Road to Excellence

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• Road to Excellence

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RTE Philosophy

• Athlete Centred, Coach Driven, Service Supported
  (Performance Based)

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• Our Mission
• To lead the development of Canadian summer
  sports to achieve sustainable podium performances
  at the Olympic and Paralympic Games
• Our Vision
• For Canada to be a world leader in high
  performance sport

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• The greatest danger for most of us is not that
  our aim is too high and we miss it, but that it
  is too low and we reach it.
• Michaelangelo

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Our Podium Performance Goals

• Place in the top 16 nations in medal count by
  2008 Beijing Olympics
• Place 14th on overall medal count
• 10 Sports won medals in Beijing
• 69 conversion rate (34 in Athens)
• 10 fourth place finishes
• 6 fifth place finishes
• 59 top eight finishes

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Our Podium Performance Goals

• Place in the top five nations in the gold medal
  count at both the 2008 Beijing Paralympics
• Placed 7th on gold medal count
• (3rd in Athens)
• Placed 10th on overall medal count
• (7th in Athens)
• 19 first place finishes
• (28 in Athens)

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Our Podium Performance Goals

• Place in the top 12 nations in medal count at the
  2012 Olympics
• Place in the top five nations in the gold medal
  count the 2012 Paralympics

The ultimate goal for RTE is to be a Top 6 summer
nation at the Olympics and Paralympics.
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RTE Revenues 2008/09
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RTE Expenses 2008/09
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Ingredients Necessary for Success in HP

• Adequate resources with appropriate targeting and
  prioritisation to achieve quality results
• Having the right people in the right positions
• Having a coordinated and integrated system with
  minimal duplication

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Elements Critical for Success in HP

• Clear delineation of roles and responsibilities
• Simplicity of administration with limited
  bureaucracy and duplication
• Provision of services creating a culture of
  excellence
• Well structured competitive programs
• Access to well developed and specific
  international and national standard facilities

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Success Elements Cont

• An effective system that incorporates critical
  analysis and monitoring
• Adequate funding to ensure quality outcomes
• Comprehensive planning and individualisation for
  each sports needs
• Lifestyle support and preparation for life after
  sport

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Positive Elements

• There is potential to develop a world class
  system that is sustainable
• We have some very good people working in the
  system
• Critical analysis and monitoring of performance
  is starting to occur (accountability)
• There is an increased focus on targeting and
  prioritisation

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Positive Elements Cont

• There is momentum and will to improve and change
  the system
• There is a renewed focus on excellence in this
  country
• Key stakeholders and funding partners are united
  with a shared vision (COC, Sport Canada, CPC)

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Challenges

• There is an uncoordinated system that is not
  integrated currently
• The system is overly complex (silos)
• There is a lack of resources compared to our
  competitors (particularly in program, service and
  coach support)
• There is a lack of access to national and
  international standard facilities

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Challenges Cont

• The Coaching environment needs to be improved
• There are not enough highly qualified support
  service experts for the country
• Canadian Sport Centres need to move to an
  Institute model which is facility based

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Chart comparing CSCs (Canadian Sport Centres) and
CSIs (Canadian Sport Institutes)
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Challenges Cont

• Performance Technology is an area that could be
  used more effectively
• We need to clearly delineate roles and
  responsibilities across the board
• There continues to be fluctuation in the vision,
  willingness and ability of the NSO to support
  high performance

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Challenges Cont

• There is little vertical integration (NSO, PSO,
  Regional and Club level)
• Political will to resource a quality national
  high performance system is lacking

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Its not the strongest or the most intelligent
that survives but the most responsive to
change.Charles Darwin

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RTE Priorities

• Coaching and technical leadership
• Increasing training and competition opportunities
• Enhancing support services
• Increasing capacity of NSOs

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The Podium Canada Post 2010 Working Group
identified several specific recommendations for
future implementation.
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Organizational Matters

• Name Change to Own the Podium (RTE and OTP)
• The primary roles of Own the Podium
• Focus on national high performance technical
  matters
• Build a stronger more effective national high
  performance sport system for targeted sports

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Organizational Matters Cont

• National performance goals for the 2012 Summer
  and Winter Olympic and Paralympic Games need to
  be re-evaluated post Games and regularly
  monitored.
• Strategic priorities for OTP will be reviewed and
  updated on a regular basis and will be aligned
  with available financial resources.

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Organizational Matters Cont

• OTP will investigate the creation of a legally
  incorporated organization
• A financial plan for OTP (both summer and winter
  sorts) needs to be developed, which indicates the
  level of support required to 2014.

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Financial Matters Cont

• Funding for winter and summer Olympic and
  Paralympic sports based on medal potential and
  will reflect a top down targeted and prioritized
  approach focused on excellence.
• All national funding partners (Sport Canada, COC,
  CPC, and Corporate Partners) will designate their
  high performance funding for targeted sports to
  the OTP recommendation process.

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Programming Matters

• All excellence focused programs for targeted
  sports delivered by national partners will be
  integrated into OTP planning and implementation
  processes.
• The roles of the COC, CPC, CSCs and Sport Canada
  in high performance sport need to be better
  defined and adjusted in light of the desirability
  of OTP to be the single point of contact for
  targeted NSOs on high performance matters

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Programming Matters Cont

• COC and CPC will continue to lead and coordinate
  delivery of programs focused on at Games and
  Games Mission initiatives at the Olympic and
  Paralympic Games respectively.
• Sport Canadas Athlete Assistance Program and
  policies should be reviewed and modified, within
  Treasury Board policies and requirements, to
  better meet Canadas high performance objectives.
  These responsibilities need to be discussed
  further.

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• Insanity is repeating the same thing over and
  over again and expecting different results
• Albert Einstein