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The document describes the structure of British sport, including the roles of various governing bodies like the International Olympic Committee and national governing bodies of sports. It also discusses the aims of the UK Sports Councils to increase sports participation, facilities, and performance standards.

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Structure of British Sport

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In Britain, clubs, groups and individuals have developed their particular sport in
their own way and with their governing body, protecting them has meant that we
do not have a national sports policy. The setting up of the Sports Council, founded
in 1972, was an attempt to develop a national sports policy.

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The following diagram (Beashel 1997)


gives a pictorial view of the structure of
sport in Britain and the associated governing bodies.

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Some of the roles and responsibilities of the various bodies are as follows:

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International Olympic Committee - Manage all Olympic matters


International Sports Federation - Manage their sport worldwide
British Olympic Association - Promote the Olympics
National Governing Bodies of Sport - support Sports Clubs
promote and run the sport
organise competitions and events
select teams at all levels
set coaching standards
arrange coaching and training
organise award schemes
enforce rules and regulations
Central Council of Physical Recreation - Represent their governing bodies
UK Sports Councils - Manage Sport in the UK and International affairs

Sports councils for Wales, Scotland, England and Northern Ireland - Try to
coordinate all the different organisations involved in developing sport in
their country

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SportsCouncils
The aims of each Sports Council are to:

increase participation in sport and physical recreation


increase the quantity and quality of sports facilities
raise standards of performance
provide information for and about sport

The Sports Council:


provide grants to the national governing bodies to run programs in order to
meet the Sports Councils aims
provide grants for new facilities
run campaigns to encourage participation
run national sports centres
responsible for providing the money for sport from the National Lottery
produce strategy documents to explain how they will achieve their aims in
the future
In 1993, the Sports Council published 'Sport in the nineties: new horizons' that
describes their vision of everyone being able to take part and reach their full
potential in sport. To turn this vision into practice, there are aims based on two
key principles that have been called the sports development continuum and
sportsequity.

SportsDevelopmentContinuum
The aim is to offer everyone the chance to improve their skills and participate in
sport and physical recreation. There are four stages:
foundation - young people are taught P.E. and learn basic sports skills
participation - everyone is able to take part in the sport of their choice
performance - those interested have the chance to improve their sporting
ability
excellence - talented performers can develop sporting excellence

SportsEquity
The aim is to protect sport and sports people from harmful influences. It is about:

fairness in sport
enabling all to take part
recognising problems and taking action
changing the culture of sport so that age, race, gender or ability does not
stop anyone from taking part

The emphasis is on:


help for young people
the support of excellence
the use of National Lottery funds to improve facilities and support top sports
people

References
1. BEASHEL, P and TAYLOR, J (1997) Providing for Sport. In: BEASHEL, P and
TAYLOR, J, The World of Sport Examined. Croatia: Thomas Nelson and Sons,
p. 164

RelatedReferences
The following references provide additional information on this topic:
HOULIHAN, B. (2014) The Government and Politics of Sport (RLE Sports
Studies). Routledge
BRAILSFORF, D. (1992) British sport: a social history. Lutterworth Press

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page is:
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https://www.brianmac.co.uk/structure.htm [Accessed 26/10/2016]

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For further information on this topic see the following:
BEASHEL, P. and TAYLOR, J. (1996) Advanced Studies in Physical Education
and Sport. UK: Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
BEASHEL, P. and TAYLOR, J. (1997) The World of Sport Examined. UK:
Thomas Nelson and Sons Ltd.
BIZLEY, K. (1994) Examining Physical Education. Oxford; Heinemann
Educational Publishers
DAVIS, B. et al. (2000) Physical Education and the Study of Sport. UK:
Harcourt Publishers Ltd.
GALLIGAN, F. et al. (2000) Advanced PE for Edexcel. Oxford; Heinemann
Educational Publishers
McARDLE, W. et al. (2000) Essentials of Exercise Physiology. 2nd ed.
Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams and Wilkins

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