Careers in Sport

What is the correct term when defining organisation?

• An organised group of people striving towards a particular purpose.

• An organised group of people working in the same building.

• An organised group of people working for the same managing director.

Professional Sport Participation and Sport Development is...

• In relation to increasing sport participation as a whole.

• Facilitating athletes in an elite environment where funding is low.

• Allow for extra funding for people who wish to be elite.

What is meant by grass roots development?

• The idea developing a pristine lawn.

• The process in which academies will develop scholars to become an elite performer.

• The process in which underprivileged people will be given an opportunity to play and participate in elite sport where the opportunity may not be as common.

• The process in which underprivileged or amateur people will organise themselves locally to create an environment for multiple participants to be involved in.

The public sector is funded by a company director looking to make a profit.

• True

• False

The public sector is provided by taxation to allow...

• A more affordable opportunity to provide a social impact on health and well-being to provide opportunity to a community.

• An opportunity to use state of the art equipment to increase motivation and attend the gym more frequently.

• A section of the governments money to provide an opportunity for premier league football clubs to compete with teams at the top of the premier league.

• An opportunity for other sports to generate more revenue.

The private sector...

• An opportunity for all the under privileged to get involved in sport.

• An opportunity for volunteers to provide an opportunity to people in the community

• An opportunity to increase the knowledge of the public sector by providing opportunities for government officials to take part in sport.

• An opportunity to make profit and cater for the wealthier clientele by providing state of the art facilities.

The voluntary sector is used to provide an opportunity at grass roots level...

• True- it looks to provide opportunity, increase participation and the money made is to help 'upkeep'.

• False- it looks to provide opportunity by generating as much money as possible to make profit and recruit the very best and elite coaches.

What is a sound definition of the public/ private partnership...

• The government will facilitate a programme for a certain target group.

• The government will fund opportunity for for local leisure centres to buy more equipment for the foreseeable future.

• The government will fund a programme through a private establishment to provide participation in sport.

Geographical factors consider...

• Location, environment, infrastructure, population.

• Wealth, employment, history, culture, fashion and trend.

• Swimming pools that only open in the summer, summer camps, competition seasons, training camps.

Socio- economic factors consider...

• Swimming pools that only open in the summer, summer camps, competition seasons, training camps.

• Location, environment, infrastructure, population.

• Wealth, employment, history, culture, fashion and trend.