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Routes to sporting excellence
How does someone become elite?
F - intro to sport
P - choose to play for fun
P - emphasis on competition and winning
E - high level coaching

Roles of schools and colleges
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PE lessons
○ Compulsory - learn a range of skills
○ Transferable fundamental skills learn
Extra-curricular activities
○ Competitive opportunities
■ Sports days, inter forms
■ Fixtures against other schools
Qualifications
○ Sports leaders, apprenticeships, a level PE, gcse PE
Provide links to clubs

Roles of clubs
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National governing bodies (NGB) investment
Specialist training, specialist coaching, facilities, medical, technology, concessions (match
fees)
Competition - frequent competition provided to allow the performer to become performance
based

Role of universities
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Talent Athlete Scholarship Scheme (TASS)
Sports scholarships
○ Bursaries and scholarships
○ Combines studies and studying
Top facilities
○ Specialist facilities (centre of excellence)
○ Involved in sports science research
○ High level competition

UK sport
An organisation whose aim is the development of the country's sportsmen and women (athletes)
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Talent ID
The testing of both physiological and psychological parameters that help to determine the likelihood of
sporting success
● Physiological
○ Fitness testing
■ VO2 max for endurance, 20m sprint for speed
■ To predict sport you could be good at
○ Anthropometry
■ Genetic characteristics
■ Muscle fibre type ratios, arm span
● Psychological
○ Psychological profile
■ Personality testing, aggression, arousal, anxiety
○ Hereditary profile
■ Success if previous family members
○ Sociological profile
■ Age, gender, socio-economic background
● Key factors for successful talent ID
○ Widespread testing i
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all ages, genders
○ High quality systems i
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top quality scouts, coaches and training methods
○ Variety of testing i
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psychological and physiological
○ Coordination testing i
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linking of agencies, coaches
○ Database of information to allow for sharing across sports
○ Cool competitions systems to scouts from
● Pros
○ Identified should make rapid progress
○ Relevant sporting experience from young ages
○ More medal winners
○ Better use of NGB funding once selected
○ Widens talent pool in minority sports
● Cons
○ Will always miss people
○ Experienced coaches could be better than quantitative testing
○ Expensive testing
○ Children could be overtrained limiting their options
○ Doesn’t mean they’re good because they have the potential to be

Development programmes to find and develop potential elite performers will
involve…

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