MMS713, T2 2019: Sports Policy and Development in Australia

This report examines the relevance of sports development policies and practices in delivering sports participation and performance outcomes, comparing Australian and international contexts. It explores the Australian sporting culture, highlighting its focus on high performance and the challenges of a competitive international environment. The report discusses the Australian sports development policies, the FTEM framework, and the role of the National Sports Organisation (NSO) in basketball. It analyzes key development programs and guiding principles, including the National Talent Development Program and coach development initiatives. The study also provides recommendations for improving the Australian sporting system, comparing it to other countries, and identifying future prospects. The report emphasizes the importance of innovation, increased community involvement, and strategic planning in achieving success in the international sports arena. The study also provides an overview of the Physical Literacy Framework and its benefits.

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Executive Summary
The purpose of the particular study is based on understanding the relevance of sport
development policies and practices in delivering sport participation and performance
outcomes in both Australian and international sports context. The basic ides regarding the
Australian sporting culture is identified in the following theory. The comparison about the
Australian sports culture and culture of sports in other countries is classified and identified.
As a part of recommendation, it is mentioned about the future initiatives that have to be
introduced to improve the sporting system in Australia.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Introduction.........................................................................................................3
Discussion............................................................................................................4
Recommendation..............................................................................................15
Conclusion.........................................................................................................16
References..........................................................................................................17

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Introduction
Sports can be considered as different aspects of basically competitive physical exercise
which, through regular or associated participation, intention to use, maintain or strengthen
physical strength and efficiency while prospering in entertaining the involved participants,
and in some of the sectors to the viewers (Pitt et al 2016). The following study discusses the
relevance of sports developments policies and practices in delivering sports participation and
performance outcomes comparing the sports strategies and techniques undertaken both in
Australia and international context. The report also draws a framework on sports
developments understanding the kind of different sports activities that motivates the athletes
and the kind of systems that makes the particular athletes more attractive towards the kind of
sports to which he or she is associated with. The study also identifies several motivational
factors that have to created and structured by the sports authorities to bring a better
enhancement to the particular category of event and the athletes who are considered to be the
part of that event.
The key area of identification is based on the functioning of Australian National
Governing body towards a particular sports category describing how these organisations
strategically positions the sport development considering several strategic policies and
programs which are in turn considered to be broader and brief (Rossi 2013). The clear
description about the strategic plans generated and initiatives that are taken by the
government towards the sports authority of Australia in bringing and creating an effective
sports structure are specifically underlined in the following report. The flow of study is done
on the basis of norms and principles related to the FTEM framework which indicates the
government initiatives, norms and condition that have been enacted and that is to be enacted
in the future.

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The following report also brings a comparison based on the Australian sports
authorities, differentiating the function with other countries. It examines the future
prospective that has to be taken and also identifies certain recommendation to be involved for
making it more effective.
Discussion
Australian sports development policies and practices in delivering sports participation
and performance outcomes
As compared to any other sports structure in the world, the Australian sports culture is
considered to be on a critical junction. According to the Australian system of sporting culture,
sporting culture is traditionally focused on developing high performance with more
effectiveness on international basis ( Bricknell 2015). The environment of sports in relation
to the international system is more competitive and challenging. The sporting culture and
systems in a country like Australia believe that it is important to create advancements and
introduce innovations to the area of sports as the challenges are increasing on a daily basis.
The international sporting arena of Australian government states that they are not keeping
peace with any of the competing efforts of any nation and are increasingly declining their
extremely desirable competitive verge. The modern life is constantly challenging the already
created vigorous lifestyle which acts as an important factor in founding and maintaining
identity of the nation, prevalent culture and sporting reputation in international sphere and it
is also aided by rising population an increasingly inactive lifestyle system which is basically
focused on children and young generations. According to OECD (Organisation for Economic

