national governing bodies

Question 1

What does each governing body do?

Answer 1

Provide coaches who are able to supply coaching for their particular sport

Question 2

What do many NGBs provide?

Answer 2

Specific training at various levels for coaches of their sport. There are usually several levels and coaches can start at a fairly basic point and progress through to higher ones

Question 3

How might a coach change who they teach?

Answer 3

They could start off working with small groups, often beginners, at a local level and progress right up to working with elite performers at national and international level

Question 4

What sport is a good example of a coaching pathway?

Answer 4

Netball

Question 5

What does the coaching pathway of netball have?

Answer 5

Three levels of coaching awards that are linked to the United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC)

Question 6

What is Sports Coach UK?

Answer 6

An organization formed as a charity to help to recruit, develop and retain coaches

Question 7

Who does Sports Coach UK currently support?

Answer 7

46 NGBs and 49 county sports partnerships

Question 8

Why does Sport Coach UK support NGBs and sport partnerships?

Answer 8

To help them improve their coaching systems, and to provide research and good practice that benefits coaching

Question 9

What are the national governing bodies (NGBs) of sport?

Answer 9

Independent organizations that lead the development and delivery of their sport nationally and locally

Question 10

What is each NGB responsible for?

Answer 10

Setting and interpreting the rules of their particular sport

Question 11

What do the NGB’s responsibilities link to?

Answer 11

This logically links with both training and providing officials

Question 12

What are the different levels of officials?

Answer 12

Some sports have both minor and major officials who may have very different roles

Question 13

What are the officials doing in football?

Answer 13

There are two assistant referees (who officiate particularly on the sidelines) and the referee, who is in sole charge

Question 14

How can someone become a referee in football?

Answer 14

They have to be over 14 years of age and undertake a Basic Referees Course with their local county FA

Question 15

What does it lead on to after training to be a referee in football?

Answer 15

Being a referee at grassroots level, semi professional level, up to the Football League, the Premiership and then even to international level

Question 16

What is the responsibility of each level of game in football?

Answer 16

For both country and national, it is to appoint the referees for their particular games and competitions

Question 17

What does each particular sport want?

Answer 17

For their sport to be successful and also to develop

Question 18

How can a particular sport be successful and develop?

Answer 18

This can only be achieved if they are able to keep up standards

Question 19

What happens to an individual who has a particular talent?

Answer 19

They first have to be spotted and then their skills have to be developed

Question 20

What have the UK Sport organization formed?

Answer 20

The UK Talent Team

Question 21

What is the purpose of the UK Talent Team?

Answer 21

To support sports so that they can improve their systems of performance

Question 22

What has the UK Talent Team done?

Answer 22

It has run seven national athlete recruitment projects that have assessed more than 7,000 new performers who were previously unknown

Question 23

What has been the result of the UK Talent Team projects?

Answer 23

100 athletes were selected for the World Class system. They have made 293 international appearances and won a total of 102 international medals

Question 24

What happens to a talented performer after they have been spotted?

Answer 24

Once they have been identified and linked to the NGB, the coaching, support (and often funding) is provided to enable the individual to develop their full potential

Question 25

What is one of the main aim of any NGB?

Answer 25

To provide competition for the individuals who participate in their sport

Question 26

How are competitions normally arranged at all levels of the sport?

Answer 26

They can be regional, district, county, national or international. In some sports there may be individual or team competitions and many sports have a combination of both

Question 27

What is one of the making reasons for competitions being arranged at different levels?

Answer 27

So that competitors can progress to the varying standards

Question 28

What do NGBs use competitions for?

Answer 28

To enable them to select teams and competitions to represent their sport at national and international levels