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§ionTitle=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§ionTitle=
*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§ionTitle=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?