GCSE PE 1 - Initiatives and their common purpose 2-Sports Agencies In this lesson you are responsible for your own learning and development through research. TASK – To research for information and complete presentation in detail to help support your own earning. Initiatives and their common purpose • A number of initiatives are set up to encourage people to take part in physical activity and so have a healthier lifestyle. • In order to put these initiatives into practice, specific organisations sometimes called AGENCIES. • Most of these agencies have similar aims – Increased participation in sport – Retaining people in sport – Creating opportunities for talented performers. Aim – Increase Participation All agencies want to get more people involved in sport and physical activity . • WHY? In 2008/09, 7.3% of people had not taken part in any cultural activities in the past year or sporting activities in the past 4 weeks. Health is defined as a state of complete mental, physical and social well-being; not merely the absence of illness or infirmity. Fitness is the ability to meet the demands of the environment. How? Anyone can get involved in sport if they wanted to. There are plenty of opportunities of new sports if you have never played it before as there are many facilities around your area. Also there are many sports specialist that can come into school and help with P.E lessons Aim – Retain People Having started people participating in physical activity the aim is to keep them involved. • WHY? The reason why they want to keep people involved in physical activity because they want everyone to have very high fitness level so many more generations will keep fit and set the standards high for Great Britain. How? They keep people involved in physical activity by running the sports regularly and having to choose from many other sports in their local area, as there are many more opportunities, also they can win rewards. Aim – Create opportunities For talented sports performers to achieve success. • WHY? They give the talented sportsman many opportunities so compete at many different levels. For Example you can compete at regional or even compete for Great Britain. How? They can compete and this stage by having specialist training them which can give them more intense training, and focus on them instead of many people. They also keep them involved by letting them keep on competing in many competitions. AGENCIES • You need to be able to identify agencies involved in in providing opportunities for becoming or remaining involved in in physical activities. You will research 3 different agencies. Think how and link these agencies to the common purposes before. SPORT ENGLAND • What is their focus (what are they working to achieve?) – They are working to achieve and good next generation of sport and fitness and to dominate in competitions. How do they do this? – By creating opportunities for the children and make it easy to access. YOUTH SPORTS TRUST • What is their focus (what are they working to achieve?) –give every child a sporting start in life through high quality PE and sport in primary schools, ensure all young people have a sporting chance by developing opportunities for those with special educational needs and disabilities and support all young people to achieve their sporting best in school and their personal best in life. How do they do this? – Giving opportunities to sports people every week. National Governing Bodies (NGB’s) • What is their focus (what are they working to achieve?) – They are trying to achieve equal opportunities for different sexes. How do they do this? – By presenting the same opportunities to each gender. Give 5 other examples of NGB’s other than those previously pictured (name and picture)