1. Elite Sport
What, Who and How?

2. A definition
An elite athlete is:
Elite sport:

3. Who contributes to Elite Sport Development?

4. Talent Development & Elite Sport
The Role of the Sports Councils

5. Sport England
Some of the WSP funding used to support the initial development of talented young athletes

6. 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

7. 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.

8. The Role of UK Sport in the Development of Elite Sport
Olympic & Paralympic Sports

9. UK Sport
Main role?

10. UK Sport: Main Functions
Investing a significant majority of its income into the World Class Performance Programme

11. World Class Performance Programme

12. WCPP Stages
Podium
Podium Potential

13. UK Sport: Main Functions
Investing in a world-class support structure
Research and Innovation

14. The English Institute of Sport

15. What do they do?

16. 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.

17. 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:

18. 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:

19. What about other Sports?
Non-Olympic/Paralympic Sports:
The Role of Sports Councils

20. Sport England Invest in three different sports at elite level:
Support these sports because: