what is sports development

Definition of sports development

'Where sport is intended to be used as a tool to engage disadvantaged young people and communities, to help improve lives in a sustainable way'

http://www.sported.org.uk/what-we-do/what-is-sport-for-development

Sports development is where sports is used to get every single person involved within sports in the community. for example people that have never taken part in the particular sports but would like too can join a club to help them learn and develop their skills within that club. Young people that join the clubs don't only have the chance to learn about the sports but to also make new friends therefore working on their socialising skills which is important for their future life as being confident in the open world is the key to success.

What are the main aims and objectives of sports development

•  Building strong communities - building strong communities is important as young people need to be brought up in the correct environment. for example young people that are brought up in a bad environment are more likely to not do well at school therefore resulting them to not be able to get a job. However sports can affect young peoples life's as they meet new friends that can help them with their life's, but most importantly young people will have a role model due to sports making them want to do well at school to be just like their role model.  

• Reducing crime and anti-social behaviour - sports within a community can significantly reduce the crime rate of young people. This is because young people often cause crime when they are bored, peer pressure is also a major factor as young people want to show their friends that they are not a coward therefore they will be pressured into doing things they generally don't want to do. However with sports in the community young people will come together and have fun with friends therefore reducing crime rate as they wont be bored or get peer pressured as the general conversation will be about what they did at the sports club last night and not about committing crime.  

• Reducing barriers to regular participation for marginalised groups - sports clubs bring people together making new friendship groups. this is important for young disabled people as it can often be hard to find friends if you have a disability. Sports clubs offer a chance for young people with disabilities to take part in the sports they love. This is important as it make other young people understand how hard it is for people with disabilities to fit in therefore they will allow them into their friendship group. 

• Developing young people by providing them with skills for the workplace and life - sports clubs within communities provide young people with the skills and abilities for them in future. The sports clubs will teach young people important information about the sports but most importantly they will teach them good manners. This will show the older generation that they have been brought up in a good environment. 

• Education in health and well being - Community sports clubs also stop young people doing drugs and alcohol. The reason for this is because young people will be taught about the effect that drugs have on the body and how they can affect the individuals sports performance. If young people learn this information about drugs and alcohol they will keep away from them as they wish to become a elite sports player in the future.

what priority groups does sports development target?


Sports development targets young people that are at a disadvantage to other people or have disability. The reason sports development is targeted towards there groups in to make sure that everyone is equal and that everyone should be able to try what they wish no matter what disability they have. Sports development creates clubs within communities to allow young people to have fun and have a chance to make new friends which they wont normally be able to make due to their disabilities.


Where does sports development get their money from and how much do they get?

All of the money comes from the national lottery funds which is passed down to the governing bodies to distribute the money to other areas of sports development.

• From 2013 to 2017  around £470 million will be invested into 46 different national governing bodies. 
• Between 2013 and 2015 £15 million will be invested into the national partners to help them improve communities
• Around £10 million will be invested into the country sports partnership to help improve sporting at local level.

http://sportengland.org/funding/about-our-funding/the-way-we-fund/


Sports development continuum

introduction

The sports development continuum is a way of breaking down all the different levels of sport. There are 4 levels of the sports continuum. The sports development continuum is used to help young people progress through the different levels of sports.

Foundation - This is the first level of the continuum. This level is for people that have just joined the sport and have very little knowledge of the sport. The foundation level is aimed to increase participants knowledge of the sport and the basic skills and technique. A sporting example of this would be a young person starting a sports they have never done before.

Participation -  This is the second stage of the continuum. This level is where the participants start to compete against other clubs but at a low level. This stage is where the participants start to develop basic skills. A sporting example of this would be a young person that has been doing the sports for a couple of months and has developed some basic skills.

performance - This is the third level of the continuum. This level is for people that have been doing the sports for a long time and regally compete against other clubs. In this level the participants are competing for the the love and enjoyment of the sport. Also at this level the participants will start to learn advanced skills that they will be able to use in a game situation. A sporting example of this would be someone that loves the sports, been playing it for a couple of years and has talent in the sport.

