The Sports Participation Pyramid.

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The Sports Participation Pyramid.

• Mr. P. Leighton
• St Marys High School.

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After Todays Session

• You should be able to explain the sports
  participation pyramid.
• You should understand the differences at each
  level from Foundation through to Elite stages.
• You should be able to describe what level you
  believe yourself to be in and why.

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Starter The Marketplace

• Using the A3 paper provided create with your
  partner a diagram/word and picture bank on one of
  the influences/barriers to taking part.
• Restrictions
• You can only use 20 words in whole.
• You can only discuss your topic with the
  Shoppers for 2 mins- be concise!
• You need to send a partner out to other shops to
  gather information for the test at the end!

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The Influences/Barriers to Taking Part

• People- family, friends, role models?
• Image- fashion and media coverage?
• Cultural Factors- disability, age, gender, race?
• Resources- availability, access, location, time?
• Health and Wellbeing- illness and health
  problems?
• Socio-economic- cost and status?
• GO!!!

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The sports participation pyramid

• Foundation Level The Base!
• Learning/Experiencing new skills.
• Acquiring good exercise habits for personal
  development and future participation in sport.

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The sports participation pyramid

• Participation Level The enjoyment factor!
• Sports development contributes with the Top
  Programme, festivals, club/school links.
• Sports clubs become more important at this stage
  as they help link to the next development.

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The sports participation pyramid

• Performance Level The Choice!
• Young people begin to concentrate on sport
  specific skills and develop in specific sports.
• Quality coaching is essential along with
  competition.
• This can occur at local youth games, regional
  galas etc

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The sports participation pyramid

• Elite/Excellence Level The Peak!
• Sporting excellence at its best.
• The pyramid is narrow here as few people reach
  this level.
• Governing bodies are in charge of development
  here as players pass from county, regional to
  national squads.

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Where do you think you are?

• Write down where you think you are any why for
  your and 2 of your friends sports.
• Are you at the same level for any sports?

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Finally

• What have you learnt from todays session?
• What are some of the key words?
• Any Questions?
• See you on Friday ?