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Sport Programs, Planning and Evaluation

The Sport Programs, Planning and Evaluation group is responsible for the implementation of the AIS Performance Enhancement Program across the 35 AIS sport programs. During the year, this group:

• developed comprehensive four-year and annual plans for 33 of the 35 AIS programs. All plans have been endorsed by the AIS and the relevant national sporting organisations. Thirty program reviews have been completed, assessing performance in the period 1 January 2002 to 30 June 2002 against the agreed performance targets and agreed service delivery levels

• established new AIS programs in men’s water polo and rugby league. The water polo program is a full-time residential program in Canberra for pre-elite athletes between the ages of 16 and 19 years. The rugby league program, also a pre-elite development program, is a camps-based program focusing on athletes located in rural and regional Australia

• endorsed the Australian Cricket Board review of the AIS/Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy, which recommended changes to the structure of the Academy and the establishment of an Australian Cricket Board Centre of Excellence to take a leadership role for a broader range of elite cricket development functions. The proposed changes to the AIS/Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy program have been implemented. Changes included an increase in the age and number of scholarship holders and a shorter residential period. There is a more coordinated approach with state programs including AIS scholarship holders playing domestic cricket with state teams rather than the AIS team. The AIS/Commonwealth Bank Cricket Academy will continue to conduct international competition tours

• endorsed a proposal from Athletics Australia to support a program designed to target Australia’s elite endurance athletes and to create an internationally competitive environment. The AIS and Athletics Australia jointly funded the new position of AIS/National Distance Coach. The coach will be based at the NSW Institute of Sport and will be responsible for formulating and implementing the national high-performance plan for the development of distance running in Australia. The AIS will be providing 30 camps-based scholarships to those identified as Australia’s future elite distance athletes. The training camps will be designed and conducted at the AIS in Canberra. The AIS will also continue to provide residential scholarships to senior elite distance athletes in Canberra

• coordinated a formal drugs education program for all AIS scholarship holders, delivered by Australian Sports Drug Agency staff and AIS medical practitioners

• supported the AIS Athlete’s Commission, which addresses athlete issues and provides advice to AIS management.

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