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Co-operation and Development) Australia is rated with the fifth largest country affected with
obesity in the world of developed countries.
The National State Survey observed that 68 out of 100 of the total Australian male
and 55 out of 100 of the Australian female are totally over weighted and are obese from
which 17% of the Australian children are over weighted and nearly 8% were obese (Burke
and Woolcock 2013). The major focus of the Australian community is on safeguarding better
amalgamation, improvement and investment amidst the whole sporting sector to be more
dependable and consistent in its future operations. Australian sports development policies
reveals that an entirely innovative and completion of sports lookout is necessary in boosting
participation in sports and performance which may generally create a pathway of health and
productivity for the purpose of engendering and creating a better and effective success in
international sphere (Scanlan et al., 2014). The fundament of the newly developed approach
is slightly changing from the disruptive community against erudite debates related to sports
of the previous time and uprising cooperative, well-organized and combined national system
of sports emphasizing on increasing involvement for the usefulness of community and the
high performing system at the same time.
In recent time, the government of Australia proclaims that a completely new
technique which is emphasized on enhancing the contribution of the people of Australia for
the backing up of the whole community and also for the success of the sports. This does not
only convey on the obligation of Australian government to increase finance to community
and high performing sporting activity as well, but also for the very first time, one who gives a
considerable investment for the developing trail, the important connection that ties the
grassroots and the high performing sports activities. This process can be considered as a way
forward which may inspire and support the athletes to represent Australia in internationally
and ensure a joyful moment for the nation on all aspects. A new sporting in Australia has

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developed a systematic change in the sporting culture of the nation. The contributions made
by the government of Australia had helped to strengthen and develop better opportunity in the
sporting system. SRMC (Sport and Recreation Ministers Council) has played a rapid role
under the process of establishing their first national sporting system along with the function
of introducing sporting policies to create innovative standards to the process. For the further
strengthening of Australian sporting system SRMC has also settled themselves for the very
first time to begin reforms that will enhance the placement to the institutes of Australia and
conservatories of sports which directed coming up with the new life and advantages
understanding the primary strength of high performing system through the operations of SAS.
Sports Development Frameworks
Physical Literacy Framework
Figure: Physical Literacy Framework for Health.
Source: (Deans 2016).
Physical Literacy
Physical
Social
Cognitive
psychological

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According to Australian Physical Literacy Framework promotes a shared vision, common
language and consistent comprehensiveness regarding what bodily literacy is and how it can
be improved in the area of sports and for other skill generating requirements. Physical
literacy is about developing the skills, knowledge and behaviours that gives the confidence
and motivation to lead activities. Physical literacy involves holistic lifelong learning through
movement and physical activity. It can help Australians at every stage of life development
and maintain positive physical activity behaviours and delivers physical, psychological,
social and cognitive health and wellbeing benefits. The Australian physical literacy
framework identifies 30 elements across the four physical literacy domains that are physical,
psychological, social and cognitive and helps people to get the idea about the improvement
through every component using a single acted approach.
The Australian literacy framework draws a practice both locally and intentionally and
is informed by the Australian Curriculum and peer reviewed research into what supports
lifelong engagement in movement and physical activity. It categorises the range of movement
related skills, knowledge and behaviours into interrelated domains, elements and stages and
helps to identify the person’s capability across all four domains which allows people to make
informed decisions about their physical literacy. It provides a common language around
effective development of physical literacy that which accommodates the entire range of
abilities, ages and backgrounds of all Australians. The functioning characteristics of physical
literacy is considered to be a major part for developing skills and ideas in area of sports and
ensuring better stability through maintaining an effective culture of productivity and health.

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FTEM Framework on Australian Sports Development
Figure: FTEM Framework of Australian Sports Development.
Source: (Strittmatter 2017)
FTEM (Demonstrating, Foundation, Talent, Elite, and Mastery) is a consumer friendly
structure of sporting improvement that represents the entire sport community range. It
consists of three key results of active lifestyle gained through sports, sport involvement and
sport superiority (Miskolci 2013). The FTEM structure can be utilized as a pragmatic
arrangement and assessment device for large range of sport stakeholders which includes
sports science and sports medicine personnel to the national and state sporting organisation.
More often, the improved understanding of sporting pathway will help to recover the
experience of more people, at more level of pathway. Some of the major key features of
FTEM Framework are declared below:
Limited physical
literacy, Unfulfilled
talent
potential,Burn out,
injury and dropout
Psychological
characteristics
Personal
Excellence Sport specific
skills
Functional and
Athletic
Capability

