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The National Institutes of Sport - Coggle Diagram
The National Institutes of Sport
carry out the day to day running for UK Sport Podium and Podium Potential athletes
Each of the four countries that makes up the UK has a National Institute of Sport, which provides sports science, sports medicine and technological help to elite sportsmen and women. The national institutes work with their coaches and performance directors ro help improve the performance of their athletes.
England Institute of Sport
EIS - England Institute of Sport
2009-13 EIS worked with 86% of the athletes and 27 of the 29 sports that won a medal for Team GB at the 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. These athletes included Jess Ennis Hill, Mo Farah, Victoria Pendleton Chris Hoy, Sir Bradley Wiggins and many more.
Sports Institute of Northern Ireland
Sport Scotland
Sport Wales
What they do:
Work with coaches and sports administrators to help improve the performance of their athletes by giving technical support that enables them to optimise their training programmes, maximise performance in competition, and improve their health and availability to train.
The EIS also have a dedicated team of sports scientists who support coaches and their athletes.
What do the National Institutes of Sport provide for elite athletes?
Performance pathways
Performance psychology
Biomechanics
Performance analysis
Physiology
Performance nutrition
Strength and conditioning
12 main services:
Paralympic
Medical support
Physiotherapy and soft tissue therapy
Research and innovation
‘Performance lifestyle’ programme
Nutritional support.
Enables athlete to understand what is needed from their diet in order to reach top level.
Psychological support
Help athletes deal with the pressures of competitive sport and teach them stress management techniques - PERFORMANCE LIFESTYLE PROGRAMME - RAN BY UK SPORT VIA THE NATIONAL INSTITUTES
Sports science support
Ensure training is optimised and takes into account physiology, psychology and biomechanics
High quality coaches
Ensure athletes are able to meet their potential by delivering high quality training schedules.
Sports medicine and rehabilitation support
Ensure athletes are able to recover from injury and return to training and competition
Physiotherapy
Strength and conditioning coaches
Access to high quality sports facilities
To ensure training is high quality and to maximise progression