MMS713 - Analyzing Sport Development Policies and Practices

This report delves into the realm of sports development policies and practices, primarily focusing on Australia while also drawing international comparisons. It highlights the significance of policies in shaping sports development, athlete conduct, health and safety, and recruitment processes. The report further explores the evolution of thinking in developing swimming sports, emphasizing the implementation approach system and strategic plans. It discusses the role of the Australian government in managing swimming sports through financial support, structural organization, and integration with the education system. Furthermore, the report examines various sport development programs, including youth-based initiatives and awareness campaigns, and draws a comparison between swimming sports in Australia and Malaysia. The document is contributed by a student and available on Desklib, a platform offering study tools and resources for students.

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Part 1.
Sport development policies and practices in Australia and international context.
The aim of the unit is to assist students to come up with effective programs and
practices that facilitates swimming sports development. These swimming sport programs and
policies in Australia help in planning, managing and designing appropriate part ways for
sport development within a society. Through understanding of the sports policies then one
will be able to come up with strategies that will boost sports development (Barbosa et al,
2010 p.262).This part will discuss some of policies and practises used in Australian sports
and also across the whole world. Sports is an important culture in Australia country. The
country is involved in sports activities such as cricket and leagues such as rugby leagues and
soccer. Sports in Australia are managed by the federal government. The country has
participated in international competitions. The highest rate of participation in Australia sports
and recreation activities such as swimming is informal.
Generally sports development is controlled by policies. Bull & Weed (2012 p.11) indicates
that the policies in sport athletes and the audiences. Therefore, it is the mandate of the
organization to communicate relevant policies and practices .These policies should
communicated effectively to each party in the country about the sports.
Therefore, all sports and clubs both international or within home country need to adhere to
the following policies and practices in sports;
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Maintaining code of conduct in sports.
This measures the overall discipline .Discipline is the major policy in sports which
determines how an athlete is competent for a certain position in sports. This is to say that for
example in swimming sports, participants need to illustrate high degree of behaviour
especially when listening to their leaders (Barbosa et al, 2010 p.232).The code of conducts
need to be adhered by all members in sports starting from the coaches, the sport volunteers,
the spectators themselves and any other participants in sports. Keeping high morals in sports
helps participants to perform well. Sports behaviour and discipline should be adopted and
followed by everyone who is involved in sports.
Health and safety practices in sports.
We all know that sports results to injuries. The policies focus to come up with apt measures
that will assist participants in sports especially when one incurs injuries while playing. There
are risk assessment procedures formulated both in Australia country and also in the whole
wold of sports (Barbosa et al, 2010 p.263).There are athletes consent forms in sports which
includes all descriptions such as contacts one can sign to play for a certain period, medical
assistance one is supposed to acquire in case of an emergency and other special health
requirements which are necessary in sports. If one gets an injury in sports then it’s the
mandate of those administrative bodies for sports to ensure the participants gets apt
medications as soon as possible. This has been the best policy in sports which maintains the
morale of players since they play without the fear of getting injuries (Coakley, 2011 p.306).
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Screening and recruitment policies in sports.
In all sports the aspect of recruitment is practised in different ways. Screening is done on all
parties involved in sports. This starts from the coaches, sports officials and any other staff
who is believed to offer any assistance in sports. For example in swimming the participants
are screened to ensure they adhere to policies of sports and also to check the issue of
doping .If someone declines for the screening activity in sports then it means that he or she is
not fit to work with players (Hinrichs et al, 2010 p.105). During the recruitments there are
principally virtues which each player should have. Signing for international players requires
use of qualifications for each player. By this sports have been able to recruit and screen
players. This helps in improving performance in sports and also assisting in sports
developments.
Sports developments frameworks.
The sports development frameworks provides those logics and components which are
vital for the Australians to progress form the indigenous sport activities to the high
performance levels in sports. This forms the fundamental parts in sports since it gives a
direction on how to proceed in sports. Sport development frameworks begins with access of
appropriate skills in sports and then developing those skills through training .This emphasizes
on increasing performance and designing pathways for excellence in sports. The sports
framework in Australia is based on the implementation framework and the system approach
(Coalter, 2013 p.11)
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How thinking has evolved in developing swimming sports.
