mm - lesson 2 organisations providing progression

Question 1

what do UK Sport do?

Answer 1

has a single focus on developing high performance sport in the UK
Their work is aimed at developing various strategies to increase sporting excellence in the UK

Question 2

what is UK sports primary role?

Answer 2

to invest and distribute national lottery funding for elite performer development in order to maximise the performance of the UK athletes in the Olympics

Question 3

how do UK sport complete their role

Answer 3

1) provides funding to NGBs
2) provide funding via an athlete performance award
3) funds the English Institute of sport and Olympic prep camps
4) runs talent ID programmes

Question 4

What do the English Institute of sport do? (EIS)

Answer 4

owned by UK sport
provides services to NGBs
Team GBs science, medicine and tech dept.

Question 5

what is the EIS primary role?

Answer 5

to increase the probability of a potential elite athlete being successful by providing a range of different services to improve their health, fitness, training and preparation

S= sports science
P= performance lifestyle programmes are provided
O= organisations work in partnership
R= research and innovation
T= top quality facilities and coaching

Question 6

How do the EIS achieve these roles

Answer 6

1. high performance centres
2. deliver training programmes to NGBS
3. sports science
4. sports medicine
5. performance lifestyle support
6. uk talent team