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Vision

• Together, committed nurturing excellence in
  sport

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ACADEMIESSport Academies remain to be the main
integral part of sport development process, the
enhancement and support of them remain critical.
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NATIONAL ACADEMY SYSTEM
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Our Goal

• Provide a realistic
• level of support
• services for Western
• Cape athletes

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Where are we at?

• In order to develop a strategy the current and
  recent historical situation should be reviewed

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Budget 2012/13
KRAs Amount
Develop a organisational structure R410 000
Develop pathways for talented athletes R60 000
Athlete support R590 000
Life skills R120 000
Transport assistance R160 000
Coaching R560 000
Develop sport pathways R120 000
Capacity Building R128 000
TOTAL R2 148 000
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Regional Academy Budget 2012/13
KRAs Amount
Equipment R200 000
Develop pathways for talented athletes R30 000
Athlete support R170 500
Life skills R20 000
Transport assistance R80 000
Coaching R216 000
TOTAL R 716 500
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Funding relationship to performance

• Most important resource for sporting success
• Direct correlation between funding and
  performance
• Prioritization of funds

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• Idealistic

Actual

• Realistic

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Idealistic

• International best practice
• Administrative support
• Full time head coaches for all sports
• Support services (physiology, strength and
  conditioning, physiotherapy, massage, medicine,
  psychology, nutrition, biomechanics, vision)
• Life skills, athlete career and education
  counselling
• Travel and accommodation assistance Training and
  competition equipment and uniforms
• World class facilities
• Hostel accommodation for residential athletes,
  training camps

• Athlete centred, coach driven,
  administratively supported

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Best practice support service usage
Physiology S C
Physiotherapy
Medical
Massage
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Budget - Operational

• Does not include facilities, equipment
• Admin staffing 800K
• Admin other 350K
• Coaching elite (8 FT) 1,600K
• Coaching TID (10 PT) -500K
• Athlete support (8 FT, 2 PT) 1.6
• Training transport 400K
• Equipment 800K
• Clothing 200K
• Training camps 2mil
• National competition 1mil
• Residential component 1mill
• TOTAL R10.25 million

Residential
Admin
Camps
Coaching
Equipment
Athlete support
Transport
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Actual

• Operational plan (not strategic)
• Financially driven
• Part time coaches
• One staff member dedicated to physiology and S
  C
• Independent service providers for other areas
  (only for limited athletes, reactive not
  proactive)
• No massage
• Limited transport support
• Very limited travel and competition assistance
• Facilities challenge
• No hostel accommodation

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Satellite hubs

• Service elite athletes in region
• Focus on talent programs
• West Coast
• Full time coordinator
• Service provision by central staff
• Other service providers as needed
• Rural sport competency centre
• Central residential facility for training camps
• SWD
• Based in Oudtshoorn
• Full time coordinator
• Service providers on fee for service basis
• Central residential facility for training camps

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Realistic where we want to get to

• 10 year plan to move SA sport forward
• National support and lobbying
• Virtual national academy
• Prioritised sports
• NF high performance plans, long term, TID
• Coaching and high performance managers at
  national level program drivers

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National high performance plans

• NFs specify centres of excellence in the
  provinces (flexible)
• National funds directed to PAs to support these
  athletes
• Provincial funds allocated to development of
  provincial level athletes (SA Games, TID and
  feeder programs)
• PAs would receive two tiers of funding, from Team
  SA for elite athletes and from provincial
  government for provincial athletes)

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Venue requirements - WECSA

• Ideal location for offices
• Meeting rooms
• Lecture hall
• All purpose training facility
• Strength and conditioning
• facility
• Hostel accommodation/access
• Sports House

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Facility requirements

• Athletics OK
• Badminton adequate (floor surface)
• Gymnastics OK
• Netball adequate (need for indoor)
• Swimming OK
• Volleyball - OK

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Program expansion

• Additional sports
• Additional TID programs
• Sport School linkage
• Regional satellites

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Sport codes

• SASCOC
• A
• Athletics
• Cycling
• Swimming
• Rowing
• Canoeing
• Paralympic
• Athletics
• Cycling
• Equestrian
• Swimming

• SASCOC B
• Football
• Netball
• Volleyball
• Boxing
• Rugby
• Hockey
• Table tennis
• Cricket
• SRSA
• 16 Codes
• (Tennis, Gymnastics, Softball, Basketball, Chess,
  Handball)

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Possible additions

• TID
• Athletics
• Gymnastics
• Cycling
• Rowing
• Canoeing
• Sailing
• Baseball
• Bowls

• ELITE
• Boxing
• Canoeing
• Wrestling
• Table Tennis

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School sport linkage

• Various sites in Western Cape
• Individual sport focus
• Funding of coaches in schools
• TID in catchment areas
• Hostel accommodation- training camps and small
  residential component

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Coaching - elite

• Part time Full time
• Athletics
• Swimming
• Canoeing
• Netball
• Gymnastics
• Boxing
• Football
• Badminton
• Volleyball

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Roles Responsibilities

• SASCOC
• Main driver, promote develop HP
• Federations
• Talent ID, Specific technical expertise
• Tertiary Institutions
• Scientific support research
• WECSA
• funding, coordination, guide implement
• Municipalities
• Provision Maintenance of facilities

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FLOWCHART/ PIPELINE DEVELOPMENT

• Schools
• Clubs

RA
PA
NA
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The stages of DevelopmentTraining for top-level
performanceTRAINING

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Adolescence 2nd phase Puberty 1st phase
2nd phase Age
School 1st phase Pre-school age
Early childhood/ toddlers
Training
Training for top-level performance
Training for performance
Training to build and shape the player for the future
Basic Training
Initiation Discovery
End of Growth
Pre-training
2nd growth Peak
Golden Age of learning
1st growth peak
Modified Sport
Golden age of Childhood
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Challenges

• Governance
• Resources
• Partnerships/stakeholders
• Programme alignment
• Geographical distribution (location) of athletes
• Office accommodation
• Social challenges
• Insufficient funding

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WINNING FORMULA
Video Analyst
Sports Physician
Specialist Coaches
Coaches
Educators
Physiotherapist
Players
Dietician
Biokineticist
Institutions/ Partners
Psychologist
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• THANK YOU
• wayne_at_wecsa.co.za
• 082 5620642
• 021 483 9645