1000 word essay outlining your sport in the local community

*Local Study

*Grass Roots Provision

*Begin with an overview of your sport

*Numbers of people playing

*Numbers of clubs

*Leagues & facilities available

*Levels within the pyramid

*Provision at local schools

*What is happening to your sport at local schools – focus on John Warner & feeder primaries

*What facilities do they use

- Are they used by the community as well?

*Provision at One Local Club

*Description of the club

*Facts regarding funding – match fees & subs

*Where do members train & play

*Where does the club fit into the performance pyramid

*Have any external agencies helped the club

*Has there been any lottery funding

*Facilities & opportunities in

the 3 key sectors

*The Public sector – owned & run by local councils

*The private Sector – Owned & run by commercial companies

*The voluntary Sector – owned & run by volunteers

*Schemes & Programmes in

your sport

*Usually National programmes developed by your Governing body – but delivered locally – Programmes designed to encourage young people to start the sport

*Award schemes for young participants – Badges and certificates young people can be tested on & try to collect

*? Local schemes run for older participants

*Examples of Schemes &

Programmes

*Golf – Tri golf, Golf Xtreme, Junior Golf Passport www.golf-foundation.org

*Netball – High 5, Netball Skills Awards www.englandnetball.co.uk

*Hockey – Quicksticks www.playquicksticks.co.uk StixSkills Awards bbc.co.uk/sportsacademy

*Skiing – English Ski Council www.englishski.org Snowlife www.snowlife.org.uk BASI www.basi.org.uk

*Football – Futsal www.futsaluk.net www.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball California Raisin Award Scheme www.esfa.co.uk/competitions/awards

*Cricket – Chance to Shine www.chancetoshine.org ASDA Kwick cricket skills awards www.ecb.co.uk/development

* Athletics – Star Track www.uka.org.uk ESAA Award Scheme www.esaa.net/awardinfo

*Performer Development

*You need to produce & explain pathways of development for each of the roles:

*Player/Performer

*Leader

*Official

for your chosen sport – These will be national pathways developed by your governing body, but you need to make them local.

*Provision for disabled

participants

*What are the opportunities for disabled participants in your local area?

*Are there specific clubs available – or do existing clubs offer opportunities for disabled participants?

*How well do local facilities cater for disabled participants?

*How does this compare to the National picture?

*General - http://www.efds.co.uk/

* - http://www.sportinherts.org.uk/disabilitysport/

* - http://www.sportengland.org/support__advice/playground_to_podium.aspx

*Zone Hockey - http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=84&sectionTitle=Zone+Hockey

*Disabled Golf - http://www.disabledgolfsociety.com/

*Disability Netball - http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/get-involved/equality-in-netball/disability-netball

*Disability Cricket - http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/disability-cricket/

*British Ski Club for the Disabled - http://www.bscd.org.uk/

*Disability Football - http://www.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball/GetIntoFootballPages/Disability%20Football

*Disability Athletics - http://www.englandathletics.org/page.asp?section=1095&sectionTitle=

*Gender issues related to your

sport

*Is your sport open to all participants (regardless of gender)

*Is there a gender bias

*Are there any specific clubs targeting gender issues

*How does the local area compare to the National picture

*Women’s Sports Foundation:

*www.womenssportfoundation.org

*Women’s Golf - http://www.lgu.org/

*Women’s Cricket -http://www.womenscricket.net/

*Women’ Football - http://www.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball/Players/PlayersPages/WomensAndGirls

*Women’s Skiing –

*Men’s Netball – Mixed Netball ‘http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczcw11/mixednet.htm

*Athletics –

*Hockey – ‘Back to Hockey’ - http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=803&sectionTitle=Back+To+Hockey

*Conclusion

*How easy was it to find the information you needed?

*Who/what were your best sources of information?

*What are the strengths /weaknesses of your work?

*What would you do differently?

*Are there any areas of your study which ‘surprised’ or disappointed you?