Excellence - This is the fourth and final level of the continuum. This level is for professional performers which are getting paid for taking part on the sport. To get into this level you have to have been taking part in the sport in the sport for a long time and have a good talent in the sport. for example for a footballer to get into the level they will have to go through an academy then get scouted into a professional football team, then through the years work their way up to the first team of big football clubs.



three sporting examples


UK sport - podium is performance to excellence level. This means that all people that are performing in the sport are already competing for medals. Performance will be people that are competing at a fairly high level against other clubs across the country. Excellence will be people that are already performing at the max level competing against clubs across the countries and the world. Potential podium is where the participants have potential to reach podium level withing the next 5-10 years. on the Continuum this would be participation as they still have a lot to learn to get into the podium level which will take a few years of hard training to get into the podium level. The foundation level will be people that have been doing the sport for several, however it will still take them a very long time to get into the performance/excellence level. 

south Yorkshire sport - This is a provider for young people aged between 11 - 25. on the continuum this will come under the participation level as its only a local club for young people to attend to have fun and help their communication skills. This provider targets young people that have had problems with other clubs in the past as they may have had barriers such as training, cost or travel. Satellite clubs are again targeting this age group because research shows that the sport between school and collage is great, this is why this club is introduced for people that don't have enough skill to play in collage level sport.

school level sport - schools provide clubs for young people to attend to help improve their skills and to help improve their communication skills. On the continuum this would be at the foundation/participation level as the club will often play against other school which fits into the participation level. however some people will only be at foundation level as they only want to come to the club to meet new friends and have fun, however people coming to the club are also keeping fit as they are regular attending the club.

comparing

all three of the sporting examples provide sports for different levels of the sports continuum. however they are all similar as they all aim to get people involved in sports. school level sports is where the continuum starts, it gets young people involved in sports through to keep them healthy and for enjoyment purposes. This is the very basic of sports where the children will decide which sport they will want to take up in the future. South Yorkshire sport and UK sport are very similar, again they both get people involved in sport however south Yorkshire sport aims their target more towards people that don't really have the skill level to compete in collage sport or for people with learning disabilities. On the other hand UK sport aim their target more towards the performance - excellence part of the continuum. This level of people are those that have been competing in the sport since the very bottom of the continuum and have worked their way up to become a great player at the sport. However going back to comparing, all sports development clubs all have once crucial similarity and that is to get people involved in sport no matter their age or disability.  


strength and weaknesses


The weaknesses for the all of the sports program is that they all cost alot of money to run. The cheapest program to run would be the school level program as the school will have most of the equipment and facilities already provided. A weakness for UK sport program is that only high level performers that have been competing in the sport for several years can participate at that level as its training for a high level competition such as the Olympics. This is a major disadvantage for the program as all the sports development programs are used to try and get Young people involved in sports, however seem as the UK sport program only takes individuals that are at a high level in the sport south Yorkshire sport and school level sport have an advantage as their field of participation's is much wider than UK sport. A weakness for the south Yorkshire program is that only people that are ages 11 - 25 can participate in the club, this limits the participants that can take part. Another weakness is that only people that live close to south Yorkshire can take part in the program this also limits the participation list, however this program still allows more people to get involved than UK sport. School sport level gets more people involved than both of the other programs as anyone in the school can get involved with the sports.The strength for all of the programs are that they all try and get young people involved in sports. the UK sport program increased the level of performance of young people by making them work and train hard to achieve a high standard. This is a important strength for the program as it gives a chance for talented young people to try and prove themselves that they can be the best and hopefully give them a chance to compete in a high level. A strength for the south Yorkshire program is that it's getting young people involved in sports that wouldn't normally take part in sport due to past problems. School club sport has multiple strength as it gets young people together therefore new friendships will be made. It also allows young people to develop their skills to try and improve in the sport. ``



