centres of excellence revision

7/29/2019 Centres of Excellence Revision

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Centres of Excellence

revision


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History and development of elitesport

The first elite were the peasants paidby the gentry in the 18th century footraces, prize fights and horse racing

Driving force was wagering

Fuelled by the patrons desire toincrease their chance of winning increase the size of their purse


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East Germany

1949 1990 Communist state under influence of

Soviet Union

Communism everything is done for thegood of the state rather than theindividual

Restricted access to country and leaving Population 16 million Olympic success second to Soviet Union

in 1976


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East GermanyOrganisation of sport

Talent ID 4-6yrs biometric testing notmissing talent

Those who scored well were invited to local

camps Child and youth boarding schools 10yrs

Train everyday (6hrs/day)

Education around training (2hrs/day Organised Spartakiads

Experience big time competitions and pressure

A selection process

When dropped out, no provision


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East GermanyOrganisation of sport

State run sports clubs and training centres Residential near Berlin

Top class coaching, facilities and medical support

Train full time State funded, run, controlled (use of drugs)

Each performer had access to a team doctor

Win at all costs no care for performers health

National training centres

National squad


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Would drugs alone account for the success ofthe East German athletes during the 1970s?

Can you suggest other reasons for this success?

(7 marks) Anabolic steroids what they do

Need to train

Primary age talent ID biometric testing Boarding schools

Spartakiad annual competitions

National institutes of sport Top-class facilities

Drug use was the final part athletes wouldneed to get to that final stage


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Australia

1976 no Gold medals at MontrealOlympics

Government reviewed the eliteperformance

Looked at Talent ID and Development

Looked at East German system smallcountry, similar population


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Australia

What did they pick-up? Talent ID system at early age biometric

and skill testing

Central institute of sport

Building competition

Technical support science to support

sport Invested in coaching


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AustraliaAIS

Formed in 1981

Located outside Canberra

Provides athletes with world-classfacilities, coaching, support andequipment

There is now a smaller institutes in eachstate

As well as a European Training Centre


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AustraliaEuropean training centre (AIS)

European base with full time support

Based in Italy

Nearer the centre of competitions Natural facilities to support

Full technical support

First rate facilities/coaches


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USA

Sporting talent is nurtured through the highschool and college system

Develop the elite in the USA

Decentralised system No central organisation or system

Lombardian Ethic

Winning is everything Drives American sport highly competitive

American dream rags to riches

Americanisation

Highly commercialised


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USA

Radical ethic Like European sport for all

All about participation

Based on Olympism taking part

Counter culture ethic Focused on non-competitive

Mainly linked to outdoors


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USAHigh school sport

High school is the starting point for athleteswishing to make a career in sport

School sport in almost akin to a religion with

huge crowds attending games Most schools employ specialist coaches fortheir team

Teams have a large budget to ensure they

have the best possible equipment College scouts follow games from early in the

season and will target key players


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USACollege and University sport

College acts as a middleman to theprofession game

Its role is to groom the best talent

recruited from high school, Colleges role is to toughen them up

through four years of training, playing

and completing study Then filter them into the professionalclubs via the annual draft


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USAThe Annual Draft

The US system where the top collegeplayers are recruited into theprofessional leagues

The worst club from the previousseason gets first pick, working up thetable


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USAThe flow of elite sport

High School Squad

Sports Scholarship

Four years college / Higher education sports squad

Draft

Professional Sports Contract


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UK

UK Sport is the UKs organisation fordirecting the development of sport

It is answerable to the Department for

Culture, Media and Sport Four sport councils:

Sport England

Sport Scotland Sport Council Wales Sport Northern Ireland


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UKWorld Class Performance pathway

Funds performance and subsistencecosts of UK elite athletes

World Class TalentFor identifying and nurturing performers who can

achieve future world-class success

World Class DevelopmentFor development of talented performers

with potential to win medals within the nextten years

World Class TalentFor training and preparation of

elite performers with potential towin medals within the next 4 years


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UKUK Sports Institutes (UKSI)

Four developed institutes English Institute of Sport (EIS) 9 hubs

Loughborough university

Bath university Gateshead international stadium

Scottish Institute of Sport (SIS) 1 hub Stirling university

Sports Institute Northern Ireland (SIN) 1 hub University of Ulster

Welsh Institute of Sport (WIS) 1 hub University College of Wales


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UKNational Governing Bodies

The sports national governing bodies arestill continuing to develop theirexcellence and talent identification

programmes


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UKElite coach education programme

This aims to meet to the needs ofcoaches in the world class environment

Coaches identified are offered a rangeof training and resources to aid in theircoachin development


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UKAthlete Career and Education Programme

Based on the Australian model

Aims to enhance an athletes personaldevelopment and sporting performance

It can help prepare them for life after sport Athletes can access services

Career advice

Educational support Personal finance training

Media and presentation skills training


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Support roles and finance

The increased standard of elitecompetition makes it difficult forathletes to compete for medals unless

they train full time Four main methods of financially

supporting elite performers Funding directly from the state Funding from charities and private

institutions Sponsorship

Salaried sports

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