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 Illustrative of the three world’s lively lifestyle, participation in sports and sports
fineness.
 Universal and multidisciplinary archetypal of sports.
 Completely cohesive
 .Feature inconstant entry and exit sections within the developing trail.
 ensuring large consumer flexibility and malleability.
 Lack of secure age gap.
 .Heightens the usefulness for the proper support at the appropriate time and with the
right contestants.
Basketball in Australia
According to NSO in Australia seeing basketball as a major sport organization has
been largely determined by its centralized system of governments which includes the
compassionate initiatives of the Australian government and six states and territory
government and local governments (Bekker et al., 2014) . All the three levels of government
play an important role in terms of finance, policies and facilities that are related to the
particular sport. Basketball in Australia is managed by the National Sports Organisation with
state counter parts that achieve community sporting clubs that includes the other category of
sports.
Key Development Programmes and Guiding Principles of Australian Basketball
This provides a clear data about the well based Reliable, synchronized and National
Talent Development Program and key documentation program for basketball in Australia that
targets to gain a heightened improvisation in the area of excellence and presentation of top
rated players, teams and coaches. It also gives the base for highlighting the children so as to

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bring about an optimistic involvement of basketball for each child who takes part in the
particular game. Some of the major objectives of the sports development department of
Australia give major focus to the particular area that enables athletes and coaches of different
skill to develop and fetch a helpful basketball experience. It helps to create players and
coaches who can perform at for the international level and for the purpose of producing world
class players in the nation. It also enhances the talent development and identification
outcomes. According to the Australian National Sports Development Organisation it is stated
that for improving the quality of basketball system in Australia they have to introduce a
coach development system that brings the best and quality coaches to train the players. The
other program introduced is the Endowed Player Development program which helps in
connecting the positional skills to each stage of development to identify the rivalry pathways
and structure. The Australian sports authority has developed a stable and structured long term
developmental approach for basketball, which includes a plan to develop a better platform to
train and create better athletes to the nation.
Major Consequences and guiding principles of Basketball in Australia
The basketball council of Australia has developed a Curriculum which is generally
considered as a specific article, particularly states that there must be continual changes in
rules which creates the stage of innovative thinking with a motive of capturing and
pioneering the best preparation of the world to develop the conservation, apparatuses and
resources essential for the members to introduce a long term development system in sports
and create a culture of effective sporting development system. The major purpose to produce
the best players for the Australian basketball authority can be mainly to create effective
senior national teams for the purpose of conducting the words best leagues that may provide a
better platform for the players and association to develop their skills and improve the

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standard of sport. This enhances motivational factor in the mind of players, which may create
a positive attitude and encourage them to be closer towards the sport. Some of the major
structure of basketball in Australia is related to the structure of FTEM Framework which is
developed in an aligned and integrated system which provides consistency across the
National Development Program that is related and is based on this particular structure and
ensures relevance to the time being. An unified basketball system is on that basically focuses
an accepted policy and philosophy in an established curriculum which provides resources to
train coaches to dugout the best and skilled coaches with high and technical coaching
ability .
The system and ideas based on the established curriculum is based on the motive of
establishing notion which provides a common vision and outcomes. The particular
curriculum delves into a system of convention, ideas and techniques that generates over a
course of time. The major objective of creating an effective system sports development
programs and principles is to lead the mastery of fundamental skills, concepts and techniques
that may enhance an effective and better platform to create innovations through effective and
systematic method of structure that are developed and analytically designed. It ensures all
kind of beneficial system for basketballs that are joint and progresses a comprehending to the
norms of the play, it also creates an effective supporting system and setting of relationship
among the coaches involved in the national program.
Guiding Principles on basketball in Australia
The guiding principles of basketball council in Australia is based upon the function of
identifying the outcomes that are associated to the particular sport, to develop and instrument