Excellence

Question 1

what is UK sports focus

Answer 1

elite and high perormance

Question 2

who is uk sports target audience

Answer 2

professional and Olympic/Paralympic

Question 3

who is uk sport funded by

Answer 3

national lottery and government (DCMS)

Question 4

what are uk sports key objectives

Answer 4

maximise international sporting success

Question 5

what are uk sports example programs

Answer 5

world class programme
talent id
discover your gold
girls4gold

Question 6

what happened in 1994 that impacted team gbs olympic success

Answer 6

national lottery was created
governemnt created it to distribute money to public causes (sport, art,, heritage)

Question 7

what happened in 1996 that impacted team gbs olympic success

Answer 7

Atlanta games 1996
team gb finished 36th in medal table
15 medals 1 gold

Question 8

what happened in 1997 that impacted team gbs olympic success

Answer 8

Uk sport created
national lottery money diverted towards sport
manage distribution of elite funding

Question 9

what happened in 2000 that impacted team gbs olympic success

Answer 9

team gb finished 10th in medal table
28 total 11 golds
most success since 1920

Question 10

what happened in 2012 that impacted team gbs olympic success

Answer 10

london 2012 games
team gb finished 3rd in medal table
65 total 29 golds

Question 11

what happened in 2016 that impacted team gbs olympic success

Answer 11

rio 2016 games
team gb finished 2nd in medal table
67 total 27 golds
only country to increase total medals straight after hosting

Question 12

what is the pattern

Answer 12

as funding increases so does success

Question 13

how much money will be invested for LA 2028

Answer 13

£330m

Question 14

what will happen if success in some sports drops

Answer 14

the funding is cut
paris 2024 hockey had the most funding and didnt get any medals

Question 15

what are the negatives of uk sport funding (putting more money into sport)

Answer 15

• funding for minority sports is cute, gaps widen in particiaption
• some sports dont need funding because they do well without needing funding
• potential for poor role models and deviant behaviour
• increased pressure on performers and coaches
• less money os available for mass participation and combating inequalities in sport

Question 16

what are the postives of uk sport funding (putting more money into sport)

Answer 16

• boost national pride or morale
• economic benefits (shop window efffect increasing tourism and companies investing)
• more media exposure for sport which creates role models
• health benefits which reduces strain in nhs
• elite sport can be a driver of mass participation

Question 17

what is talent identification

Answer 17

process of spotting and selecting athletes with potential to excel in a specific sport
involves assessing physical technical psychological and tactical abilities

Question 18

why do certain sports choose/need to do talent identification

Answer 18

sport may have limited particiaption and visibilty
may not be a natural progression to elite or clear structure
physical and pscyhological attributes may matter more than technical
skills for the sport can be developed relatively easily

Question 19

what is included in a talent id programme

Answer 19

fitness testing
skills testing
medical screening
behaviour and psychology assessment
performance lifestyle

Question 20

what are some examples of talent id programmes and what year were tehy founded

Answer 20

girls 4 gold (2008)
sporting giants (2007)
pitch 2 podium (2007-10)
discover your gold (2016)
fighting chance (2009,13,20)
find your greatness (2024)

Question 21

what is girls 4 gold

Answer 21

aimed at idntifying female athletes with potential to win gold medals
rowing cycling skeleton
produced lizzy yarnold (skeleton olypmic gold)

Question 22

what is sporting giants

Answer 22

aimed at identifying tall atheltes
rowing handball volleyball
produced helen glover (rowing olympic gold)

Question 23

what is pitch 2 podium

Answer 23

targeted young athektes who had been released from football rugby and other team sports
helped transistion to oympic and paralympic

Question 24

what is discover your gold

Answer 24

joint initiative between uk sport and english institue of sport
biggest multi sport talent identification in uk
produced over 20 para and olympic athletes

Question 25

what is fighting chance

Answer 25

gb taekwondo programme aimed at other fighting atheltes

Question 26

what is find your greatness

Answer 26

targeted at active and sporty 16-24yrs rowing volleyball hanball pentathlon shooting skeleton

Question 27

what is talent transfer

Answer 27

incolves a perofrmer transferring their skills and abilities from one sport to another

Question 28

what are some sports that are suitable for transferring skills

Answer 28

power and speed based sports endurance and aerobic sports combat sports

Question 29

what are some examples of athelets who have transferred sports

Answer 29

craig pickering - sprinting to bobsleigh rebecca romero- rowing to cycling louis rees zammit - rugby to american football

Question 30

what are some organisations involved in the development of elite sports perfromers

Answer 30

NGBs uk sport uk sports institute team gb paralympics

Question 31

what is the world class programme

Answer 31

structured develpoment and suppoort system that provodes funding coaching sports science to atheltes aiming for olympic and paralympic success 3 levels

Question 32

what are teh 3 world class programme levels

Answer 32

talent/confirmation podium potential podium

Question 33

what does the talent/ confirmation level involve

Answer 33

entry level for athletes identified as having potential basic funding coahing and access to training environment aim to nurture raw talent and prepare for higher levels

Question 34

what does the podium potential level involve

Answer 34

athletes 4-8 years away from wining medals recieves funding and support compared to podium level focuses on develpoing skills and gaining international experience

Question 35

what does the podium level involve

Answer 35

medal winning potential within 4 years recieves full funding and support

Question 36

what does the uk sport institute involve

Answer 36

for olympic and paralympic performers 7 hubs around uk sports science and medicine coaching and performance innitative lifestylke and wellbeing support telent identification and development

Question 37

what do the olympic and paralympic assosations do

Answer 37

select and manage team gb (olympics and paralympics) logistical suppport work with ngbs run youth develpoemnt and inclusion programs

Question 38

where does olympic and paralympic funding come from

Answer 38

team gb- no lottery or government funding paralympics- uk sport both make money through sponsordhips merchandise and events