What is Girls4Gold?
Girls4Gold is the single most extensive female talent recruitment drive ever undertaken in Great Britain, seeking focused, powerful and motivated athletes who want to fulfil their Olympic or Paralympic ambition.
What is Pitch2Podium?
Pitch2Podium aims to provide young football players (aged 18-22 years), who have not yet secured a professional football contract, a unique opportunity to succeed in an alternative Olympic sport. If successful, they will progress through to further, more sport specific assessment events.
What is tall and talented?
Tall and Talented, is looking for exceptionally tall men and woman who could find success in sports where height can give an athlete a real advantage such as rowing. Applicants are invited to sign up and test to see whether they have the potential to be an Olympic champion.
What is the sporting Giants scheme?
Sporting Giants was a scheme launched by Sir Steve Redgrave on behalf of UK Sport in February 2007 to identify young people with the potential to display talent in sports such as handball, rowing and volleyball.
How do I identify my sports talent?
In most sports, taller and stronger kids are seen as more talented players. In team sports they are the most visible on the field, take control of the game and score the winning points. In individual sports they are faster and stronger than their opponents and arrive at the finish first.
What is Discover Your Gold?
“Discover Your Gold is all about ensuring young people with sporting talent get the opportunity to reach their full potential no matter what their background,” UK Sport chief executive Liz Nicholl added. “We are looking for athletes with raw endurance, speed or power.
Was sporting giants successful?
Natalie Dunman, EIS Senior Talent Identification Scientist, said: “Sporting Giants was the first systematic national search for sporting talent and we’ve been really pleased with the success that has come from it so far, with 17 athletes competing at international level and 13 international medals won to date.
What is talent transfer?
Talent transfer is a process occurring when an athlete ceases or reduces their involvement in a sport in which they have invested significant time and concentrates their efforts in a sport that is new to them but involving similar skills.
How do I find my top talent?
Characteristics and behaviours that may help you identify top talent among your employees
- Positive energy/attitude.
- An entrepreneurial spirit.
- Innovation or creativity.
- A commitment to your startup’s culture and mission.
- Effective communication skills.
- Integrity.
- Teamwork.
- A customer focus.
Who funds Discover Your Gold?
It is the result of a partnership between UK Sport, Britain’s high-performance agency, the English Institute of Sport (EIS) and a range of National Governing Bodies. Over 20 sports are involved in the scheme, which has been split into five areas.
What is a talent ID?
Talent identification involves an attempt to predict the future capacity of performance of an individual (Abbott & Collins, 2002). Giftedness can be recognised by the rate of learning rather than the level of ability, with the development process being designed to transform giftedness into talent.