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1
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What are the key personal factors that lead to the development of an an elite performer?

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  • Commitment and self discipline
  • Determination
  • Highly motivated
  • Willing to self sacrifice
  • High pain tolerance
  • High levels of self confidence
  • Highly skilled
  • High level of physical fitness
2
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What are the key social and cultural factors that lead to the development of an elite performer?

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  • High socio-economic status
  • Equal opportunities
  • Educational provision
  • Structured levels of competition to progress through
  • High levels of media coverage
3
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What three organisations are considered particularly important for elite performer progression?

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NGB’s, UK Sport and the English Insitute of Sport (EIS)

4
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What is the single focus of UK Sport?

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Developing high performance sport in the UK by creating strategies to increase the sporting excellence in the UK

5
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What is UK sport’s primary role?

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To invest and distribute National Lottery Funding for elite performer development.

6
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How does UK sport complete their objectives?

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  • Provide funding to NGB’s
  • Provide funding through an Elite Performance Award
  • Funds the EIS and Olympic preparation camps
  • Runs Talent ID programmes
7
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What does the EIS do?

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  • Provide services to NGB’s such as performance analysis and sports science
  • Team GB’s science, medicine and technology department
8
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What is the primary role of the EIS?

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To increase the probability of an elite athlete being successful by providing services

9
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How do the EIS achieve their aims?

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  • High performance centres- Bisham Abbey
  • Deliver training programmes to NGB’s
  • Sports science
  • Sports medicine
  • Performance lifestyle support
  • UK talent team
10
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Using the acronym SPORT what does the EIS provide?

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Sports science, Performance lifestyle programmes, Organisations work in partnership, Research and innovation, Top quality facilities and coaches

11
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How do NGB’s provide equal opportunity for all? (PAMPER)

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Positive role models, Accessible facilities, Meet government policies, Policies to for under represented groups, Employment of Sport Development Officers for under represented groups, Resources invested in inner city areas

12
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What is a whole sport plan?

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A business plan submitted to Sport England outlining NGB strategies to increase participation and enhance talent

13
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What is the Talent Identification programme?

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The multi-discipline screening of athletes in order to identify those with the potential to win medals and world titles.

14
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What are the reasons for using talent ID?

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  • all potential performers can be screened
  • Performers can be directed to sports that suit their talents
  • development process accelerated
  • Chance of producing medals is increased
  • They produce co-ordinated approach between organisations
15
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What makes a Talent ID programme effective? (TALENT)

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Testing facilities of a high standard, Analysis of performance using database, Links between organisations meaning co-ordinated approach, Equal opportunities for people to apply, National development Programmes to develop through, Talent spotting through high quality coaching

16
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What is a performance pathway team?

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A combination of EIS and UK sport expertise used to identify and develop world class talent

17
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What are the five main important areas of support for the identification and development of talent?

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. Pathway Frontline Technical Solutions
. Pathway education
. Pathway analytics
. Performance pathway Health Check
. Pathway strategy
18
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What is the Pathway Frontline Technical solutions?

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Designed to meet the specific needs of each sport when identifying and developing talent.

19
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What is pathway education?

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Provides educational opportunities for development coaches covering topics linked to elite performer development.

20
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What is pathway analytics?

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Gives sports the ability to measure the effectiveness of their performance pathways by using a range of diagnostic tools.

21
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What is the performance pathway health check?

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An important diagnostic tool- provides review of current systems in each sport and the long term vision and strategy fro elite development.

22
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What is the Pathway strategy?

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Designed to assist sports to develop and put in place a clear progressive pathway from Podium Foundation Level to Podium Level in sport.

23
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What are the two distinct levels which makes up the World Class Pathway for individuals on the World Class Performance Pathway?

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Podium and Podium Potential

24
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Explain the level Podium in the WCPP?

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Designed to support athletes with realistic medal winning capabilities at the next Olympics/Paralympics (Maximum 4 years away)

25
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Explain the level Podium Potential in the WCPP?

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Designed to help athletes who have a realistic chance of winning medals at subsequent Olympic/Paralympic games. (maximum of 8 years away)

26
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What is beneath podium potential? and explain.

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Talent Level- funding to athletes who have the potential to move into the world class pathway.

27
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What is the Gold event series?

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Works hard to bring 100 targeted international sporting events to the UK in the 10 years it has been operating (2013-2023).

28
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What are the objectives UK sport hopes to achieve as a result of hosting major international sporting events?

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.Supporting high performance success
. Creating high profile opportunities for people to engage in sport
. Using and demonstrating the legacy of London 2012 and Glasgow 2014
. Driving economic and social impacts for the UK