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Not another Academy of Sport…..aaaaargh!
- Academy of Sport?
- Institute of Sport?
- Elite Sports Academy?
- Centre of Excellence?
- High Performance Centre?
Call it what you will - it’s the same thing.
Why this world wide obsession with Academies / Institutes and Centres?
And more importantly, do they actually make a difference to the performance of elite athletes?
October 13, 2008 | 4 Comments
Tags: American Football, Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Boxing, Cricket, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Football, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Netball, Rowing, Soccer, Swimming, Track and Field, Triathlon
Message to the Sporting World - Do it your own way!
OK - the Olympics have finished.
Now comes the “GAMES”…………the junkets and fact finding missions the Sporting leaders from most countries are about to embark on to find out what the USA, Germany, Great Britain, South Korea, China and Australia are doing to be successful in the Olympics.
The logic seems simple enough.
“Our country didn’t win any medals at the Olympics” says the Minister for Sport.
“Country XYZ won lots of medals at the Olympics”, says the CEO of the Sports Commission.
“Therefore if we want medals and we copy them we will win medals”, thinks everyone in the room.
“Hooray!!!! Problem solved - let’s buy some air tickets”.
Seems like common sense.
Waste of time.
Waste of money.
Waste of energy.
If the past has taught us one thing it is that high performance systems, structures and models do not work outside of the culture that created them.
September 3, 2008 | Leave a Comment
Tags: Athletics, Baseball, Basketball, Beijing Olympic Games, Boxing, Cycling, Diving, Equestrian, Gymnastics, Hockey, Judo, Olympics, Rowing, Sailing, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Triathlon
