Chives Project

Chives Project

1. Talent is the process of identifying young talent and it is usually achieved by assessing a number of things such as match experience, training history and how they complete specific skills within their specialised sport. If the goal is to develop top athletes, it is efficient to concentrate development on athletes who possess qualities that are necessary for success.

   • An example of Talent ID in the UK is ‘scouting’. Some scouts are interested in the selection of young athletes who may require further development but who are judged to be worthy of that effort. Others may concentrate on individuals who are already elite athletes and then want to develop their ability.

2. Australia

   • Focus on talent identification has become a priority for the Australian Sports Commission with the newly formed National Talent Identification and Development (NTID) program. Built on the successful foundations of the Australian Institute of Sport’s original National Talent Search program, the NTID program will identify and then fast track the development of potential elite athletes to competition at an Olympic and World Championship level.
     • Additionally the Australian Institute of sport (AIS) is sports training institution in which elite athletes are given the opportunity to develop their skills and become the best athletes they can be. AIS opened in 1981 and up until 2013, the AIS offered scholarships to over 700 athletes each in a year across 36 programs in 26 different sports. From this year, the AIS no longer directly offered scholarships to athletes. Instead, through ongoing AIS support of Australia's national sporting organisations, athletes will still be supported, housed and trained at the AIS.

3. Sport and Stratification

   • Described as a microcosm of society as it reflects in miniature all facets of society. This includes the institutionalised divisions and inequalities which characterise society.
     • Sport is often cited as an avenue for social mobility: physical skills and ability- professional sports require little formal education, sport may create progression through the education system eg athletic scholarships, occupational sponsorship may lead to future jobs, sport can encourage values such as leadership and teamwork skills, which may help in the wider world of employment.

4. How has leisure, recreational and physical activity developed in the last 15 years

   • Leisure activities have changed a lot for the last years and they aren’t the same in the past and now. Leisure activities in the past were cheap but there were few available. Nowadays there are a lot of activities but the majority are fairly expensive. Leisure centres such as Garons offer opportunities to participate in many activities such as dance, tennis, football, badminton and Golf. Within the last 4 years, a new swimming pool and diving facility has been built at Garons as training facility for team GB diving team for the London 2012 Olympics. The swimming and diving facilities are continually used by both local and national clubs.
     • A survey found in 2006 showed that 85% of free time was spent on recreation and leisure activities. The most popular recreation and leisure activity was use of audio/visual media which includes watching television and DVDs, listening to the radio and CDs. Audio and visual media activities accounts for more than half of the time spent on recreation and leisure activities. Recreational activities are often done for enjoyment or pleasure and are usually considered to be "fun" such as listening to music, going to the beach and watching TV. Recreation is an essential part of human life and finds many different forms which are shaped naturally by individual interests. Physical exercise on the other hand is any bodily activity that enhances or maintains physical fitness and the overall health of an individual. Nowadays there are a vast number of physical activities which you can