Canada's Best Sport System

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Canada's Best Sport System

• Scott Logan
• Executive Director
• NS Office of Health Promotion

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Introduction

• Perspective on System Building
• What works, Doesnt work
• The Nova Scotia System
• My Perspective . . .
• Athlete
• PE Teacher
• Coach
• Sport Administrator
• Health Promotion Administrator

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Topics of Discussion

• Whats BEST ?
• Context, Setting, Relevance
• Needs
• Leaders, Environ., Resources
• Nova Scotias Vision, Record
• The Players, Their Roles
• Strengths Weaknesses in approach

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Whats Best

• Podium Places?
• Number of Playgrounds?
• Process vs. Results
• The Experience

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Quality Sport Experience

• Physical Literacy
• Physical Lifestyle
• Sport Participation
• Competitive Sport
• Recreational Sport
• Sport for Life, Sport for All.

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Needs

• Quality Leadership
• Supportive Setting
• Training Competitive Opportunities
• Resources
• Fit with Social Policy
• Complimentary to Corporate Policy
• User-pay

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USS Big Boat Rules

• Other perspectives
• Open to other ways and means
• Change management
• Dont be too late

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Sport Nova Scotia

• Re-Invented 1996
• By-laws, Membership
• Mandate beyond administration
• Advocacy (trend based benefits)
• Resources (self-determination)
• Programming
• Canada Games Mgt Group
• Non-govt mission

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Predicting the Trend

• Acting on what we all knew
• Sport Makes a Difference
• Developing a ground swell of support to reach LT
  goals
• Recognition, Profile, Credibility
• Opinion Leaders

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Resource Acquisition

• 1 Million per year
• Leadership
• Programming
• Leveraging
• Out Performing Government
• NS Amateur Sport Fund
• Capacitating PSOs
• Dragon Boating

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Programming

• TSIP Canada Games
• Sport Futures
• Leadership in Community Sport
• KidSport
• Championships Program
• Coach Immersion
• Sport Fund support to C/PSOs

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Government

• Chronic Disease
• PA, Tobacco, Obesity
• 3 Billion/Yr. Direct/Indirect Costs
• Sport a core element of PA
• Advocacy . . . Public Readiness
• Political Will
• Major Infusion of Funds
• Policy Standards Role

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Advocacy Impact

• Election Platform
• Double Health Promo Funding
• Active Kids / Healthy Kids
• Allowable Tax Credit
• KidSport
• Esteem Team
• Free School Space After School
• Municipal Facilities Free Family Rec

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Nova Scotia Sport

• Environment
• Water frozen or not
• Culture of Pro Coaches in Select Sports
• Culture of Do More with Less
• User-Pay High Performance
• Broadening Base
• Future Driver
• More HP Results ???
• Results Examples

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What This Means

• Sport Participation AND High Performance need a
  Cultural Driver
• Mass Support
• Leaders, Resources, Environment
• Nova Scotia
• 8ish HP Sport
• 60ish Participation Sports
• Cant be all things to all people

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What This Means

• Strategic Decisions (Natural Selection?)
• Efficient, Plan Oriented/Driven
• Walk Before you Run
• Public Opinion
• Resources
• Programming
• Healthy Public Policy
• Lead vs. Follow

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Questions ?

• Further Answers
• www.sportnovascotia.ca
• www.gov.ns.ca/ohp