3.2.4.2 - Development of elite performers in sport Flashcards
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What are personal factors?
The influence of characteristics ingrained within a person
Examples of personal factors that aid development of elite performers?
→ goal orientated - short and long term goals
→ good communicator - offer opinions and listen to advice
→ clear focus - what they want to achieve and how they achieve it
→ avoid distractions e.g. sponsor demands
→ confidence
→ high pain tolerance
→ self efficacy
→ dedication and determination
→ highly skilled physically or natural talent
→ high level of fitness
What are social factors?
The influence of those involved in a person’s day to day life
Examples of social factors?
→ support of friends and family
→ a good socio-economic status
→ high levels of media coverage for the sport
→ quality of coaches
→ friendship groups
→ organisations e.g. UK sport
What are cultural factors?
The influence of variables ingrained in society and a country
Examples of cultural factors?
→ equal opportunities
→ anti discrimination
→ removal of barriers to participation
→ removal of sexism
→ structured levels of competition
→ sport equality
What are the 3 main organisations that are important for talent identification and elite performer progression?
→ UK sport
→ English Institiute Of Sport (EIS)
→ National Governing Bodies (NGBs)
What is UK sport?
The nation’s high performance sports agency investing in Olympic and Paralympic sport
Aims to work in partnership to lead sport in the UK to world class success
What is the role of UK sport?
- Work with partnership organisations to run Strategic support services e.g. world class coaches
- Aims to increase sporting exellence in UK
- Invests and distributes lottery money (e.g. NGB’s)
- Runs talent ID programmes with the EIS - providing host venues etc
- Personal lifestyle advice
- Promotes positive sporting conduct/ethics at elite level
- Manages UK’s International sporting relationships
- Funds athletes directly through the Athlete Personal Award (APA)
How does UK sport aid development of elite performers?
- co-ordinated approach with NGB’s
- provide centres of excellence
- world class performance pathway
- distributing national lottery funding/athlete personal rewards
- ensure equal opportunities
- ensure support structures in place e.g. nutritional advice, sports science, physiotherapy etc
What is NIS?
National institutes of sport
What is EIS?
A branch of NIS - English institute of sport
Owned by UK sport
Provides sport science and medical support services to elite athletes through a nationwide network of expertise and facilities
What does the EIS do?
- has a dedicated Performance Solutions team of scientists who work in partnership with UK Sport alongside coaches and NBG performance directors
- focuses on hundreds of Podium and Podium Potential athletes with the capability to positively impact future Olympic and Paralympic games
- provide sports technology and engineering - supports performers and practitioners
- research and innovation team - ensures Britain’s top atheltes have the best equipment and technology available to them when competing at a global stage
- operates a world class performance programme through nine high performance centres as well as numerous other training bases across England
- specialised staff in: sports science, medical, performance lifestyle support
What does the EIS provide to athletes?
- Sports science - exercise physiology → helps to evaluate training as it happens and allows athletes and coaches to see the impact of training on the body
- Medical - sports medicine → includes services such as physiotherapy and strength and conditioning coaches and sports massages
- Performance lifestyle support - available to athletes on World Class Performance Programme → provides a personalised support service, aims to minimise potential concerns, conflicts and distractions which could be detrimental with the media,sponsorship and career develpment
Regional multi sport hub sites - Hubs and high performance centres → provided by EIS for the elite, coaching and medical support can be provided more simply and at a lower cost
Role of the NIS?
- Develops talent at elite level of sport development pyramid
- Provides scientific support
- Works in multi-diciplinary teams to develop athletes/ support coaches and Performance Directors
- Run performance lifestyle programmes
- Olympic and Paralympic sports
- Works with other agencies e.g. NGB’s / UK sport
- Address issues of under-represented groups
- Top quality facilities
- Provide high level coaches