1. PROVINCIAL ACADEMY of SPORT WESTERN CAPE SPORT COUNCIL JULY 2010

2. INTRODUCTION  SASCOC  SRSA  WECSA  Challenges  Conclusion

3. SASCOC’S ROLE SASCOC’S ROLE Mandate is High Performance Delivery - Develop Talent identification, Talent Development Systems that are of high standard with the global arena. - Produce high quality athletes or world- class sports women and men. - Develop world-class Coaching System - Create well structured pathways that are measurable. National Academy System Delivery of Competent and well representative Team South Africa in Multi- coded events. Identify and develop Key Strategic Partnerships

4. SRSA ROLE Primary Objective: The creation of a National Scientific Support system to ensure the utilization and application of scientific principles for talent identification, development and elite athlete preparation. Secondary Objectives: Identify talented athletes through the use of best-practice, evidence- based methods. Ensure that systems exist which will provide these talented athletes with the maximum opportunity for personal and sporting development, including access to world class coaching services. Utilize science and educational services to develop a population of coaches who are qualified, informed and sufficiently motivated to commit to the development and upliftment of the afore-mentioned athletes. Ensure that those athletes identified as having talent and working under the supervision of qualified coaches have access to world class scientific support services and interventions, including medical, psychological, and nutritional services.

5. NATIONAL ACADEMY SYSTEM National Academy of Sport FREE STATE ACADEMY NORTHERN CAPE ACADEMY GAUTENG ACADEMY LIMPOPO ACADEMY MPUMALANGA ACADEMY NORTH WEST ACADEMY KWAZULU NATAL ACADEMY EASTERN CAPE ACADEMY WESTERN CAPE ACADEMY

6. Vision Together, committed towards nurturing excellence in sport

7. To provide professional support services to assist athletes, coaches, technical officials and administrators at the top level of the sports development continuum in the various Provinces; and particularly to develop those athletes with elite potential from the disadvantaged backgrounds. MISSION STATEMENT

8. To contribute to the development of a provincial and national long term strategic plan for high performance sport in the Province and South Africa To maintain a financially secure organization funded by government and non- governmental sources To ensure adequate administrative support and financial controls are in place To enhance the level of performance of talented athletes in the Province OBJECTIVES

9. To facilitate a change in the demographic composition of provincial and national teams to be more representative of the South African population To ensure a holistic approach is taken toward the development of athletes and coaches To enhance the education of individuals and groups by means of training opportunities to coaches, administrators and technical officials Raise the profile of the Academy and its athletes and coaches OBJECTIVES

10. SPORTS CODES ATHLETICS SWIMMING BADMINTON GYMNASTICS VOLLEYBALL NETBALL WEIGHTLIFTING ICE SKATING

11. SERVICES TID Coaching Support for Performance squads Education & Training Life skills Training camps Sports Science & medicine support Preparation

12. Profile SportNumber of Athletes HDAWomenAge Athletics 50302514 - 24 Badminton 156515 - 25 Weightlifting 111 Gymnastics 109812 - 24 Netball 40114021-36 Netball TID 22 12 – 15 Swimming 2315912-17 Volleyball 483024 13-14 18 - 23

13. SUCCESSES Athletics – Taariq Solomons, Sonja van der Merwe, Stacy Gardiner Badminton – Andries Malan, Stacy Doubell, Debbi Godfrey, James Mcmanus Gymnastics – Ray Meas, Rachel Wood, Mathew Levy Volleyball – Indoor National Men & Women team 50% Clinton Stemmet, Grant Goldschmidt Netball – NNL, Liezel Wium, Christine Markgraaf & Kay Barron Swimming – Lyle Aloile, Zaahir Gamiet, Valentino Vergotine, Peggy de Villiers

14. CHALLENGES These moderate performance can be attributed to a number of factors:  A lack of international exposure  Geographical distribution (location) of athletes  Access to support services  Lack of sports co-ordination at all levels (community, provincial, national)  Social challenges (unemployment, poverty, crime, health  Insufficient funding to enable sustainable development

15. Threats Governance Resources DCAS Programme alignment Responsibilities of stakeholders

16. ENVIRONMENTAL INPUTS (LEGISLATION,STAKEHOLDERS,etc.) ORGANISATION STRATEGY/VISION TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT INITIATIVES METHODOLOGY  PLAYER DEVELOPMENT  COACHING DEVELOPMENT  ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT  TECHNICAL OFFICIATING  PERFORMANCE SQUADS  SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING TALENT IDENTIFICATION  SCHOOL SPORTS  MASS PARTICIPATION  SPORTS FEDERATION LIFESKILLS PROGRAMME  SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING  SPORTS FEDERATION  ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS DEVELOPMENT CONTINUUM/TRANSITIONAL PATH WECSA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK

17. The stages of Development Training for top-level performanceTRAINING 20 19 18 17 16 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Adolescence 2 nd phase Puberty 1 st phase 2 nd phase Age School 1 st phase Pre-school age Early childhood/ toddlers End of Growth 2 nd growth “Peak” 1 st growth “peak” Training for top- level performance Training for performance Training to build and shape the player for the future Basic Training InitiationDiscovery Modified Sport Pre-training Training “Golden Age” of learning Golden age of Childhood

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

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