ADRENALINE Rush
MORE THAN JUST SPORTS!
The past year has been phemonomal! From succesful sport programs, to new Athlete Development plans and sports media programs, we have seen immense growth in our efforts to empower our people through sports. Our athletes have also seen great success nationally, with Antwon Walkin breaking the Men's Discus National Record once again and defending the Bronze position at the CARIFTA Games in Grenada. The U15 Boys Football team won a bronze medal at the Concacaf Boys’ Under 15 Championship. This is the first male team to earn an international medal for the Turks and Caicos Islands in Football! The National Swim team travelled to the CARIFTA Aquatics Championships in Nassau, Bahamas returning with a plethora of personal bests.
on:
• Long Term Athlete Development
• Athlete Development Fund
• Sports Performance Programme
• Let’s Move TCI
• Summer Development Programmes
• Police Action League
• Felix Morley Community Centre Programmes
• Project I.D.E.A. Media Club
• Turks and Caicos Islands School Sports
LONG-TERM ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT (LTAD) PLAN IN MOTION!
A Sports Performance LTAD consultancy was sourced and the consultancy saw a 2-prong approach to training which engaged the 3-member Sports Performance team on a 3-month course that covered fundamental movement
for efficient sport performance and recovery, corrective exercise movement, and whole-body rhythmic interconnection
A condensed version was delivered via a 3-day workshop facilitated by Athletic Engineering Canada and assisted by the Sports Performance Centre. Physical Education teachers and national coaches from across the country.
We Managed the Long-Term Athlete consultancy with Dr Colin Higgs of Canada's National Sport for Life Program.
SPORT PSYCHOLOGY CLINIC IN THE WORKS TO CONTINUE LTAD TRAINING
The consultancy with Dr. Higgs, included sessions and drafting documents on guides for running National Sports Organizations with an extended Operations Manual; guide to accessing grant funding as a National Sport Governing Body or as a Local Sport Organisation; good governance guidelines for National Sport Governing Bodies; National Long-term Athlete Development overview document; Sports Specific Long-term Athlete Development overview documents with athlete Development matrix for 6 sports; Revised assessment factors and weights for assessing National Sport Governing Bodies; Grant Impact reporting template for National Sport Governing Bodies and more.
The Athlete Development Fund (ADF) managed by the Sports Commission forms a part of the its support funding. The Compliance and Support Manager chairs the ADF committee and manages the ADF grant application and processing of funds.
This consultancy will allow the Compliance and Support department to provide critical resources to the National Sport Governing Bodies to bring them up to international standards for administrative structure, strategic planning, and national development for their sport. All research and logistics for virtual and in-person sessions, including travel, for the consultancy was handled by the Compliance and Support Manager.
Sports Performance Centre
The Sports Performance Centre is responsible for ensuring that our national athletes achieve sustainable international performance through strength and conditioning, speed and agility and recovery and rehabilitation programmes.
Athletes’ development is key to achieving our goal of developing podium athletes that can perform at international standards and achieve success.
The centre works along with schools and NSGBs to identify top talent in all sports discipline and provide direct training in the area of sports performance. The centre also leads in the fitness component
of Let’s Move TCI, providing exercise training for hundreds of residents.
There was a nationwide Sports Performance Summer Camp in conjunction with the programmes department. The camp’s goals were to: Improve basic fundamental movement skills, Correct exercise movement, Introduce a higher level of structured training, Promote Teamwork skills, and Boost confidence level.
Sports Performance Centre programme averages over one thousand athletes attending daily training sessions in multiple sport disciplines.
Since its launch we raised funds to support 26 athletes across five different disciplines including Track and Field, Swimming, Basketball, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and Football. The funds went towards training, competitions, equipment and nutrition. These athletes have all been supported which resulted in broken National records, new personal bests and podium positions.
The ADF was also able to support the Teacher's FC College ID Camp, landing scholarship offers for 8 male and female football athletes, to the tone of over $225k.
Let's Move TCI
Let's Move TCI is a multi-partnership with the Ministry of Health where the programme attracts hundreds of ‘in person’ participants and over a thousand participating virtually.
This programme offers meal planning, community and virtual workout sessions, health talk series in an intensive 12-week structure.
We engaged with most public and private schools with our school tours, reaching hundreds of students and having a significant impact on the youths of the Turks and Caicos Islands.
