SUPPORTING ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE DELIVERY SYSTEMS

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• SUPPORTING ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE
  DELIVERY SYSTEMS
• Chair Robin Gregg, Sport Northern Ireland
• Cathy Partridge, Regional Talent Manager, East
  Midlands

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Outcomes

• To be aware of how effective systems can support
  athlete development
• To be able to identify key roles and
  responsibilities
• To identify priorities for action

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Clarity

• Developing talented athletes is the function and
  key responsibility of the National Governing
  Bodies of Sport
• Talented athletes win Olympic Medals, World
  Championship Medals, World Cups etc, they are
  special and very rare
• Talent DOES NOT Performance.yet! You can have
  all the talent in the world but if that talent
  isnt nurtured you wont perform
• Talent programmes are intrinsically linked to
  participation programmes.. Performance drives up
  participation which drives up performance!

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Latest Research

• Latest research has discounted Ericssons 10,000
  hour rule which drove some sports programming.
  Expert performance in sport where peak
  performance generally occurs after the age of 20
  has been achieved with only 3000-4000 hours of
  sport specific training Côté, J, Baker, J.,
  Abernethy, B. (in press). Practice and Play in
  the Development of Sport Expertise. Baker, J.
  Côté J. (2006). Shifting training requirements
  during athlete development The relationship
  among deliberate practice, deliberate play and
  other sport involvement in the acquisition of
  sport expertise.
• A greater proportion of elite athletes have not
  been involved in structured settings as children
  Côté, J., MacDonald, D., Baker, J., Abernethy, B.
  (in press). When where is more important than
  when Birthplace and birthdate effects on the
  achievement of sporting expertise.
  Kristjansdottir, G. and Vilhjalmsson, R. (2001).
  Sociodemographic differences in patterns of
  sedentary and physically active behaviour in
  older children and adolescents.

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And.

• There is little evidence that talent
  identification is the key to talent
  development. Play and sampling during childhood,
  and deliberate practice, commitment, desire,
  willingness to work hard, and good coaching
  during adolescence are more pervasive predictors
  of expertise. These traits are built throughout a
  young athletes career, not identified in
  childhood Fraser-Thomas J., Cote J., Youth
  Sport Implementing Findings and Moving Forward
  with Research (2007)

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Its not rocket science

• Articulating the Player Pathway
• Articulate a corresponding Competition Framework
• Identify gaps in provision and figure out who can
  help you plug the gaps
• Focus on sustainable development as well as
  necessary short-term interventions

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Why use a delivery system?

• Delivery system is just a way of working. Its
  not prescriptive, it can look completely
  different in different locations and include
  different partners
• Reduces inefficiencies and creates economies of
  scale
• Identifies and fills gaps in provision at a very
  local level - connects local delivery to strategy
  writers keeps it real!
• Shares best practice and expertise

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Effective Delivery Systems

• Support National Governing Bodies IN THE
  DEVELOPMENT OF THEIR STRATEGIES
• Deliver common goals
• Follow a national framework but meet local
  need/nuances. Flexibility is key

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Who can help you deliver?

• Facility providers (both private and public)
• Local Authorities
• HE/FE
• Third Sector Local Volunteer Alliances,
  Positive Futures etc
• Equity organisations (EFDS, WSF)
• Schools
• Sport Northern Ireland, scUK, Coaching Ireland

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Case Studies

• England Volleyball - concentrated development
  across the whole pathway in one county
  Lincolnshire. Then spread to surrounding counties
• England Golf identified the gap in their player
  pathway schools. Developed Tri-Golf and Golf
  Xtreme and engaged schools to help them deliver.
  Developed Golfmark in order to provide
  appropriate exit routes
• British Cycling identified that they needed a
  structure between World Class Programmes and
  Clubs. Developed the Olympic Talent Teams for
  young people regionally based

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Key Questions

• Where is the main focus of your activity?
• What are the priority areas for development?

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• Select one area and complete the following
• Define the pathway
• Define the key partners
• What is the role of the partners?

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• SUPPORTING ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT EFFECTIVE
  DELIVERY SYSTEMS
• Chair Robin Gregg, Sport Northern Ireland
• Cathy Partridge, Regional Talent Manager