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13.2: Development Of Elite Performers In Sport Flashcards

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talent identification definition:

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  • multi-disciplinary screening of athletes in order to identify those for world class success
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elite definition:

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  • the best, the highest level of sports performers at excellent level
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personal qualities definition:

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  • attributes and personality characters of an individual person
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mentor definition:

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  • an individual who helps and guides a person’s development
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socio-economic status definition:

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  • an individual’s position in the social structure, which depends on their job, level of income and area they live in.
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Personal qualities necessary to develop as an elite performer - psychological:

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  • commitment and self-discipline
  • determination
  • high level of self confidence
  • highly motivated
  • big pain tolerance
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Personal qualities necessary to develop as an elite performer - physical:

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  • high level of physical fitness
  • highly skilled
  • high level of ability
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Social and cultural factors:

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  • high socio-economic status
  • equal opportunities
  • high quality supportive educational provision
  • structured levels of competition to progress through
  • high levels of media coverage and role models to aspire to
  • sexism
  • equity targets set
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What is UK Sport?

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  • funded by the National lottery

Aims:
1) provide funding for NGBs
2) provide funding via athlete performance award which covers for living ans sporting costs once they have reached elite levels.
3) provides funding for national institutes of sport, such as EIS and British Olympic and Paralympic Games, for example Rio 2016.

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UK Sport and 2020 Olympic and Paralympic events:

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  • investing up to £345 million in Team GB for Tokyo Olympics and Paralympics in 2020.
  • run a number of centralised strategic support services across the UK including dveelopment of ‘World Class Caoches, e.g via Elite Programme.
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What does UK Sport promote?

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  • positive sporting conduct and ethics at elite level in the UK’s high performance athletes.
  • also sees it important to develop and manage the UK’s international sporting relationships.
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What is the EIS?

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  • a subsidiary of UK Sport and wholly owned by them’
  • receives a grant of £60 million over four yeas from UK Sport and generates its own income by providing services to NGBs such as performance analysis, sports medicine and so on.
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What are the aims of EIS?

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1) sport science:
- helps analyse performce and optimises training programmes

2) medicine:
- strength and conditioning
- physiotherapy

3) performance lifestyle support:
- media
- minimises potential concerns and conflict
- budget money
- time management
- sponsorship

4) technology

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What is the UK Talent team?

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  • collaboration between the EIS and UK Sport, supporting World Class Programmes to identify and develop talented athletes via projects like the national athlete recruitment project.
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What are the roles and purposes of National Institutes of Sport?

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  • S: sport science and sport medicine support
  • P: performance lifestyle programmes are provided
  • O: organisations work in partnership
  • R: research and innovation
  • T: top quality facilities and coaches are provided.
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What are different ways NGBs try to provide equality of opportunity?

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  • P: positive role models
  • A: accessible facilities
  • M: meet government policies on sport and recreation
  • P: policies in play to target certain age groups
  • E: employment for specific sports development officers
  • R: resources invested in inner city areas
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British cycling:

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  • NGB for cycling in the UK
  • home to a successful GB cycling
  • number of stages of identification, confirmation and development of talent in their sport.
  • 18-23 year olds fine tune their skills, enabling them to make the jump to the senior Olympic podium programme
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What is a whole sport plan?

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  • a business plan submitted to Sport England outlining NGBs strategies to increase participation and enhance in their sport.
  • 4 year plan
  • British rowing
  • lottery funded
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Why may talent identification programmes be made?

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  • means all potential performers can be screened
  • performers can be directed to sports most suited to their talents.
  • development process can be accelerated as a result of information gained.
  • efficient use can be made of available funding to Talent ID schemes
  • chances of producing medallists are improved.
  • provide a co-ordinated approach between organisations such as NGBs, the EIS and UK Sport.
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Talent development - disadvantages of the system:

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  • require high levels of funding
  • may miss late developers
  • large numbers required to be tested of use
  • no guarantees of success
  • different sports = same talent pool, high profile sports attract more performers
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Effectiveness of TIP ( talent identification programmes)

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  • T: testing facilities are of standard
  • A: analysis of performers - clean databases
  • L: links between organisations involved in talent ID ensure a co-ordinated approach
  • E: equal opportunities for all to apply
  • N: national development squads exist to develop through
  • T: talent spotted via high quality coaches
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What is PPT (performance pathway team)?

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  • a combination of EIS and UK Sport expertise used to identify and develop world class talent
  • five main areas of support
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What are the five areas of support for the development of talent (PPT)?

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1) pathway frontline technical solutions - designed to meet specific needs of each sport when identifying and developing talent
2) pathway education - provides educational opportunities for development coaches covering a variety of topics linked to elite performer development.
3) pathway analytics - gives sports ability to provide meaningful measurements of the effectiveness of their performance pathways by using a range of diagnostic tools
4) performance pathway health check (PHC) - provides a review of current systems and practices for supporting the development of potential medal winners in any given sport.
5) pathway strategy - designed to assist sports to develop and put in place a clear progressive pathway from Podium Foundation level to Podium level in sport.

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What are the key features of UK Sport?

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  • World Class Performance Programme
  • Gold Event Series
  • Talent Identification and Development (Talent ID)
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Two levels of WCPP?

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  • podium: designed to support athletes with realistic medal-winning capabilities at the next Olympics/Paralympics (i.e. a maximum of four years away from the podium). Financial support may be given to a selected group of performers in their sport via WCPP. E.g. in lead up to Rio 2016, UK Athletics funded 21 podium group athletes in 2015-16
  • podium potential: designed to support athletes whose performances suggest they have realistic medal-winning capabilities at subsequent Olympic/Paralympic Games (i.e. a maximum of 8 years away from podium)
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What is Gold Event Series?

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  • UK Sport is the lead agency attempting to ensure the UK successfully bids to host and stage major sporting events.
  • they have a flagship programme called the Gold Event Series which is working hard to bring 100 targeted major international sporting events to the UK during 10 years (2013-2023)
  • successful bids were made as part of the programme to host the UCI Track Cycling World Championships in London in 2016, as well as World Athletics Championships in 2017
  • focuses on attracting World Championships, European Championships and premium world circuit events to the UK.
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Aims of UK Sport - staging major international sporting events in UK:

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  • supporting high performance success
  • creating high profile opportunities for people to engage in sport
  • using and demonstrating the legacy of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014.
  • driving positive economic and social impacts for the UK.
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What is an example of a Talent Identifcation scheme?

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  • GB Canoeing’s Girls4Gold Canoeing - supported by UK Sport
  • first programme in a series of Girls4Gold campaigns aiming to increase the female talent pool in various sports, including canoeing, so they can challenge for more medals in future events.

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