Transcript PROVINCIAL SPORTS ACADEMY’S

PROVINCIAL ACADEMY
of SPORT
WESTERN CAPE SPORT
COUNCIL
JULY 2010
INTRODUCTION
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SASCOC
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SRSA
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WECSA
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Challenges
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Conclusion
SASCOC’S ROLE
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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
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Delivery of Competent and well
representative Team South Africa in Multicoded events.
Identify and develop Key Strategic
Partnerships
SRSA ROLE
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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, evidencebased 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.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY SYSTEM
FREE STATE
ACADEMY
WESTERN CAPE
ACADEMY
EASTERN CAPE
ACADEMY
NORTHERN CAPE
ACADEMY
National
Academy of
Sport
GAUTENG
ACADEMY
LIMPOPO
ACADEMY
KWAZULU
NATAL
ACADEMY
NORTH WEST
ACADEMY
MPUMALANGA
ACADEMY
Together, committed towards
nurturing excellence in sport
Vision
MISSION STATEMENT
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.
OBJECTIVES
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To contribute to the development of a
provincial and national long term strategic
plan for high performance sport in the
Province and South Africa
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To maintain a financially secure organization
funded by government and nongovernmental sources
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To ensure adequate administrative support
and financial controls are in place
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To enhance the level of performance of
talented athletes in the Province
OBJECTIVES
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
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SPORTS CODES
ATHLETICS
SWIMMING
BADMINTON
GYMNASTICS
VOLLEYBALL
NETBALL
WEIGHTLIFTING
ICE SKATING
SERVICES
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TID
Coaching
Support for Performance squads
Education & Training
Life skills
Training camps
Sports Science & medicine support
Preparation
Profile
Sport
Number of
Athletes
HDA
Women
Age
Athletics
50
30
25
14 - 24
Badminton
15
6
5
15 - 25
1
1
1
Gymnastics
10
9
8
12 - 24
Netball
40
11
40
21-36
Netball TID
22
22
22
12 – 15
Swimming
23
15
9
12-17
Volleyball
48
30
24
Weightlifting
13-14
18 - 23
SUCCESSES
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Athletics –Taariq Solomons, Sonja van der Merwe,
Stacy Gardiner
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Badminton – Andries Malan, Stacy Doubell, Debbi
Godfrey, James Mcmanus
Gymnastics – Ray Meas, Rachel Wood, Mathew Levy
 Volleyball – Indoor National Men & Women team 50%
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Clinton Stemmet, Grant Goldschmidt
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Netball – NNL, Liezel Wium, Christine Markgraaf & Kay
Barron
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Swimming – Lyle Aloile, Zaahir Gamiet, Valentino
Vergotine, Peggy de Villiers
CHALLENGES
These moderate performance can be attributed to a number of
factors:
 A lack of international exposure
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Geographical distribution (location) of athletes
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Access to support services
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Lack of sports co-ordination at all levels (community,
provincial, national)
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Social challenges (unemployment, poverty, crime, health
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Insufficient funding to enable sustainable development
Threats
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Governance
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Resources
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DCAS
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Programme alignment
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Responsibilities of stakeholders
WECSA CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK
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ENVIRONMENTAL INPUTS
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ORGANISATION STRATEGY/VISION
TRAINING AND DEVELOPMENT
INITIATIVES
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PLAYER DEVELOPMENT
COACHING DEVELOPMENT
ADMINISTRATION/MANAGEMENT
TECHNICAL OFFICIATING
METHODOLOGY
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PERFORMANCE SQUADS
SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
TALENT IDENTIFICATION
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SCHOOL SPORTS
MASS PARTICIPATION
SPORTS FEDERATION
LIFESKILLS PROGRAMME
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SPORTS EDUCATION AND TRAINING
SPORTS FEDERATION
ACADEMIC INSTITUTIONS
DEVELOPMENT CONTINUUM/TRANSITIONAL PATH
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The stages of Development
Training for top-level performanceTRAINING
20
End of Growth
18
17
16
Adolescence 2nd
phase
Training for
performance
15
14
12
11
2nd phase
Age
2nd growth
“Peak”
10
9
8
7
School
1st phase
6
Pre-school age
1st growth
“peak”
4
3
2
1
Early childhood/
toddlers
Golden age
of
Childhood
Basic Training
Initiation
Discovery
Modified Sport
5
“Golden Age”
of learning
Training to build
and shape the
player for the
future
Pre-training
13
Puberty
1st phase
Training for toplevel performance
Training
19
WINNING FORMULA
Video Analyst
Sports Physician
Specialist Coaches
Coaches
Educators
Physiotherapist
Players
Dietician
Biokineticist
Psychologist
Institutions/
Partners
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