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Development of elite performers in sport Flashcards

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What is an elite?

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the best, highest level of sport performance at excellence level

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What is the definition of socio-economic status?

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the status of a person involving both economic + social factors

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What is the definition of Talent Identification?

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the multi-disciplinary screening of athletes in order to identify those with the potential for world class success

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What are the personal factors needed to develop to elite level?

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  • 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
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What are the social factors needed to develop to elite level?

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  • financial support
  • attitude of performer
  • strong friendships - support
  • whether the performer has support from family
  • balance between training, performance, social/family life
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What are the cultural factors needed to develop to elite level?

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  • 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
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What is the definition of Talent Development?

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the progression of a talented individual within a coordinated structure

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What do talent identification and devleopment programmes need to consider?

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  • 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?
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What are the reasons for using Talent ID?

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  • 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
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What makes Talent ID programmes successful?

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  • 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
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What are the disadvantages of Talent ID programmes?

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  • 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
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What are the 6 key features of Talent ID programmes?

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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

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What are National Governing Bodies?

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An organisation responsible for a particular sport
- promote and increase participation

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What is the role and purpose of NGBs?

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  • 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
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What is the definition of a Whole Sport Plan?

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  • a business plan submitted to Sport England outlining NGB strategies to increase participation + enhance talent
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What is outlined in a Whole Sport Plan?

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4 year plan
- lottery funded
- support low- high levels
- increase number of volunteers + specialist coaches

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What is the role and purpose of EIS?

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  • sport science + medicine
  • performance lifestyle plans
  • research + innovation
  • top quality facilities + coaches
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What is the EIS?

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English Institute of Sport

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What is a Performance Pathway Team?

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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

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What is the World Class Performance Programme?

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a funding structure which helps to ensure athletes reach the top of their sport over a long period of time

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What are the 2 level in the World Class Performance Programme?

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  • podium
  • podium potential
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What is the Podium level in the WCPP?

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  • max 4 years away from podium
  • supports athletes with realistic medal chances
  • UK Athletes receive full funding from UK Sport + National Lottery
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What is the Podium Potential level in the WCPP?

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  • max 8 years away from podium
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What is Talent in the WCPP?

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Under Podium Potential
- provides funding + support to identify athletes who have potential to progress onto the World Class Performance Pathway

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What is the Gold Event Series?

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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

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What is Talent Search?

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  • 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
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What is the World Class Talent Transfer?

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an initiate for athletes exiting a World Class Programme who are interested in exploring potential in other sports

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What is the role of UK Sport?

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to strategically invest + distribute National Lottery funding for elite performer development in order to maximise the performance of UK althetes in Olympics

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What does UK Sport provide funding for?

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  • 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
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What services does UK Sport offer?

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  • 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
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What are UK Sport’s strategies?

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  • coordinated repsonse with NGBs
  • provides centres of excellence
  • distributes National Lottery funding
  • promotes equal access
  • develops international links
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What are 2 examples of High Performance Centres?

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Bath University
Loughborough University - Loughborough Performer Centre

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What services do the British National Insitiutes of Sport offer?

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  • biomechanics
  • performance innovation
  • nutrtion support
  • soft tissue massages
  • recovery plans
  • physiotherapy
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What services do the EIS offer to help develop elite performers?

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  • biomechanics
  • psychology
  • nutrition
  • physiotherapy
  • excercise physiology - impact of training on body

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