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than innovation, with respect to the cutting edge equipment research and innovation that is required to be internationally competitive. The result is that Canada risks losing ground in many sports that are equipment intensive (speed skating, bobsleigh, canoe, kayak, rowing etc). Data regarding athlete results, training, and competition is not collected and shared in a systematic way. Knowledge management, the cornerstone of the new economy, and the new area of international sport, is an area in which Canada is particularly weak. Recommendations: The desired actions and outcomes in this area require centralized planning and the involvement of NSOs, PSOs, and the F-P/T funding partners. Canada must lead and participate in domestic and international sport policy research. It also needs to identify, prioritize, and invest in Applied Sport Research (ASR) themes, with the research being coordinated through the Canadian Sport Centres. Applied Sport Research Institutes (ASRI) in each of the three general areas below should be created and funded: • ASRI for Resistance and Friction (skating, bobsleigh, luge, skeleton, skiing applications) • ASRI for Endurance (athletics, cycling, triathlon, cross country skiing applications) • ASRI for Speed and Power (athletics, hockey, basketball, skating, diving applications) Sport organizations, and the national funding partners should partner with universities and major Canadian research funding agencies to create a capacity for applied sport science research. The research then must be used for innovation in athlete training, preparation for competition and equipment development. Data regarding athlete results, performance and training should be collected in a systematic way and integrated telecommunications technology should be used to manage the knowledge and share it across the sport system so that it can be used for intervention in training, preparation for competition and equipment development. 2. Talent Identification and Athlete Monitoring An effective system for the statistical identification and monitoring of the progress of talented and elite athletes exists in the successful international sport nations. Australia, for example, has a program in which children undergo systematic voluntary general athletic ability testing in the schools. The Sport Search program is used to identify children (9-12 yrs old) with athletic ability. A second program, Talent Search, involves more sport specific testing at the older age groups (12-15) and has the objective of identifying young athletes with sport specific abilities. The province of BC has developed a generic talent identification system for winter sport (Sport Fit) that has involved voluntary general athletic ability testing of approximately 2,000 children to date and a database of the results has been created. Other than the system in BC, there is a lack of a system for the identification of general athletic ability and sport specific talent in Canada. For many sports, there is only a small pool of talented athlete which rise to the top via completely random chance of a young athlete or their parents enrolling in the correct sport. Recommendations: The desired actions and outcomes in this area require coordinated planning and the involvement of NSOs, PSOs, and the F-P/T funding partners. First, a common taxonomy for athlete level is required so that there is a common understanding of terms like Age Athlete Performance and Sport System Targets, Evaluation, and Investment Page 30
Group High Performance or Development level athlete, and the associated talent milestones, training and competition needs at each level. Second, the Sport Fit generic talent identification system needs to be expanded nationwide and to include summer sports. This should involve systematic voluntary testing in the school system and the creation of a national data base that can be used to identify athletic potential. The national testing program might involve other Federal (Health Canada) and Provincial/Territorial (Health and Education) ministries. Furthermore, sport specific talent identification and monitoring systems must be developed. Finally, existing technology must be used to facilitate communication between NSOs, PSOs, clubs and athletes to encourage participation and monitor progress. 3. Facilities Successful sporting nations have well developed and specific facilities with priority access for elite athletes. For example, the Institute National de Sport et Education Physique (INSEP) in France, The United States Olympic Committee training centres, and the AIS in Australia provide priority access to a network of world class multi sport facilities for high performance athletes and coaches. In Canada, there are no facility based training centres or institutes, except Calgary for winter sports and to a degree Montreal, where access to facilities can be restricted depending on the NSOs ability to pay for athlete access. Select sport specific facilities are available to specific training groups, however, for example the rowing training centre in Victoria, Hockey Canada complex in Calgary, etc. The current practice of awarding the hosting of the Canada Games in smaller and sometimes remote communities further complicates this problem because the facility legacies are left in communities where there are low concentrations of high performance athletes with training needs and demands. Recommendations: The desired actions and outcomes in this area require coordinated planning and the involvement of the NSOs, CSCs, F-P/T funding partners, the Federal Government infrastructure program, municipalities and the Vancouver/Whistler Organizing Committee of the Olympic Games (VOCOC). Canada needs to develop a facility-based Sport Institute Network that balances the need for athlete access with economies of scale. A separate envelope for high performance sport infrastructure within the existing infrastructure program should be created. Finally, the hosting legacies of international championships, major games, the Canada Games and Provincial Games should be examined and revised to ensure facility legacies are located in communities where they are accessible to a large number of high performance athletes. 4. Cultures of Excellence and Sport Institutes Nations that experience consistent international success in sport create cultures of excellence by providing sport services where members of the team, which include athletes, coaches, sport scientists and members of the medical support service staff, interact. Essentially, this builds on the facilities issue discussed above. The INSEP in France, USOC training centres in the US and the AIS in Australia bring together athletes, coaches, sport scientists and medical support personnel in a multi-sport training facility, or network of sport institutes. Athletes reside at the centre, have access to meal services and other living and training support services. Academic Athlete Performance and Sport System Targets, Evaluation, and Investment Page 31
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