Thinking employs mechanisms that are critical for improving the sports performance
in a country. This is to say that coming up with new techniques in field of sports attracts more
participants. Australia should follow the implementation approach system in sports so as to
attract more participants in world of sports.
Implementation approach system in Australia swimming sports.
In order for the country to achieve swimming sports development frameworks then
the country should employ various techniques. This techniques advocates for the sports roles,
sports mandates and responsibilities. They align to the terms and condition outlined in
Australian Sports Policy Act. The virtues that will boost sports development include;
 Reinforcing the technical and quality sound about the importance of sports in the
country. Creating awareness on why the sports are important to Australian citizen is a
form of attracting more participants in sports.
 Focusing on the athlete experiences and skills. This is coming up with apt training
procedures in sports. This targets to increase competence in swimming sports hence
good performance of players in field (Hinrichs et al, 2010 p.104).
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 Integrating mutual and inclusive implementation in sports. This forms the cornerstone
of sports in all fields. This is to come up with the strategy that will boost the sports
performance in fields.
There are a lot contributors in Australia sport development framework in Australia. The
approach helps the country to critically examine the strategies and reinforcement that will
boost level of performance in sorts.
Systematic implementation framework in swimming sports in Australia.
Understanding the sports development framework in the country will incur a lot of
years. This is to mean that plans and iterative efforts in sports are required .The strategic
plans will have to provide utmost focus to the framework within a stipulated time. It’s only
the strategic plans in sports that will give SMART goals that can be easily achieved by every
entity in sport (Daukantas, Marozas, Lukosevicius, Jegelevicius, Kybartas, 2011 p.408).Also,
the precision in sports and the conditions of the guidelines in sports within a specific time
will lead to possible funding’s in sports. Specific implementation will be formulated in
swimming sports to configure the basis for creating improved sports. Mutual support and
activities will boost sports programs and activities .This decoded between the divisions in
sports and the units that plays key roles in swimming fields. Therefore any gap anticipated
will be sealed through the use of the effective implementation in sports. This will lead to
improved developments in swimming sports and also attract more participants in sports as
well as maintain the nature of athletes in sports.
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Part 2.
Fig 1.Attention on swimming sports (Waddington & Smith, 2013 p.160).
Swimming is a recreation activity which allows players to achieve their goals in
sports. It involve a thrill of fast, skilful and exhilarating sport .Also it’s a thrill of meeting
new players and other members for a span of time (Light, Harvey,Memmert,2013
p.61).Swimming has more than 700,000 registered player’s .This places the sport at the top
position in world of sports. In Australia the sport is managed by the Swimming Australia
Association (SAA) .This is an official body which ensures in coming up with the rules and
strategies for growing swimming sports in the country.
(i).Australia government in swimming sports.
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In Australia swimming is managed by the federal government. Government comes up
with strategies and effective plans that aid in boosting the performance of swimming sports in
the country (Coalter, 2010 p295).Different agendas are formulated to direct swimming sports
in the country. The government role is to ensure the visions and the mission of each player in
the country is well achieved and the overall performance in swimming spots is achieved.
Fig 2.Players in a swimming pool (Frawley,Toohey,Veal, 2013 p.66).
Through the plans and strategies government has been in position to improve
swimming sports through the following techniques;
Allocating adequate finance to the swimming sport ministry in the country. When
government is designing budget for the country the field of sports is allocated adequate
money that helps in improving the overall function (Frawley,Toohey,Veal,2013
p.66).Australia invest more in sports and that’s why the government is offering money to
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ensure there is smooth running of all swimming competitions either inside the country or
outside the country.
Emphasizing on government structure that supports the sports. Only the federal government
in Australia have been given the mandate to control swimming sports in the country. This
enables accountability and transparent within the nation.
