routes into sporting excellence Flashcards
what is required to reach top level of sports performance and in developing programme?
- planning
- facilities
- training
- equipment
- travel
- coaching
definition of UK sport
‘an organisation whose aim is the development of the country’s sportsmen/women. It is funded by the government and the national lottery’
what are the UK sports stages of developing elite athletes?
- identify sporting talent
- support athletes lifestyles
- support athletes coaching
- supporting research, sports science and sports medicine
- providing a world class program/pathway to success
what two categories is the world class programme split into?
podium and podium potential
what is podium program within the world class programme?
supporting athletes with realistic medal winning capabilities at next Olympic/Paralympic games (max 4 years away)
what is podium potential within the world class programme?
supporting athletes who have realistic medal winning capabilities at subsequent Olympic and Paralympic games (max 8 years away)
what does phase one testing consist of?
- physical and skill based tests e.g. sprints, aerobic
- analysis of training and comp history
- VO2 Max, 20M sprint test
what does phase 2 and 3 testing consist of?
- assessment of suitability physical and medical screening
- anthropometry (genetic physical characteristics)
- hereditatory profile = success of family members
- physiological parameters = biological indicators on sport
what does phase 4 testing consist of?
- trial in specific sport
- selected athletes train for 6 to 12 months
- progress is monitored and recorded
what does phase 4 testing tell UK sport?
if athlete is suitable for elite sport
what happens to unsuccessful athletes of world class programme?
given opportunity to continue the sport through club system
example of a national talent ID campaign by UK sport
‘tall and talented’
- used for sports where height may be advantage on lead up to Rio 2016
‘discoveryourgold’
what does funding of the world class programme include?
- world class coaching
- medical
- technology
- competition support
- world class sports facilities
what is the athlete performance award
it provides financial support towards athletes living costs via national lottery fund
what does funding through athlete performance award and UK sport depend on?
how successful the sport was at the last olympics
who is Lizzie Yarnold?
gained success in skeleton for team GB after a talent programme by UK sport
how is success of the world class programme measured?
measured by medals won
what happens when sports are not successful?
they lose their funding
how does UK sport invest around 70% of its income?
- funding for NGB’s (to allow world class programme to run)
- funding for athletes (athlete performance award)
how else do UK sport do to develop athletes?
- develop top class coaches
- run talent ID programmes
- develop facilities e.g. warm weather/altitude
what are national institutes of sport?
work with coaches and sports administrators to help improve their athletes performance
what is the national institutes of sports role?
- provide sports science and medical staff (physios, nutritionists, psychologists)
- access to top class facilities
- access to quality coaching
- technology to test, train and support athletes
why may some athletes become drop out failures at elite level sport?
- poor performances (demotivating)
- injury
- pressures outside of sport (family commitment)
- pressure from media
- stress from financial impacts, travelling, training, competing
what do performance lifestyle performers advise athletes on?
- time management
- finances
- budgeting
- dealing with the media
- sponsorship/management
- finding a job to support
- psychological support (goal setting)
how do institutes help develop elite sport success?
- provide regular competitions
- provide training/coaches to develop performers
- world class facilities
how do schools/college develop sports?
- PE and extra-curricular
- government give money for schools to develop sports provision
- sporting organisations send coaches to primary school (the FA, LTA)
- sport england encourage schools to link with community clubs
- increase participation so more chance of elite athletes
- offer sporting qualifications (GCSE PE)
what is the advanced apprenticeship in sporting excellence?
- sports performance programme between 12 to 24 months
- structured training/development
- range of sports covered
- for 16 to 19 yr olds who have a chance of becoming elite
- over 20 sports included
- over 2,500 in 2015 on apprenticeship
how are athletes eligible to the advanced apprenticeship in sporting excellence?
- be professional athlete
- full time athlete
- identified by NGB as ‘elite’
e.g. Jack Wilshire
why are a third of British medal winners at London 2012 from private schools?
- curriculum time
- better training facilities/resources
- opportunities
- higher quality coaching
- competition
- scholarships
what do NGBs invest in?
- development of talented athletes
- facilities
- elite programmes
what do universities offer for athletes?
scholarships and sports clubs as they have top class facilities and most world class athletes are in ‘student age group’
what is TASS?
talent athlete scholarship scheme
-government funded
- work with NGB’s
- in England and Wales
study flexibility
what is the winning student scheme?
scholarship in Scotland
- government funded
- work with NGB’s
study flexibility
