SPORT AND MASS
PARTICIPATION – LESSON 16
DISCUSS ALL THE INITIATIVES THEY ARE AWARE OF TO
INCREASE THE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PARTICIPATION IN
SPORT:
ACTIVE SPORT
SPORTS COLLEGES /SSCO
SPORTSMARK
AREA SPORTS DEVELOPMENT OFFICERS ETC.
 WHY DO WE WANT TO ENCOURAGE
MASS PARTICIPATION AND SPORTING
EXCELLENCE?
DRAW AND EXPLAIN THE
PERFORMANCE PYRAMID
EXEL
PERFOR
PARTICIPATION
FOUNDATION
 THE BROADER THE BASE THE HIGHER
THE PEAK!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
 IN ORDER TO HAVE ACCESS TO SPORT
IT WILL DEPEND ON THE FOLLOWING
 WHAT ARE THE CONSTRAINTS –
DISCUSS UNDER THE HEADINGS :
 OPPORTUNITY
 PROVISION
 ESTEEM
 LIST IN THE FORM OF A TABLE!
 HOW DOES SOCIAL AND CUTURAL
FACTORS, SOCIETY AND
DISCRIMINATION IMPACT UPON
PARTICATION AND SPORTING
EXCELLENCE?????????????
 What are the constraints of pursuing excellence in British sport?
 Sport and the way it is administered and developed in a country
reflects the values and the culture of that country. There are
several cultural constraints why we in the UK do not actively
encourage excellence in sport.
 Historically – we invented most modern sports and retain a status
in world sport, so it is not so important for us to excel.
 Geographical – our population is relatively small in relation to
USA or China.
 Ideological – most of the world sports powers have a nationalistic
approach, where you are playing for honour and status of your
country, but we tend to be more patriotic – we tend to promote the
recreational ethic rather than the win ethic.
 Socio -economic - sport in the UK has had the middle-class
tradition that taking part counts, not winning, and that sport
should not be work.
 What needs to be done?
 Far more money from central government for
resources.
 A more co-ordinated administration system is required.
Our sports system is too diverse at all levels, we need
sport to come together to share the main aims and
objectives to benefit British sport.
 From the diagram on page 222 it can be seen that the
UK has a decentralised system of sports
administration ( a system where power and the control
are locally held ) Clubs and local associations are selfgoverning, with central government providing very
little in terms of overall sporting policy.