Supporting Champions

Episode 001 Panel Discussion (Part 1 of 3) Steve Ingham, Jamie Pringle, Rosie Mayes, discuss the rise of Uk High Performance System that has gone from 36th on the medal table in 1996 Olympics to 2nd at the Rio Olympics in 2016, becoming a global sporting superpower. This episode charts the early origins of the UK beginning to find pockets of excellence, how the system emerged from losing and grew to develop its own identity, method and network. Show notes  UK High performance achievements  Where did it all start?  Capturing nuggets from early achievers (Boardman/Keen) Searching for early specialists Creating and innovating from nothing Protecting competitive advantage Losing acting as an accelerator for funding and system change Professional (funding allow athletes, coaches and staff to train/work full-time) but lacking focus Support services in their infancy - the baby begins to develop The baby learns to speak and say no for the first time Into the next episode - the acceleration provided by being awarded t