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T O D A Y ’ S O V E R V I E W

•What is SportTayside & Fife?

•Where were we this time last year?

•Time to review?

•The current picture

•SportTayside & Fife Priorities - What do they mean?

•CoachingTayside & Fife Highlights

•Looking Ahead…

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W H A T I S S p o r t T a y s i d e & F i f e ?•Previously known as TSDG

•Tayside Sports Development Group

•Core Funding Partners

•sportscotland, Angus, Dundee City, Perth & Kinross Councils, P

& K Leisure

•Work closely with respective Local Sports Councils

•NGBs, Clubs, Volunteers, TFIS, Universities and Colleges

•Nine Focus sports/Four Priority 1 sports

•Athletics, Basketball, Girls’ & Women’s Football and Hockey - wider development of

the sports

•Planning - Sports Specific DOs

•Five Priority 2 Sports + Generic Coach DO

•Badminton, Cricket, Rugby, Swimming and Tennis

•IMPACT programme/CoachingTayside

•In partnership with Development Groups

T I M E L A S T Y E A R ?

W H E R E W E R E W E T H I S

•NGBs, clubs, coaches and volunteers & Fife

•IMPACT review to shape future thinking

•Cause and effect

T I M E T O R E V I E W ?

•Greater investment towards Sports Partnerships - National Pilot

•Allowed for critical assessment

•LTPD/Academies – dedicated resources to support potential performance athletes

I M P A C T R E V I E W

M O V I N G F O R W A R D

•Strength and Weaknesses

•Can we do things better?

•Prioritisation of sports/Tayside/Fife to be explored/Consultation with agencies

•Let’s look at the success factors!

Improving Performance and Coaching in Tayside

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•Core Sports Identified

Athletics, Gymnastics, Swimming – Fundamental LTPD

Golf, Rugby to also contribute to the pathway

Girls’ & Women’s Football as a pilot sport

Basketball, Hockey – Local and Regionally identified as sports that can add value to the

partnership

•Sports Specific Development Managers

Investment towards coaching/clubs – Dev. Manager

Fife secured as partner in line with AIS boundaries

Closer working with TFIS

T H E C U R R E N T P I C T U R E . . .

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S p o r t T a y s i d e & F i f e P R I O R I T I E S

•Sports Specific/Partnership Development

•Active Schools/Educational Departments

•Education & Training

•Regional Facilities Strategy

•Facility access, cost and provision

•Club Development

•Promotion of Good Practice

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W H A T O U R P R I O R I T I E S M E A N . . .

•Allowing for the integration and management of Local, Regional and National development

•Co-ordinating corporate working across our partners and other organisations

•Building infrastructures from Grass Roots to Performance

•Investment directed towards clubs and coaching

•Striving to influence decision-making at a higher level

•Sharing best practice and being more effective in what we do!

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•Plans have helped promote culture of working together and optimised available resources

•Allowed for the sharing of expertise through policy development

•Continuity for the development of programme athletes, coaches and volunteers

W H A T O U R P R I O R I T I E S M E A N . . .

•Providing clarity and understanding for a particular layer of the player pathway structure

•Helped to define sport specific pathways

•Allowed for regional consistency

•Contribute to the development of the ‘investment years’ through Active Schools and TFIS & Fife

•Introduction of Coaching Action Plan

•Significant investment allocated to coaching over 2 years

•Investment in individuals and programmes

•Opportunities for people involved in the delivery process

•Scholarship Development Programme

•Swimming Coach approved for Australia programme study

•Integral to the development of coaches and club volunteers

•An integrated Tayside & Fife Education and Training Programme

•Allowing for a local, regional and national

integration

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C o a c h i n g T a y s i d e & F i f e H I G H L I G H T S

•Successful Coaching Conference delivered

•Highlighting Long Term Player Development

•Special Guest, Istvan Balyi

•High quality workshop delivery

•To inspire coaches to change their behaviour and do something different!

•Ninety-five delegates attended

•Highlight of the year for the CoachingTayside representative group

C o a c h i n g T a y s i d e & F i f e H I G H L I G H T S

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S p o r t 2 1 P R I O R I T I E S

•Target 9-1 Million Scots will play sport in membership of clubs

•Target 10-150,000 volunteers will contribute to the development of sport

S p o r t 2 1 . . .

…Sports Partnerships will contribute to Scotland having at least 60% of the nation taking part in sport by 2020…

S P O R T P A R T N E R S H I P T A R G E T S

•Club Members-Increase junior participation/club volunteers/coaches/increase performance levels

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S p o r t T a y s i d e & F i f e C O R P O R A T E A I M S A N D V I S I O N F OR S P O R T

I N T A Y S I D E

…to promote best practice and foster co-operation and collaboration among all relevant

agencies…

…to develop a framework that supports the delivery of programmes to further enhance the

infrastructure of sport at local, regional and national level…

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L O O K I N G A H E A D. . .

•SportTayside to strategically plan and ensure activity is managed more effectively

•Planning the integration with Fife

•Building infrastructures from Grass Roots to Performance

•Integration of LTPD. Can we make this practically happen?

•Coach recruitment criteria to ‘dovetail’ with the national LTPD framework

•Improved communication and professional management of future programmes

•Let’s do things better!

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Lynch Sports Centre

South Road Dundee DD2 4SR

Tel: 01382 431826

E-mail: SportTayside@dundeecity.gov.uk

A N Y Q U E S T I O N S ?

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