1. Elite Sport
What, Who and How?

2. Learning Outcomes To develop a better understanding of:
What elite sport is
Who UK Sport are and what they do
The UK Institute of Sport’s role in elite sport
Talent Development
The World Class Programme
Elite development of non-Olympic sports

3. A definition
What is an elite athlete?
What is elite sport?

4. Who contributes to Elite Sport Development?
Govt (DCMS/WAG)
BOA/BPA
UK Sport
National Institutes of Sport
NGB’s
Sports Councils
Sports Coach UK
Sports Aid
Youth Sport Trust
Private Sector Companies

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

6. UK Sport
Who are they and what do they do?

7. UK Sport: Main Functions
Investing a significant majority of its income into the World Class Programme
Investing in a world-class support structure
Research and Innovation

8. World Class Performance Programme
To ensure that the UK’s most talented athletes have every chance of realising their potential, UK Sport has created the World Class Performance Programme.
The Programme covers all summer Olympic and Paralympic sports, together with the high-performing winter Olympic sports and operates at two distinct levels:

9. 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.

10. 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:
Sporting Giants
Girls 4 Gold
Pitch to Podium

11. WCPP Stages
Podium - supporting athletes with realistic medal winning capabilities at the next Olympic/Paralympic Games (i.e. a maximum of four years away from the podium)
Podium Potential – comprising of athletes whose performances have suggested that they have realistic medal winning capabilities for 2020 and newly funded sports that are demonstrating the ability to be competitive by 2020

12. The English Institute of Sport

13. What do they do?

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

15. Sport England Invest in three different sports at elite level:
What are they?
In the period from they will provide £8 million in total to help these sports deliver their elite programmes.
Reasons to support these sports?

16. Summary This session has provided an overview of:
UK Sport and their role in elite sport
UK Institute of Sport
Talent Identification & how it links to the World Class Programme
How non-Olympic sports are developed at an elite level