000 20,659,000 25,606,000

Weightlifting n/a 300,000 1,686,000 680,023

Wrestling n/a n/a 2,125,000 717,000

TOTAL –all sports

58,900,000 70,000,000 235,103,000 256,588,000

Focus 1: Young People and School Sport• PE, School Sport and Club Links Strategy

(PESSYP) comprises of a number of programmes, for example:

School Sport Partnerships Specialist Sports Colleges

• Also focus on facilities for school sport facilities

• Target: 5 to 16 year olds taking part in at least 2hrs of high quality PE and school sport per week (plus 3 hours)

• Have been improvements but problematic issues remain e.g. teacher training in primary schools

Since 1997 - Central Government

Focus 2: Elite Sport• Government support for/involvement in elite

sport is a relatively new phenomenon• Targeting of 4th place on medal table in 2012• ‘Modernised’, more systematic approach

sought to elite success• Resourcing (Podium level only)

o Sydney Olympiad £58.9m o Athens Olympiad £70.0mo Beijing Olympiad £90.8m

Since 1997 - Central Government

Background & Role:• Non-Departmental Governmental Body initially

established as Advisory Sports Council in 1972

• Role has (repeatedly) changed since establishment

• Game Plan signified a change to a role as ‘investor’ to increase grassroots participation

• Recent government requirement (Dec 07) to focus on ‘world class community sport system’

Sport England

Focuses solely on sport (not PA)

Has five targets:

• 1 million more people taking part in sport (by 2012/2013)

• More children and young people taking part in 5 hours of PE per week

• More people satisfied with their sporting experience

• 25% few 16-18 year old dropping out of at least five sports

• Improved talent development in at least five sport

Sport England

• NGBs ‘commissioned’ by SE to deliver key outcomes• Greater autonomy but greater responsibility

• £480 million invested across 46 NGBs

• Key partners include, NGBs, YST, local authorities, county sport partnerships, Schools and School Sport Partnerships, community sport organisations, higher education institutions, commercial organisations

Why Achieve Excellence?

Individual• Sport represents a

challenge• Pressures as a nation to

excel academically• Alternative employment

pathway• Increase self-esteem

and act as role model for others

Societal • Success can boost national pride• Help reduce anti social behaviour• Boost to the economy• If transcends to mass population

health benefits aids the NHS• Elite sport can help boost grass

roots sport.• Discover limits to human potential

Social Factors influencing identification

• Factors affecting children's participation in a particular sport – • Tradition• Ideals • Popularity of Sport• Parental Influence • Teacher’s speciality • Accessible facilities

Testing for Talent • Identification screening – a system for the initial selection

of people based on their potential to develop into an elite athlete.

• 3 stages – early childhood (3-8 years)

- secondary phase (9-17 years)

- high calibre athletes (17+ years)

Talent Identification• Physiology

• Anthropometry

• Psychology

• Hereditary Factors

• Sociological Factors

Systematic talent identification • Come up with any example in sporting history where a

systematic talent identification.

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZA6mvMXxBQ

• What are the advantages• Accelerate an individual’s progress to elite level• Helps individual to select sport to which they’re suited • Helps coaches concentrate training method on the most suitable

athletes• Allows country to get the best from it resources eg. Kenya running