Sport Scholarship Programme by StJohnsLeatherhead

Sport Scholarship Programme

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Our Sport Scholarship Programme has been designed to support and develop pupils at an elite level, both on and off the field. We are passionate about the benefits of sport for young people, and we want every scholar to achieve their full potential. We’re proud of the strength of our sporting reputation, and the exciting sporting careers and professional contracts our pupils have achieved.

St John’s Sport Department Values

E A G L E

Sport Scholarship Programme

Our aim is to provide the best possible level of support to the whole pupil/athlete so that they are able to achieve beyond their own expectation on and off the field of play whilst gaining valuable life experiences and skills that will ensure that sport stays part of their life for the years to come.

How will we achieve this?

• Dedicated sport scholar sessions to select year groups making the best possible use of space, facilities and staff.

• Dedicated strength and conditioning sessions and testing, whereby data is collected and forms part of the termly report.

• Timetabled skill and strength and conditioning sessions for Lower Sixth and Upper Sixth.

• Smaller more purposeful sessions for Lower Fifth and Upper Fifth.

• A termly report with data, test scores, feedback and target areas for development/improvement.

Embrace tough:

Understand that situations that challenge us physically, mentally or morally make us stronger and actively seek out such challenges.

Are accountable:

Take ownership of our behaviours and (in)actions, recognising that the team is interdependent. We do the things we have said we will do.

Good role models:

Show humility and gratitude, recognising the role we play in our community.

Learn:

Recognise that being able to adapt and outthink your opponent is the best route to consistent success. Build the necessary physical, cognitive and emotional skills to thrive under pressure.

Enjoy the view:

Take a moment to appreciate your opportunities, achievements and time together.

• A mentoring programme for all scholars

• Education Athlete (leadership pathway programme)

• Output Sport App.

• ICE Guest Speaker Programme – a range of athletes from across world sport sharing their experiences and discussing topics such as:

> Embracing failure to achieve success

> Maintaining personal wellbeing in the pursuit of high performance

> Aspiring for excellence

> The spirit of leadership

> Preparation for performance

> ‘Being the best possible pupil athlete’ - managing academics/training

> Nutrition

> Anxiety/mental preparation

> Female athletes managing their menstrual cycle

The Education Athlete

The Education Athlete is an innovative leadership pathway programme to help young athletes build resilience, enhance communication, become empathetic leaders that grow into authentic, independent men and women of tomorrow.

The programme

The Education Athlete is a Leadership Pathway Programme created for young athletes, to support parents and teachers as an external mentor to support the athletes with the life skills to excel in life as they transition through school.

Framework of success

They learn tools and strategies to build confidence, resilience, identify their unique strengths and talents, enhance their ability to communicate and build rapport with others, positively resolve conflict and deepen their understanding of the modern world.

Creating

leaders

It is an innovative and pioneering programme that motivates and inspires teenage athletes to take responsibility and ownership of their actions and lives, engaging in academia and sport with the framework to create a purposeful life.

Enriching the world

It is with a deep care that this programme is enhancing the future of our young athletes so they can lead a life of authentic fulfilment, independence and passion, with a strong sense of self and purpose as they journey into the world beyond school.

Communication and effective relationship building

and inner drivers

Mentoring

Mentoring is proven to be among the most effective tools we have for enabling transformational growth and development in people. All pupils will benefit from a form of mentoring:

• Lower Fifth to Sixth Form scholars will have access to a staff sports mentor with a background in high performance sport.

• Sixth Form scholars will also receive mentoring and coaching training resulting in them acting as mentors to our Lower Third to Fourth Form scholars.

• Mentoring notes will be submitted via Microsoft Forms allowing all scholars to fill out their individual development plan throughout the year. Termly reviews will also be conducted by specialised staff.

Goal setting and refining focus

The mentoring topics of focus will be: • Performance • Identity and values • Mindfulness • Community and social responsibility

Nature and connectedness

Monitoring

Athletes on the sport scholarship programme will receive strength and conditioning support along with access to our OUTPUT sports platform - a tool to help strength coaches and rehab and peak performance professionals manage and improve strength, power and movement. This allows instant access to high-value data across a range of metrics to make better decisions on:

Athlete testing and profiling

Assess and monitor key physical tests regularly to ensure athletes are improving and identify weaknesses. Compare daily to historical performance and stay on track and to identify weaknesses.

Readiness and recovery

Access readiness and recovery to avoid overtraining and to minimise the risk of injury.

Analysis, charting and reporting

Instantly visualise key trends and compare set to set and athlete vs athlete. Share key KPIs with athletes, coaches and stakeholders with one-click dynamic reporting.

Monitoring will form an integral part of the sport scholarship programme, allowing both athletes and coaches to make decisions on load management, training block progression, and readiness. Objective data will be used to make decisions on scholarship retention as well as, providing coaches with quantifiable, tangible, and relevant detail to help inform whether an athlete can train at their regular intensity or not, or whether an athlete has got stronger post-training block.

Daily readiness monitoring

Readiness questionnaires are available for all scholars to complete on a daily basis. These scores will feed directly into the Head of Strength of Conditioning to identify athlete fatigue and risk of injury.

Feedback

As part of the programme pupils will receive data on a regular basis. In addition, they will receive feedback using velocity based training (VBT) metrics giving them a template for how they and coaches might utilise VBT in an applied setting to improve their on the on-field performance.

The power of feedback

Drive intent and motivation

Create competition

Educate athletes

Improve performance

Example Sport Scholar Report

SPORT

SCHOLAR

Name: Mark Rogers House: Churchill

Mentor Report

Expectations

As a member of the Sport Scholarship Programme, pupils take responsibility to hold themselves accountable to the values of the programme set out by the School.

As part of the programme, it is expected that pupils will:

• represent the School in weekly fixtures and major competitions;

• be a leading example to other pupils around them, both within a sporting environment and within the wider St John’s community;

• proactively demonstrate high levels of hard work, responsibility and honesty to their peers, staff and external parties;

• take a proactive approach to open communication and demonstrate strict attendance and timekeeping to all scholarship sessions, ensuring any problems are raised in advance of the session;

• demonstrate a desire and passion to grow as a person and athlete;

• be an ambassador for our school and within the community.