England Basketball has developed international age-group teams up to senior level CASE STUDY: LEEDS TIGERS BASKETBALL CLUB
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NGBs to reach the Preliminary Level of the Equality Standard. It has also achieved intermediate level of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children’s (NSPCC) Standards for Safeguarding and Protecting Children in Sport. Moving forward, the sport’s perfor-
mance pathway is being strengthened, its talent identification is being improved and it has fielded international teams through the age groups up to senior level.
SCHOOL BASKETBALL The 2009-10 basketball year represent- ed the second season during which the National Schools Competitions were ad- ministered by England Basketball staff members. It was also the first year of a revised format, within which the Youth Sport Trust’s 225 School Competition Managers and 450 School Sports Partner- ships (SSPs) implemented the national school competition framework.
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eeds Tigers received a volunteer grant from England Basketball in 2008. The grant helped the club to reward some of its ‘unsung heroes’ and help kick start a new volunteer recruitment drive.
The funding allowed the club to purchase new club-branded polo shirts and track-
suits for its coaches and help to support coaches attend regional clinics to address their own continuous professional development. The volunteer recruitment drive helped the club produce new club volunteer flyers
and promotional leaflets, which helped raise its local profile. The results have been excellent. The 2009 season saw the club double the number
of its active volunteers, while many existing members, including parents and older players, were able to undertake qualifications in coaching and officiating. “Support for volunteer development for clubs is essential for us if we are to con-
tinue to strive to develop basketball opportunities,” says Leeds Tigers Club patron, Claude Bandawe. “The invaluable financial assistance from England Basketball is critical to allow us to grow the game as well as our club and its volunteers – both off the court as well as on.”
With the responsibility for the school
competitions now firmly with the gov- erning body, it’s exciting to note that, for the first time, England Basketball has 30,256 affiliated school players.’ Tasked with addressing the ‘drop off’
in activity at the age of 16, the Under 17 (U17) school competitions, have been provided for both boys and girls during the current 2010-2011 season. England Basketball aims to grow these com- petitions through its staff and county basketball development officers while working closely with Further Education Sports Coordinators (FESCOs).
PATHWAY TO DEVELOPMENT Accredited basketball clubs are at the heart of the development of grassroots basketball opportunities in England so club development is key. England Basketball has used Clubmark as a key tool to lead this development
and now has in excess of 125 Clubmark accredited clubs, which ensures national coverage for grassroots development. The governing body works closely with these clubs to support the delivery of the Grow and Sustain interventions from its 2009-2013 Whole Sport Plan, produced for Sport England. Through promoting links between
clubs and the education sector, the NGB has seen substantial growth in schools participation over the past three years. This growth has seen the clubs develop formal links with over 130 SSPs and indi- vidual links with over 3,500 primary and secondary schools. The last two years has also seen more
focussed work supporting basketball clubs in many different areas and a roll- ing programme of club development workshops has been developed. These workshops are free for clubs to access and have previously covered topics such
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