PERFORMANCEFOCUS INVESTMENT Progress Report
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EFFECTIVE SPORTS DEVELOPMENT SYSTEM IN NORTHERN IRELAND
PerformanceFocus Programme Objective: • To improve athlete performance through the development of a sustainable world leading performance system
PerformanceFocus • This work will be governed by the new Sport NI Corporate Plan two outcomes from which will be: More NI athletes winning at the highest level; and More people reaching their sporting goals in a structured environment
PerformanceFocus • Sport NI investment has five elements: Governance and Culture High Performance Operations Club Development Coaching Talent
PerformanceFocus • Sport NI assesses progress using: The SETs each of your sports completes and Performance View Meetings with your sport and element staff within Sport NI – feedback Sport NI reflection on progress to date
PerformanceFocus • So: What has worked well? What has worked less well and needs improved? What do we (You and Sport NI ) need to start doing and what are the challenges ahead?
Worked Well • SETs good to assess your organisation against world leading practice - sets clear direction for change • Improved understanding of what systems look like in practice – again clarity in what good looks like • Initial mapping of pathways and how athlete development can be accelerated – direction • Professional workforce delivering change.
Worked well • Provision of bespoke expertise and support under each element – a direct ‘go to’ person delivering the things you need • Tailored solutions to meet each sport’s needs – in depth engagement focused on delivery • • Establishment of networks enabling sharing of learning – engagement across sports resolving similar problems
Worked well • Coaches indicating increase in confidence through shared learning – leadership on the ground • Broad range of training provision – HR, Risk Management, Leadership, Club Development – Helping to increase confidence in overcoming challenges
Worked Well • Four out of five elements show positive outcomes over and above the target - on average 6.5% above the overall target for each element Governance and Culture Club Development Coaching Talent. • Athlete successes – Winter Paralympics, cycling, boxing, judo, bowls, golf, Sailing, Cricket
Systems & Structures 2013 – baseline. 2009 2017 - Estimate
Less Well • Administrative burdens – multiple funding pots and eligibility requirements on payments. • Performance View – Online – teething problems – and too many components to evaluate. • “Joined Upness” in working with you. Multiple contacts and requests for information by Sport NI. • Communications between us could be better to manage expectations .
Less Well • Over estimation/optimism bias – in scoring some system elements – led to document revisions one year in. • Organisation pitching for what might be offered rather than what is necessary and reflective of a state of readiness. • Splitting posts across elements is challenging with conflicts on priorities. • Little or no programme funding aligned to posts.
Less Well • Some Governance and Culture changes a challenge to volunteers. • Challenge to some organisations’ capability to operate at a HP level – State of readiness variable • Consistency of athlete target setting across PerformanceFocus and AIP. • High Performance Operations across sports fell short of the target by 4%
Start Doing / Challenges • Clarify and agree performance targets – remove any ambiguities. • Agree with you your readiness to operate a HP system • Streamline requirements around investment – SNI is actively looking to reduce burden while meeting public sector requirements
Start Doing / Challenges • Improve alignment with and between Governing Body and branches to ensure economy and effectiveness N/S and E/W. • Singular point of entry “our main contact” Sport NI to examine with you what is required. • Splitting posts – can this be effective? • Talent / HPOs - pathway or talent and move to a more integrated way of working
Start Doing / Challenges • Start seeing P/F investment as a contribution to the overall strategic plan of a sport, rather than the only plan for a sport – variable across bodies with good reason.
Summary of Progress • Encouraging signs at the beginning of the journey towards the development of a sustainable world leading performance system
Summary of Progress • Direction Improvements across 5 elements in line with what makes a successful sporting system • Challenge: Are system improvements being matched by number of athletes and coaches in the system?
Summary of Progress • Direction: Pathways - evolving and becoming more visible • Challenge: Who is on the pathway in terms of coaches and athletes? Are we doing enough? Are we clear about what it is we want to achieve?
Summary of Progress • Engagement: Room for improvement in collaboration between NGBs / Branches / Sport NI • Challenge: Are we really sufficiently aligned to deliver agreed targets?
Summary of Progress • Delivering Results System ratings are on the up and athlete performances have improved • Challenge: Is the pace of improvement sufficient? Are NI athletes’ performances falling further behind that of our competitors? How can this gap be closed more quickly?
Summary of Progress • Challenges: At the end of a possible four years of investment would you rate system improvement or athlete performance as your preferred outcome? What do we need to change? Is it simply a matter of more investment? Can we use the same amount of investment to deliver preferred changes more quickly?
What more can Sport NI do for you? • What more do you want from Sport NI and what has been your experience to date? • Discussion - groups facilitated by Sport NI staff
One to One Reviews • Purpose: To assess whether we (your sport and Sport NI) are seeing the changes we need to see? • Focus: Athlete population in each sport, who is at what stage of development and what are their needs on the pathway?
One to One Reviews • 9 th March to 17 th April 2015 • Morning / Afternoon / Evening • Online Booking System • Approximately 1.5 hours per meeting • Thank You for attendance and contribution
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