Elite Sport What, Who and How?
A definition An elite athlete is: Elite sport:
Who contributes to Elite Sport Development?
Talent Development & Elite Sport The Role of the Sports Councils
Sport England Some of the WSP funding used to support the initial development of talented young athletes
Other Ways that Sport England Contribute to Talent Development Invests in and works closely with a number of other partner organisations who are involved in supporting talented athletes
Sport England and UK Sport Work closely with UK Sport ensure that our approach and talent investment ties in with their Olympic and Paralympic World Class programmes for the Rio cycle and beyond.
The Role of UK Sport in the Development of Elite Sport Olympic & Paralympic Sports
UK Sport Main role?
UK Sport: Main Functions Investing a significant majority of its income into the World Class Performance Programme
World Class Performance Programme
WCPP Stages Podium Podium Potential
UK Sport: Main Functions Investing in a world-class support structure Research and Innovation
The English Institute of Sport
What do they do?
World Class Talent Identification The Performance Pathway Team is a collaboration between UK Sport and the English Institute of Sport (EIS). It supports World Class Programmes to identify and develop talented athletes and the construction of the underpinning support systems.
The work of the Performance Pathway Team focuses on supporting sports (NGB’s) to improve their systems of performance development through the following four work areas:
National Talent ID Programmes The UK Performance Pathway Team has run seven National athlete recruitment projects, which have assessed over 7,000 athletes all of whom were previously unknown to the UK World Class system and sports:
What about other Sports? Non-Olympic/Paralympic Sports: The Role of Sports Councils
Sport England Invest in three different sports at elite level: Support these sports because: