Vision

1. Vision “Together, committed nurturing excellence in sport”

2. ACADEMIES“Sport Academies remain to be the main integral part of sport development process, the enhancement and support of them remain critical.”

3. NATIONAL ACADEMY SYSTEM

4. Our Goal Provide arealistic level of support services for Western Cape athletes

5. In order to develop a strategy the current and recent historical situation should be reviewed Where are we at?

7. Budget 2012/13

8. Regional Academy Budget 2012/13

9. Funding – relationship to performance • Most important resource for sporting success • Direct correlation between funding and performance • Prioritization of funds

10. Idealistic Actual Realistic

11. Idealistic • International best practice • Administrative support • Full time head coaches for all sports • Support services (physiology, strength and conditioning, physiotherapy, massage, medicine, psychology, nutrition, biomechanics, vision) • Life skills, athlete career and education counselling • Travel and accommodation assistance Training and competition equipment and uniforms • World class facilities • Hostel accommodation for residential athletes, training camps Athlete centred, coach driven, administratively supported

12. Best practice support service usage Physiology S & C Physiotherapy Medical Massage

13. Budget - Operational • Does not include facilities, equipment • Admin staffing – 800K • Admin other – 350K • Coaching – elite (8 FT) 1,600K • Coaching – TID (10 PT) -500K • Athlete support – (8 FT, 2 PT) 1.6 • Training transport – 400K • Equipment – 800K • Clothing – 200K • Training camps – 2mil • National competition – 1mil • Residential component – 1mill TOTAL – R10.25 million Residential Admin Camps Coaching Equipment Athlete support Transport

14. Actual • Operationalplan (not strategic) • Financially driven • Part time coaches • One staff member dedicated to physiology and S & C • Independent service providers for other areas (only for limited athletes, reactive not proactive) • No massage • Limited transport support • Very limited travel and competition assistance • Facilities challenge • No hostel accommodation

15. Satellite hubs • Service elite athletes in region • Focus on talent programs • West Coast • Full time coordinator • Service provision by central staff • Other service providers as needed • Rural sport competency centre • Central residential facility for training camps • SWD • Based in Oudtshoorn • Full time coordinator • Service providers on fee for service basis • Central residential facility for training camps

16. Realistic – where we want to get to • 10 year plan to move SA sport forward • National support and lobbying • Virtual national academy • Prioritised sports • NF high performance plans, long term, TID • Coaching and high performance managers at national level – program drivers

17. National high performance plans • NFs specify centres of excellence in the provinces (flexible) • National funds directed to PAs to support these athletes • Provincial funds allocated to development of provincial level athletes (SA Games, TID and feeder programs) • PAs would receive two tiers of funding, from Team SA for elite athletes and from provincial government for provincial athletes)

18. Venue requirements - WECSA • Ideal location for offices • Meeting rooms • Lecture hall • All purpose training facility • Strength and conditioning facility • Hostel accommodation/access • Sports House

19. Facility requirements • Athletics – OK • Badminton – adequate (floor surface) • Gymnastics – OK • Netball – adequate (need for indoor) • Swimming – OK • Volleyball - OK

20. Program expansion • Additional sports • Additional TID programs • Sport School linkage • Regional satellites

21. Sport codes SASCOC A • Athletics • Cycling • Swimming • Rowing • Canoeing Paralympic • Athletics • Cycling • Equestrian • Swimming SASCOC “B” • Football • Netball • Volleyball • Boxing • Rugby • Hockey • Table tennis • Cricket SRSA • 16 Codes • (Tennis, Gymnastics, Softball, Basketball, Chess, Handball)

22. Possible additions ELITE • Boxing • Canoeing • Wrestling • Table Tennis • TID • Athletics • Gymnastics • Cycling • Rowing • Canoeing • Sailing • Baseball • Bowls

23. School sport linkage • Various sites in Western Cape • Individual sport focus • Funding of coaches in schools • TID in catchment areas • Hostel accommodation- training camps and small residential component

24. Coaching - elite Part timeFull time • Athletics • Swimming • Canoeing • Netball • Gymnastics • Boxing • Football • Badminton • Volleyball

25. Roles & Responsibilities • SASCOC Main driver, promote & develop HP • Federations Talent ID, Specific technical expertise • Tertiary Institutions Scientific support & research • WECSA funding, coordination, guide & implement • Municipalities Provision &Maintenance of facilities

26. FLOWCHART/ PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT Schools Clubs RA PA NA

27. The stages of DevelopmentTraining for top-level performanceTRAINING Training End of Growth Pre-training 2nd growth “Peak” “Golden Age” of learning 1st growth “peak” Modified Sport Golden age of Childhood

28. Challenges • Governance • Resources • Partnerships/stakeholders • Programme alignment • Geographical distribution (location) of athletes • Office accommodation • Social challenges • Insufficient funding

29. WINNING FORMULA Video Analyst Sports Physician Specialist Coaches Coaches Educators Physiotherapist Players Dietician Biokineticist Institutions/ Partners Psychologist

30. THANK YOU wayne@wecsa.co.za 082 5620642 021 483 9645