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CONTENTS The Commonwealth Games
About the English Institute of Sport
EIS Delivery at the Games
Prevention better than cure – Sport Medicine
Team Psychology
Balancing Act – Performance Lifestyle
From the UK to Delhi
Peaking & Tapering
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The Commonwealth
Games
The idea of the “Commonwealth Games” can be traced back to 1891, with
the Rev. Astly Cooper of England suggesting in two articles that a “Pan-
Britannic-Pan Anglican Contest and Festival...every four years as a means
of increasing the goodwill and good understanding of the Empire”.
The first format of the Games took place in 1911 with the “Inter-Empire Championships” taking
place at the “Festival of Empire” in London with teams from Australia, Canada, South Africa and
the UK competing in Athletics, Boxing, Swimming and Wrestling.
After the Olympic Games in Antwerp in 1920 and Paris in 1924, track and field events between
the British Empire and the USA were held in London but it wasn‟t until after the 1928 Olympics
in Amsterdam that the first practical steps were taken to organise the British Empire Games.
Canadian Mr M. M. (Bobby) Robinson called a meeting of representatives of all Empire countries,
with the first event then held in 1930 in Hamilton Canada.
Changing to the „British Empire and Commonwealth Games‟ in 1950, again in 1966 to the
„British Commonwealth Games‟ and finally in 1974 to the „Commonwealth Games‟, with the
international body becoming The Commonwealth Games Federation.
For more information about the history of the Commonwealth Games visit the WeAreEngland website here
Delhi 2010 The Delhi Commonwealth Games 2010 will see approx 8,500 athletes and officials take part in
the following sports:
Archery Aquatics Athletics Badminton
Boxing Cycling Gymnastics Hockey
Lawn Bowls Netball Rugby 7s Shooting
Squash Table Tennis Tennis Weightlifting
Wrestling
In addition 15 events will be contested across four Para Sports.
Athletics Swimming Powerlifting Table Tennis
About the EIS
The English Institute of Sport (EIS) works in partnership with sports to
improve performances through the delivery of high quality sport science
and medical support to elite athletes, through its nationwide network of
expertise and facilities.
Under the leadership of Chairman Steve Cram MBE, the EIS Board and National
Director Nigel Walker, our vision is to be the world‟s leading provider of
performance-impacting sport science and sport medicine in elite sport.
The EIS, as provider of choice for sport science and medical services in England,
works across Olympic and Paralympic summer and winter sports as well as English
and professional sports.
Aiming to be the employer of choice for practitioners within sport science and
medicine, the EIS is working to create a sustainable, quality assured support
system.
THE EIS...
Employs over 250 staff across the country
Delivers support out of 15 EIS High
Performance Centres as well as a number
of sport specific partner sites around
England
Works with almost 50 Olympic, Paralympic,
English and Professional sports
Supports approximately 1700 elite athletes
Delivers on average 4000 hours of sport
science and medicine each week
EIS & the Commonwealth
Games The EIS works with 18 of the 21 Commonwealth Games sports on a
regular basis back in England and has worked closely with Commonwealth
Games England to integrate support services with sports‟ preparation
leading into and during the Games.
Approximately 25 practitioners from the EIS will be working at the preparation camps
and the Games themselves, including Dr Mike Loosemore as Head Medic and Lynda
Daley as Head Physiotherapist for the England team.
Leading into the games sport scientists and sport physicians from the EIS have
worked closely with sports‟ coaches, athletes and support teams to ensure strategies
for coping with the demands of the event are in place, from travel and recovery, to
nutrition and injury prevention.
Around the Commonwealth Games the EIS...
Has delivered an average of 2000 hours a
week of Sport Science & Medical support to
CWG sports over the past year.
The EIS has around 25 practitioners working
at holding camps and/or the Games
themselves
Several practitioners will work as part of the
CWG England support team,
Prevention Better
Than Cure
The EIS Sport Medicine service has targeted common elite sport injuries
with a view to reducing the time out of competition and training.
