There are a number of external organisations that have a role in providing support and progression to performers moving from grass roots to elite level.

2. Overview
 There are a number of external organisations that have
a role in providing support and progression to
performers moving from grass roots to elite level.

3. Organisations
UK Sport
World class
Sports Aid performance
pathway
National
National
institutes of
Lottery
excellence
Organisations
BOA NGB’s
Sports Sport
Coach UK England

4. UK Sport
 The primary aim is the development of Britain's elite
athletes together with a countrywide policy for the
prevention and testing of doping and it is responsible
for attracting and running major sporting events.
 It is funded jointly by the government and lottery cash
worth £30million a yr. the money is used to either
support elite athletes directly or fund the back up
facilities they need such as medical care.

5. UK Sport
 A useful way of looking at the requirements of
developing world class athlete is the UK Sport’s
Anatomy of an Athlete. Outlined Below.
1. Talent ID – identifying talent.
2. Performance Lifestyle – deals with life as an athlete
3. Coaching - preparation
4. Research and Innovation - £1.5million per year
5. Sports Science and Medicine – injury prevention
6. Programme – world class performance programme

6. World Class Performance Pathway
 Operates on 3 levels
1. World Class Talent – this programme is designed to
support the identification and confirmation of athletes
who have the potential to progress through the World
Class pathway with the help of targeted investment.
2. World Class Development – this programme is
designed to support the stage of the pathway
immediately beneath the podium.
3. World Class Podium – This programme will support
sports with realistic medal capabilities at the next
Olympic games.

7. National Institutes of Excellence
 The aim of the UK sports institute is to provide elite
British sports people with the practical and
professional support needed to compete on the world
stage, each home country has its own institute.

8. The English Institute of Sport (EIS)
 The EIS is a nationwide network of world class support
services, designed to foster the talents of elite athletes in the UK.
 The range of services supplied by the EIS includes:
1. The primary services of Sports Science and Sports Medicine
2. Support including physiology, biomechanics, medical
consultation, medical screening, nutrition
advice, performance analysis, psychology etc.
3. The performance lifestyle programme which provides
supplementary career and education advice.
 The quality of the delivery is assured by the close relationship
the EIS is developing with NGB’s, performance directors, coaches
and the athletes themselves.
 Funded by Sport England lottery fund.

9. The Welsh Institute of Sport and
the Scottish Institute of Sport.
 Both the Welsh and Scottish institute of sport, have
the same role as the EIS, but for their respective
nations athletes.

10. National Governing Bodies (NGB’s)
 NGB’s are responsible for overseeing their own sport in the country. Some are big such as
the FA but others small such as the British Horseball Association.
 However, they all do have the same aims:
1. Establish rules and regs. in accordance with the international sport federation.
2. Organise competitions
3. Develop coaching awards and leadership schemes
4. Select teams for country or UK at international events
5. Liaise with relevant organisations such as Sport England, local clubs and the BOA.

11. Sport England
 Sport England is the government agency responsible for
developing a world class community sports system. It is
involved in the world class programme, academies and
institutes with sport college status. They are focused on
helping people and communities across the country, by
creating a sporting habitat for life.
 Its main objectives are to Create Opportunities, Nurture
and develop talent, provide right facilities in right
places, and to support local authorities.
 Sport England is working closely with the national
governing bodies of sport to deliver the new strategy and
will also build strong partnerships with local authorities.

12. Sport Wales/Scotland and
Northern Ireland
 They are all very similar to Sport England, in the way
that they create opportunities, help to nurture
talent, and provide facilities.

13. Sportscoach UK
 Provides a range of educational and advisory services
for all coaches, and works alongside the awards
schemes of the NGB’s.
 Sportscoach UK aims to lead and develop the national
standards of coaching, work with organisations such as
local authorities, NGB’s, The BOA and higher
education to improve the standards and professional
development of coaches, and finally provide high
quality education programmes, products and services.
 It achieves its aims through Coachwise, UK Coaching
Framework and the UK Coaching Certificate.

14. British Olympic Association (BOA)
 The British Olympic Association’s (BOA) mission is to transform
British lives through the power of the Olympic values and the success
of Team GB.
 The BOA’s principal role is to prepare and lead our nation’s finest
athletes at the summer, winter and youth Olympic Games. Working
with the National Governing Bodies, the BOA selects Team GB from
the best sportsmen and women who will go on to compete in the 26
summer and 7 winter Olympic sports at the greatest sporting
competition in the world.
 The BOA is independent and privately funded. We receive no funding
from the lottery or government and have no political interests. The
success of our mission is entirely dependent upon the income we
receive from our fundraising and events. The BOA is the
strong, independent voice for British Olympic Sport and is responsible
for promoting the Olympic Movement throughout the UK.

15. BOA Cont.
 The BOA runs various programmes and facilities to meet the needs of Team GB
athletes throughout the four yr. Olympic cycle.
1. Olympic medical institute – means Team GB have access to the best
medical advice whenever needed
2. Olympic training centre – provides world class training facilities
3. Olympic and Paralympic employment network – assists athletes to find
careers after they retire
4. Performance lifestyle – assists athletes when mixing social life and their
sport
5. Olympic passport scheme – gives athletes reduced cost entrance into
sports clubs
6. Athlete medical scheme – provides medical cover to all team GB athletes
7. BritishOlympians.com – finds commercial appearances to raise awareness
for Team GB athletes.
8. Coral Beach Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus – the BOA’s winter training centre, or
warm weather acclimatisation.

16. National Lottery
 The National Lottery simply provides most of the
funding for elite and grass roots sports in the UK. It
gives money to all of the NGB’s who request it. The
NGB’s then decide where it goes. This money goes on
developing elite performers, helping to stage major
sporting events. E.g. the National Lottery put £ 1.5
Billion into the London 2012 Olympics.

17. Sports Aid
 Established to enable top amateur athletes to train
with similar privileges enjoyed by state sponsored
athletes abroad. Simply it gives grants to athletes that
show potential but can’t pay for training to make they
elite.