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Local Study. 1000 word essay outlining your sport in the local community. Begin with an overview of your sport Numbers of people playing Numbers of clubs Leagues & facilities available Levels within the pyramid. Grass Roots Provision.
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Local Study 1000 word essay outlining your sport in the local community
Begin with an overview of your sport • Numbers of people playing • Numbers of clubs • Leagues & facilities available • Levels within the pyramid Grass Roots Provision
What is happening to your sport at local schools – focus on John Warner & feeder primaries • What facilities do they use - Are they used by the community as well? Provision at local schools
Description of the club • Facts regarding funding – match fees & subs • Where do members train & play • Where does the club fit into the performance pyramid • Have any external agencies helped the club • Has there been any lottery funding Provision at One Local Club
The Public sector – owned & run by local councils • The private Sector – Owned & run by commercial companies • The voluntary Sector – owned & run by volunteers Facilities & opportunities in the 3 key sectors
Usually National programmes developed by your Governing body – but delivered locally – Programmes designed to encourage young people to start the sport • Award schemes for young participants – Badges and certificates young people can be tested on & try to collect • ? Local schemes run for older participants Schemes & Programmes in your sport
Golf – Tri golf, Golf Xtreme, Junior Golf Passport www.golf-foundation.org • Netball – High 5, Netball Skills Awards www.englandnetball.co.uk • Hockey – Quicksticks www.playquicksticks.co.uk StixSkills Awards bbc.co.uk/sportsacademy • Skiing – English Ski Council www.englishski.org Snowlife www.snowlife.org.uk BASI www.basi.org.uk • Football – Futsal www.futsaluk.netwww.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball California Raisin Award Scheme www.esfa.co.uk/competitions/awards • Cricket – Chance to Shine www.chancetoshine.org ASDA Kwick cricket skills awards www.ecb.co.uk/development • Athletics – Star Track www.uka.org.uk ESAA Award Scheme www.esaa.net/awardinfo Examples of Schemes & Programmes
You need to produce & explain pathways of development for each of the roles: • Player/Performer • Leader • Official for your chosen sport – These will be national pathways developed by your governing body, but you need to make them local. Performer Development
What are the opportunities for disabled participants in your local area? • Are there specific clubs available – or do existing clubs offer opportunities for disabled participants? • How well do local facilities cater for disabled participants? • How does this compare to the National picture? Provision for disabled participants
General - http://www.efds.co.uk/ • - http://www.sportinherts.org.uk/disabilitysport/ • - http://www.sportengland.org/support__advice/playground_to_podium.aspx • Zone Hockey - http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=84§ionTitle=Zone+Hockey • Disabled Golf - http://www.disabledgolfsociety.com/ • Disability Netball - http://www.englandnetball.co.uk/get-involved/equality-in-netball/disability-netball • Disability Cricket - http://www.ecb.co.uk/development/disability-cricket/ • British Ski Club for the Disabled - http://www.bscd.org.uk/ • Disability Football - http://www.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball/GetIntoFootballPages/Disability%20Football • Disability Athletics - http://www.englandathletics.org/page.asp?section=1095§ionTitle=
Is your sport open to all participants (regardless of gender) • Is there a gender bias • Are there any specific clubs targeting gender issues • How does the local area compare to the National picture Gender issues related to your sport
Women’s Sports Foundation: • www.womenssportfoundation.org • Women’s Golf - http://www.lgu.org/ • Women’s Cricket -http://www.womenscricket.net/ • Women’ Football - http://www.thefa.com/GetIntoFootball/Players/PlayersPages/WomensAndGirls • Women’s Skiing – • Men’s Netball – Mixed Netball ‘http://www.ucl.ac.uk/~uczcw11/mixednet.htm • Athletics – • Hockey – ‘Back to Hockey’ - http://englandhockey.co.uk/page.asp?section=803§ionTitle=Back+To+Hockey
How easy was it to find the information you needed? • Who/what were your best sources of information? • What are the strengths /weaknesses of your work? • What would you do differently? • Are there any areas of your study which ‘surprised’ or disappointed you? Conclusion