Yudu - sportEX medicine - 1999-2010

DISABILITY SPORT ADAPTIVE ROWING

Processes Once again your team and your situation will determine what processes you need to change, adopt or develop to reach your set of goals.

CONCLUSION Supporting a small group of athletes, in this case eight, allowed us to build a service to enhance performance. I would argue that any more than 10-15 athletes maximum and you end up just providing a physiotherapy repair shop that will never allow the development of the service, the sport and the level of athlete performance.

There is much greater athlete buy-in as they see a

pathway to achieving their goals, are able to see the results of their efforts in a short space of time and are given more responsibility for looking after themselves. This was backed up by an athlete handbook of how to access all the available services and what was expected of them before accessing any of the services. This was also reflected by the fact that six out of eight athletes bought their own Compex muscle stimulation equipment as they took this aspect of their training and recovery very seriously and had been able to see just how much it benefited them. The athletes felt that they were part of a performance sport and they experienced good integration through training at the same location as their elite counterparts in the Olympic squads. This in itself allowed them to witness at first hand what elite mentality looks like on a day to day basis, by those who have honed their mental capacities over many years, not just at the sharp end of competition.

The athletes experienced at first hand “where better

is possible” through seeing others looking for an edge in performance in all areas of their lives We don’t have all the answers or all of the programme

right yet but we continually strive for it. My challenge to the reader is this – where, in the delivery

of your service, will you find performance gains for the athletes in your sport? Remember, even with all the things to do, you will still need to be prepared to fix bikes and wheelchairs, mend punctures in pressure cushions, prepare food...and basically be someone who is prepared to get involved... In a nutshell, for anyone wishing to change the sport they

are involved in for the better, analyse what success looks like and reproduce it, nuanced for the sport you work with.

References n If Better is Possible by John Buchanan 2007. Buy from Amazon ISBN 9781740665414 http://bit.ly/cef4CZ (£12.74)

n Six Thinking Hats by Edward de Bono 2000. Buy from Amazon ISBN 0140296662 http://bit.ly/cpLRGp (£6.99)

THE AUTHOR Mike Chisholm, MSc, MMACP, is a private physiotherapy practitioner and clinical director of Physiomotive. He has worked with the GB rowing squad for 10 years, was

physiotherapist with the Royal Ballet Company for 3 years and worked at the English Institute of Sport for 4 years finishing his time there as lead physiotherapist to the GB adaptive rowing squad.

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