NGB

Question 1

What do ‘National Governing Bodies’ do?

Answer 1

• Provide and support Coaching, Officiating, Talent Developments and Competitions

Question 2

How is ‘Coaching’ supported?

Answer 2

• Each governing body provides the specific training for coaches for their sport
• This is provided at various levels, working right up to national and international level

Question 3

What has been set up in terms of coaching?

Answer 3

• The charity called Sports Coach UK, which has been formed to work with the NGB to help to recruit, develop and retain coaches

Question 4

What happens in terms of ‘Officiating’?

Answer 4

• The NGB are responsible for setting and interpreting the rules/regulations for their sport, so pat of this is also to train and provide officials

Question 5

What is ‘Talent Development’?

Answer 5

• Every sport wants to be as successful as possible and identify and developing the talent of the future, is one way this is achieved

Question 6

How has Talent Development been promoted?

Answer 6

• Through an organization known as UK Sport which has formed the UK talent team to help the national governing bodies with TD

Question 7

So what happens with competitions?

Answer 7

• They are arranged at all levels of sport, from school, through to international, to allow the competitions to develop as fully as possible and progress to the highest possible standard