Development of elite performers in sport Flashcards
What is an elite?
the best, highest level of sport performance at excellence level
What is the definition of socio-economic status?
the status of a person involving both economic + social factors
What is the definition of Talent Identification?
the multi-disciplinary screening of athletes in order to identify those with the potential for world class success
What are the personal factors needed to develop to elite level?
- commitment + self discipline
- highly motivated with desire to achieve
- high levels of self-confidence
- high levels of physical fitness
- high level of skill/ naturally talented
What are the social factors needed to develop to elite level?
- financial support
- attitude of performer
- strong friendships - support
- whether the performer has support from family
- balance between training, performance, social/family life
What are the cultural factors needed to develop to elite level?
- experience of the individual at school
- barriers to participation
- whether there is the infrastructure for elite development
- amount of media exposure
- whether the country has the resources to provide support/ programmes
What is the definition of Talent Development?
the progression of a talented individual within a coordinated structure
What do talent identification and devleopment programmes need to consider?
- physiological factors e.g fitness
- anthropometry e.g height
- pschyological (e.g mental toughness)
- hereditary factors (e.g natural advantages)
- social /cultural factors (e.g family support?
What are the reasons for using Talent ID?
- all potential performers can be screened
- performers can be directed to sports that they are most suited to their talents
- the development programmer can be accelerated as a result of info gained
What makes Talent ID programmes successful?
- well structured competitive programmes are provided
- organisations involved work together
- funding allocated to up + coming athletes
- talent spotting is done by high quality coaches
- specialist high quality training + facilities
What are the disadvantages of Talent ID programmes?
- miss late developers
- require high levels of funding
- require high numbers to be tested
- no guarantee of success
- many sports are in competition for the same talent
What are the 6 key features of Talent ID programmes?
T - testing facilities are high standard
A - analysis of performer via database
L - links between organisations
E - equal opportunities
N - national development squads
T - talent spotting through high quality coaches
What are National Governing Bodies?
An organisation responsible for a particular sport
- promote and increase participation
What is the role and purpose of NGBs?
- make decsions on how to spend funding
- work with EIS + UK Sport to support althetes
- provide specific coaching awards
- increase participation from grass roots
- select for national teams
- enforce rules
What is the definition of a Whole Sport Plan?
- a business plan submitted to Sport England outlining NGB strategies to increase participation + enhance talent
What is outlined in a Whole Sport Plan?
4 year plan
- lottery funded
- support low- high levels
- increase number of volunteers + specialist coaches
What is the role and purpose of EIS?
- sport science + medicine
- performance lifestyle plans
- research + innovation
- top quality facilities + coaches
What is the EIS?
English Institute of Sport
What is a Performance Pathway Team?
Work with UK Sport to identify + develop talent as part of World Class Programme
- coaches
- analysts - how well the pathway works
- provides a distinctive progressive path
What is the World Class Performance Programme?
a funding structure which helps to ensure athletes reach the top of their sport over a long period of time
What are the 2 level in the World Class Performance Programme?
- podium
- podium potential
What is the Podium level in the WCPP?
- max 4 years away from podium
- supports athletes with realistic medal chances
- UK Athletes receive full funding from UK Sport + National Lottery
What is the Podium Potential level in the WCPP?
- max 8 years away from podium
What is Talent in the WCPP?
Under Podium Potential
- provides funding + support to identify athletes who have potential to progress onto the World Class Performance Pathway
What is the Gold Event Series?
A flagship programme by UK Sport
- works to being 100 targeted international sporting events to th UK
- operated for 10 years (2013-2023)
- attracted world championships, Europen etc
What is Talent Search?
- successful applicants go to phase 1
- results then influence progression to phase 2-3
(medical screenings, performance, lifestyle) - selected althetes move to 6-12 months confirmation stage to access suitability + funding
What is the World Class Talent Transfer?
an initiate for athletes exiting a World Class Programme who are interested in exploring potential in other sports
What is the role of UK Sport?
to strategically invest + distribute National Lottery funding for elite performer development in order to maximise the performance of UK althetes in Olympics
What does UK Sport provide funding for?
- provide funding for NGBs to run World Class Performance Programmes
- provides funding directly to athletes via an Athlete Performance Award which goes towards sporting + living costs
What services does UK Sport offer?
- Personal Lifestyle Advice - mentor support + advice on time management + budgeting
- develop lifestyles in younger performers which enables elite performer progression to occur
- lead agency running Talent ID programmes
What are UK Sport’s strategies?
- coordinated repsonse with NGBs
- provides centres of excellence
- distributes National Lottery funding
- promotes equal access
- develops international links
What are 2 examples of High Performance Centres?
Bath University
Loughborough University - Loughborough Performer Centre
What services do the British National Insitiutes of Sport offer?
- biomechanics
- performance innovation
- nutrtion support
- soft tissue massages
- recovery plans
- physiotherapy
What services do the EIS offer to help develop elite performers?
- biomechanics
- psychology
- nutrition
- physiotherapy
- excercise physiology - impact of training on body
