Targets for Athlete Performance and the Sport System

More documents

Recommendations

Info

• For Winter Olympic sports, Canada consistently places in the top 3 nations in the medal count, with the goal being to finish 1 st in the 2010 Vancouver/Whistler Winter Olympic Games • For Summer Olympic Sports, Canada consistently places in the top 8 nations in the medal count by 2012 • For Winter Paralympic sports, Canada consistently places in the top 3 nations in the gold medal count by 2010 • For Summer Paralympic sports, Canada consistently places in the top 3 nations in the gold medal count by 2012 The Paralympic medal count is not so easily tracked due to the ongoing evolution of the classification system and the number of sports and events. These targets are nevertheless challenging stretch targets for the Canadian Paralympic movement. Targets for Athlete Performance It is recommended that the entire sport system take a Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) approach. This will require an increase of both investment and coordination by the various funding partners to achieve the performance targets above. It is further recommended that the collaborative sport review process undertaken by the national funding partners (COC, Sport Canada, CODA, Vancouver Legacies Now) be used as the basis for validating the performance targets above via a process to set specific sport by sport athlete performance targets. In addition, this process should be used to identify other key performance indicators which will demonstrate progress toward the national targets. These could include such things as the number of sports winning medals, the number of Top 8 performances, etc.. The Canadian Targets need to be supported by concomitant P/T athlete development targets established using a similar sport review process. These could include measures such as number of athletes placed on an Olympic/Paralympic team, number of medallists on an Olympic/Paralympic team, etc. Targets for the Sport System There are numerous sport system development targets that need to be established. Three main areas of key performance indicators or targets for the Canadian sport system were identified as being important including: 1. Managing Knowledge, Learning, and Innovation 2. Core Sport System Activities 3. Athlete and Coach Satisfaction While a list of possible components of the sport system, which will need to be addressed, is included in this report, the actual setting of the key performance indicators is proposed to be left to the same collaborative sport review process noted above. Canada has most of the components of a successful sport system. What it lacks at present is leadership, coordination, and accountability. Athlete Performance and Sport System Targets, Evaluation, and Investment Page v
F-T/P Initiatives Research on international sport development systems has identified 10 common characteristics of successful international sport systems. The Canadian Sport System experiences significant gaps in 9 of these 10 characteristics when measured against international best practices. Priority areas for action and F-P/T initiatives have been identified to address the gaps in both the operational elements and policy elements of the Canadian Sport System. From a program or operational perspective, the following are proposals of what Canada must do to achieve success in the various characteristics. F-P/T Program Recommendations 1. Comprehensive Planning for Each Sport’s Needs Canada must lead and participate in both domestic and international sport policy and applied sport research. 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 in the areas of innovation in athlete training, preparation for competition and equipment development. Research 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 A common taxonomy for long term athlete level is required so that there is a common understanding of terms like Age Group High Performance, or Development level athlete and the associated talent milestones, training and competition needs at each level. The Sport Fit generic talent identification system for winter sports in B.C. should be expanded nationwide and include summer sports. Sport specific talent identification and monitoring systems must also be developed. Existing technology must be used to facilitate communication between NSOs, PSOs, clubs and athletes to encourage participation and monitor progress. 3. Facilities Canada needs to evolve the current Canadian Sport Centre network to develop a facilitybased Sport Institute Network that balances the need for athlete access with economies of scale. A separate infrastructure envelope for facility development for high performance should be created to engage municipal, provincial/territorial and federal government collaboration. Finally, the hosting legacies of international championships, major games, the Canada Games and Provincial Games should be examined with a view to ensuring 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 Canada needs to use the new national and regional sport institutes to create a world class environment of excellence in which its athletes can train. Prerequisites for this will include world class athletes, world class coaching, world class facilities and equipment, sport science support, competition, residence facilities and meal options for both NSO and PSO athletes who have Athlete Performance and Sport System Targets, Evaluation, and Investment Page vi
Page 1 and 2: Targets for Athlete Performance and
Page 3 and 4: Action #2: Priority Areas for Actio
Page 5: Executive Summary The mandate of Fe
Page 9 and 10: the hope of achieving results when
Page 11 and 12: 3. Establish a Canadian High Perfor
Page 13 and 14: Introduction and Mandate Canadian S
Page 15 and 16: • Face to face small group and on
Page 17 and 18: mask this impact somewhat. However,
Page 19 and 20: Figure 7 shows that the federal fun
Page 21 and 22: The key message here is that while
Page 23 and 24: important provider of facilities in
Page 25 and 26: Anti-doping controls Planned goals
Page 27 and 28: Based on international sport system
Page 29 and 30: • Provide recommendations for str
Page 31 and 32: The objective of developing ‘stre
Page 33 and 34: Analysis of Performance Required to
Page 35 and 36: Winter Paralympics: These were the
Page 37 and 38: The current Sport Review Process is
Page 39 and 40: The appendix presents characteristi
Page 41 and 42: In the fall of 2002, the Commission
Page 43 and 44: Group High Performance or Developme
Page 45 and 46: Recommendations: The desired action
Page 47 and 48: with medal potential, an amount tha
Page 49 and 50: Realistic targets for participation
Page 51 and 52: Recommendations: The desired action
Page 53 and 54: Table 3: Priority Actions and F-P/T
Page 55 and 56: Table 4: Priority Actions and F-P/T
Page 57 and 58:
• Ability to provide direct or en
Page 59 and 60:
Several sports indicate that they u
Page 61 and 62:
Targets for Athlete Performance •
Page 63 and 64:
5. Competitive Programs with Intern
Page 65 and 66:
• The HPSC should include 7-10 hi
Page 67 and 68:
References Chalip, L. Johnson, A.,
Page 69 and 70:
Appendix A: Analytical Framework fo
Page 71 and 72:
The SRC proceeded through the list
Page 73 and 74:
AGE GROUP HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVELOPM
Page 75 and 76:
AGE GROUP HIGH PERFORMANCE DEVELOPM
Page 77 and 78:
Appendix D: Implementation Status o
Page 79 and 80:
New recommendation for Sport Canada
Page 81 and 82:
Able Bodied Provincial Level • Mu
Page 83 and 84:
• The proposed $35 million from f
Page 85 and 86:
Nat'l Slalom - Og - Prov Softball O
Page 87 and 88:
Appendix F: Perceptual Map of Sport
Page 89 and 90:
USA (USOC) Australia Canada Finland
show all

Targets for Athlete Performance and the Sport System

Create successful ePaper yourself

Delete template?

Save as template?