Sports Development Continuum
4 Stages of the Sports Development Continuum
Foundation
- Introduction to sport.
- Basic fundamentals are learnt.
- Primary rules and regulations.
- School teams
Foundation
Performance
Elite skill level
National League/county teams
Possibly sponspored teams
Semi-Professional
Aims for participation and performance?
In 2014:
- Sport events with participation from almost 18,000 schools
- Around 26,000 young volunteers
School Games Finals
- 12 Different Sports
- 1,600 Participants
- 192 disabled athletes
Sport England Investment (national lottery funding)
- £35.5m into school games
- £92.2 into sport in schools
- between 2012 and 2015
Participation
Effects on participation and performance?
Performance
Back to Netball Initiative (women over16)
- Support From Local Authorities, County Sports Partnerships and the Women's Sports and Fitness Foundation.
- Started 2010
- 50,000 women have taken part since
- Re-introduction to the game
- Pay and Play Format
- Friendly Matches
- Opportunity to advance to national league teams
Basketball England Performance Pathways (under16-18 age groups/Coaches)
- Advanced Apprenticeship in Sporting Excellence (AASE) colleges and basketball schools
- National Teams Development Programs
- Regional Develepment Squads
Represent England at Euro Championships
International / Elite Level Exposure
Effects on participation and performance?
Excellent
Performance Pathway Team
- Helps identify and develop elite athletes
- Provides educational opportunities for coaches and managers.
- Working on innovative research projects for better sports science understanding.
- Setting sporting benchmarks
Girls4Gold
- Talent recruitment
- Trial for 17-25 years old females competing at county or regional level at any sport.
- World class coaching.
- World class facilities
Excellent
- Highest Level of Sport
- Sponsored
- International competition
- Highest Level Of Coaching
Participation
- Regular participation occurs.
- Confidence gained.
- Local leagues/youth leagues.
- Work on General Fitness
Aims for participation and performance?
Effects on participation and performance?
Aims for participation and performance?