target groups

• young people
• +50
• women
• disabled people
• black and ethnic groups

Young people participation level - Young people ages 5-10 that take part in sport will only be on the foundation/participation level on the sport continuum. The reason they will only be on this level is mainly due to their age. Someone could be good at the sport but cannot progress any further as they are too young, however when they are of age they will be called up to the next level of the continuum. Historical affects may cause potential barriers for young people to take part in sport. The child may want to take part in a sport such as rugby but their parents may decide against this due to the historical events that have happened in the past such as people getting injured or even worst people dying whilst taking part in the sport. However a solution to this is that this sport is only at participation level therefore the level of sport wont be at a great standard for people getting hurt. Also if the participates take part in the sport they will learn all the health and safety requirement in the sport, the sport is also getting safer due to the protection laws. One of these laws is for the scrum, its the referees job to make sure that all the players have their head tucked under before starting the scum as fatal accidents have happened in the past.
Disabled people foundation level - Disabled people taking part in sport at foundation level may come across several problems. One of the problems would be facilities, alot of clubs wont have the correct facilities for a disabled sport. Another barrier would be coaches, it will be hard to find a local club that has the correct qualifications to be able to teach the sport. The can cause problems as people without the correct qualifications may start teaching the sport which then can cause them to teach the participants the wrong skills and techniques. Social barriers can affect disabled people at this level on the continuum. As its only foundation level all the participants will be new to the sport and therefore they will have to meet new people this maybe a problem as socialising may be difficult for some disabled people. To overcome this barriers you could gather small groups of 2-3 with a coach to try and help them get to know each other more by trying to make them socialise with each other. Eventually everyone will know each other as a result the social barriers have been overcome.

Black and ethnic groups excellence level - black and ethnic individuals may not participate in the excellence level on the continuum because they may be scared of being racially abused. Racism in high level sport happens regally in certain countries, this can cause them to either stop competing in the sport or it could even lead to the individual committing suicide. Football is a good sporting example as racial assaults are often chanted towards certain players in certain countries. Stopping racism in high level sport can be difficult due to the size of the crowd. However there can be several laws put in place to help minimise racism. For example people caught shouting racial abuse towards players could get fined a substantial amount of money. Cultural affects  are serious at this level of sport as young people are looking up at these people wanting to be like them when they grow up. however some professional football players often get too angry whilst playing the sport therefore resulting in them being racist towards another player. This then affects young people as they could either think its acceptable because their role models or the young people may not want to take part in that sport due to racism.

cultural - cultural is religious and ethnic regions, their reasons for not taking part in sport maybe due to religious reasons. For example Muslims may not take part in a sporting event due to the dress code, Muslims may not take part in sport as they wont be able to wear their religious clothing during the event.  

social - social barriers can make young people not take part in sport as they may not like to or find it difficult to communicate with other people. Also another social example for people not taking part in sport would be peer pressure from your friends, if they say that taking part in that sport is un cool or your other friends play rugby and you want to play football they may try to persuade you that football is a bad sport therefore you may not want to participate in that sport.

economic - economical barriers are those that involved money and the area you live. For example if you live in a area that has little transport you may not be able to get to the sports club. Also another example would be if you cannot afford the clubs fees, a lot of clubs that provide a lot of equipment such as a Gymnastics club often cost a lot to join therefore some people may not be able to take part in this sport due to the fees.

historical - An historical barrier is one that has affected the sport in the past. For example in the past people often died in rugby due to lack of protection, however now protection has been introduced and people have a much littler chance dying whilst playing rugby. On the other hand due to the past people may not wish to take part in the sport.

educational - educational barriers involve people that are not educated well in the sport therefore this is a barrier for people not taking part in sport. For example if people haven't been taking part in sport since a young age but they then wish to join a sport club when they are older they may not join due to educational barriers. This means that they wont join the sport as they don't know much knowledge about the sport therefore stopping them from joining.

 

barriers to participation


There are many different barriers that can stop people from participating in sport. Some of the main barriers are: social, cultural, economical, education and historical. No matter where you live your area will have some of these barriers stopping people from participating in sport. For example disabled people may not wish to participate in sport do to a social reason, as they may find socialising difficult due to their condition. This means that the individual could be scared, shy or have problems socialising with other therefore stopping them from talking to other people..This can affect the sport performance as they will lack the communication when performing in a game situation or even at training Also disabled individuals may not want to take part in sport as they maybe to embarrassed to attempt sports in public as other individuals may bully them for it.Culture can affect black and ethnic people as they may be afraid people being racist for example professional football players now days still get abused for being black as the crowed shout out racist chants, this is a major barrier as black people will not want to take part in sports due to racism. Also Muslim's me be afraid as they wont be able to wear their culture clothing at a sporting event. However if they can wear their culture clothing they still may get racial abused by the spectators. Young people maybe afraid of participating in a sport due to its history. For example if the sport is well know for violence young people may not take the sport up as they don't want to be involved in Violante conduct.