Integrating coaching with sport medicine and physiotherapy alongside
sport science services such as strength and conditioning, physiology and
biomechanics, the EIS aims to develop robust athletes who are best
prepared to compete in their sport on the international stage.
Research undertaken by the EIS and UK Sport into injuries and illnesses most
commonly suffered by high performance athletes identified that; shoulder, knee and
lumber back (lower spine) injuries and respiratory infections were the most common
to occur.
Targeted training and further sport specific monitoring and research has been
undertaken to best inform programmes and help athletes in their training. Read more
here
Pre-hab & Re-hab Examples
Hockey‟s Richard Mantell came through a
serious ankle injury in 2010 through rehab
support at the EIS site in Bisham.
Boxing‟s European campaign saw a full
squad taken through from the holding camp
due to preventative physiotherapy and
medical care complimenting their training.
Squash‟s Nick Matthews integrates strength
and conditioning and physio as part of his
programme, having bounced back as World
Number 1 after a serious shoulder injury.
Team Psychology
Working together as part of a team is often far more complex in high
performance sport than it seems. Being able to create a shared vision,
a cohesive unit and setting expectations, requires the right balance of
personality, commitment and circumstance.
Part of the EIS Performance Psychology support across the sports it works has
included areas such as Pressure Training and Team Psychology.
Watch an interview with EIS Performance Psychologist Tom Cross on his work with
the England Women‟s Hockey Team here
Mental Focus will be a key requirement for athletes going into the Games, read an
article on how athletes will focus here
EIS Performance Psychologists to talk
„Team Psychology‟ include:
Simon Middlemas, working with
Netball & Swimming
Tom Cross, working with Hockey
Pete Lindsey, working with Boxing
Simon Drane, working with Badminton
Balancing Act
Performance Lifestyle
Performance Lifestyle is a personal coaching and mentoring service
that supports athletes with their continued personal and professional
development.
Delivered by over 20 professionally trained practitioners within the EIS,
Performance Lifestyle works with over 1000 athletes to ensure that they
develop the skills to cope with the demands of high performance sport, whilst
developing a portfolio of transferable skills and experiences that will benefit
their careers in the future.
In hockey, a number of athletes have developed work experience and
placement opportunities to compliment their training, watch an interview with
EIS Performance Lifestyle advisor Emma Mitchell on her work with Hockey,
here. In swimming there are many athletes who require further education to
work with their training and competition schedule. Read about one athletes‟
balancing act here.
EIS Performance Lifestyle Advisors
working with CWG Sports include....
Emma Mitchell, working with Hockey
Jane Mawdsley, working with Swimming
Dan Salcedo, working with Boxing &
Diving
From England to
Delhi
Travelling from England to Delhi involves a variety of physiological
aspects which athletes will prepare for as part of their training
programmes.
As well as advice from the Commonwealth Games England support team, many
sports will be utilising strategies devised with their EIS support staff which they
have tried and tested in training and competition over the past cycle.
To ensure athletes arrive fresh and perform to their best, they will have
prepared acclimatisation strategies, devised techniques to minimise the impact
of travel and planned what their hydration and recovery strategies look like.
Watch an interview with EIS Performance Nutritionist Mark Ellison on his work
with the England Boxing squad here.
Examples of Sports Preparations for
Delhi...
England Hockey squads trained at
the Environmental Chamber in hot
and humid conditions before
travelling to Delhi
England boxers have recovery
strategies in place, tried and tested
over the summer.
Peaking & Tapering
The demands of international competition require careful planning
and preparation in order that athletes „peak‟ at the optimal time.
Many athletes have talked about their competitive schedule and which
competitions they‟re tapering towards. EIS Support Teams, including
physiologists and strength and conditioning coaches, have worked alongside
coaches and athletes to help plan training strategies for peaking and tapering.
Watch EIS Strength & Conditioning Coach Ian Pyper here talking about his work
with the England Boxing team.
Read about EIS Strength & Conditioning Coach Barry Shillabeer and Physiologist
Ben Hollis and their work with the swimming squad here.
Watch an interview with EIS Strength & Conditioning Coach Ian Pyper on his
work with the England Boxing squad in preparation for the Games here.