Integrating sports culture with the education system in country. School curriculum are
designed to incorporate swimming sports. This is evident in school academies which have
been constructed to offer skills in sports (Frawley,Toohey,Veal,2013 p.66).Government also
provides facilities such as swimming pools and sports centres to enhance development of
swimming sports in the country. The government is targeting to build swimming pools in all
schools to nature the talent of swimming in the entire nation.
The government also evaluates plans and projects in swimming sports The criteria helps to
assess the effectiveness of the various bodies with mandate of controlling swimming .These
bodies are evaluated to incur uniformity in sports. Every resource allocated to swimming
sports in Australia is accounted and procedures examined to ensure the staff follows apt
strategies.
(ii).Sport development programs.
Swimming sports are developed by following programs.Thy tend to come up with
new participants who are focused to maintain the flow of sports in the country. The
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development programs work hand in hand with the implementation development frameworks
and system sports framework as discussed in part 1.The sports programs are based in
different fields within the nation (Hinrichs et al, 2010 p.107).
Development of youth based programs in sports. The program starts with the purposes of
encouraging youths to participate in swimming sports .Youths forms the largest population in
Australia. Therefore coming up with strategies to lure youths to participate in this sports
helps in increasing competent which results to better performance in swimming sports in
future (Daukantas, Marozas, Lukosevicius,Jegelevicius, Kybartas, 2011 p.409)
Initiating programs reinforcing aims and benefits of swimming sports in the nation. Creating
awareness is the best thing to promote development of swimming sports. Educating the
organization on importance of swimming sports is the best program. Aims will emphasize on
the opportunities that many will get by participating in swimming sports. While the issues on
benefits will incur those opportunities one can participate in as either a referee, trainee in
swimming sports and even working in sports management.
Making programs on code of conduct in swimming sports. Each institution should ensure all
participants works hard enough to access the skills required in swimming sports. Leaders
should be role models to players (Hanrahan & Kidman,2010 p.45).They need to exhibit
sportsmanship in every field. Aspects of support and encouragement in swimming sports
should be incorporated in this institutions. All participants should obey the rules in each
institution and also adhere to what Swimming Australian Act demands from each player.
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(iii). Swimming sports in Malaysia.
I have compared swimming sports in Malaysia with the one in Australia.
Similarities.
In both two countries swimming sports have rules and regulations which are adhered
by both swimmers and the audience. These rules are uniform in each country starting from
the number of participants playing up to the entire context in field.
Both Malaysia and Australia schools have introduced curriculums that targets to promote
swimming sports (Light, 2010 p.37). This helps in nurturing talents in schools and therefore
enhancing improved performance in swimming sports.
Both countries have introduced degree programs in swimming sports .Colleges and
universities are offering programs for sports .This helps in creating opportunities to future
generation and at the same time improving the performance of swimming sports in both
countries.
In both countries there are competitions and tournaments which are held at certain intervals
depending on countries calendar .Competitions and tournaments focus to increase competent
in sports and therefore improving the overall performance in swimming sports.
Differences.
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Swimming sports in Australia differ in a small percentage. The difference is based on
the fact that Malaysia is a developing country while Australia is a developed nation.
In Australia there are more sports centre and swimming pools as compared with the Malaysia
.Most of these centres in Australia are more equipped with sophisticated resources as
compared with the Malaysia.
Australia is in position to lure more youths to participate in swimming sports compared with
the Malaysia (Light, 2010 p.67). This is because Australia has adequate resources that can
support its youth .Therefore Malaysia need to learn from the developed nations such as
Australia on how to encourage youth to participate in swimming sports.
Australia is in position to employ external coaches who have adequate skills and are
competent to impart skills to swimmers .Malaysia depends more on home coaches and you
find that players may not access the competent skills which will boost performance.
Therefore Malaysia should focus on the weaknesses that have facilitated to low performance
in swimming sports. It needs to emulate all the steps followed by Australia so as to design
strategies that will close the gap in swimming sports .
Part 3
Assessment of the effectiveness of its development strategies (participation and
performance focus)
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