By Reuben Caven

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Bath University
What is Bath University Its a university which includes world class facilities, currently the best university in the country and just recently it was awarded the university of the year 2011/2012 . Bath university is open to the public so everyone is welcome to the campus. The university offers a wide range of sports courses from becoming an elite sports player or even becoming a qualified coach. Bath university's vision is to create a world-leading sports environment for student, elite and recreation-level sport. There has been 4.18 million spent on the university. Sports Coached

Athletics Badminton Bobsleigh Football Gymnastics and trampolining Hockey Judo Modern pentathlon Netball Rowing Rugby Skeleton Squash Swimming Tennis Volley ball

History The Construction of a purpose-built campus in Bath began in 1964, the first building which was completed was named 4 south in 1965. the royal charted was then granted to the university in 1996. Past medal winners Amy Williams: Skeleton Kate Howey: Judo Sam Weale: Modern Pentathlon Ben Rushgrove: Athletics Teambath Tribe Programme Team bath believe that young people are their future, so they have created a Teambath tots and tribe. Coaches introduce children to new sports and develop on their current skills In other sports. Teambath cater for children aged 2 and onwards with a variety of after school/holiday sessions. They also work with schools to allow them to use the university's amazing facilities.

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Judo
Bath university have an inspiring setting of their martial arts dojo. The dojo is Japanese styled and is

the training base for the top class judo players.

Not to mention double Olympic medallist Kate Howey uses the

Players Competing at the Dojo

facilities. Its also open for student groups and by the Teambath tribe for their judo sessions. All students are expected to do a minimum of 2 judo sessions a day, their only rest day is Sunday (may not get a rest day)

British Judo

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Judo Facilities
What do the judo players use?
There are a range of facilities at bath

spa university for the judo students to use. Students are able to use a variety of facilities as they cannot cover every aspect of judo in the dojo; they use the facilities which are beneficial towards their judo.
They are eligible to use the: The Dojo, Outdoor Tracks, Gym (running, rowing). All judo athletes are required

The Dojo at Bath University

to do a minimum of 3 gym sessions a week.

The Gym at Bath University

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Judo Coaching
Jurgens Profile
Jurgen is 6th Dan high performance coach at bath

university. He is the head coach of judo, he was formally the assistant national coach for Germany, furthermore he has worked with world and Olympic medallists, so his experience is incredible. Juergen originated his interest for judo in 1963 and came to Team Bath 2006. He has been coaching since 1979 and now hold a coaches academic degree from Cologne, Germany.
Head Coach Jurgen

How effective is he? Overall Jurgen is an excellent coach, he has the experience and skills which bath university and the judo players are very lucky to have. Because Jurgen has past experience with assistant the nation German team this makes him a very vital coach for judo which is a honour for the university and players.

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Judo Physio and Sport Science Support

What can the judo players use? If you are judo student you entitled to use a range of sport science related facilities/services. These services are:

Physiotherapy - Injury treatment/prevention Sport massage - Prevent muscle and tendon injury + reduce pain as well as stresses & strains on the joints Sport science support - Recovery from injury Strength and conditioning Get fit + healthy and working on weak ability areas. Sport nutrition Keeping a balanced diet suitable for your specified sport. Sport psychology Helping with mental problem, recovering from injury, need motivation. Video & performance analysis Assessing you performance which has been recorded, identifying weak areas.

What did Jurgen say about what he uses? Jurgen explained all the facilities his athletes used and why, it is incredible knowing how much facilities the judo athletes use, here are a few examples. Jurgens athletes use: the gym (working on fitness and strength) Outdoor tracks (for fitness) Physiotherapy (for treating injuries and preventing others) Sport psychology (for players feeling down on their injuries and other mental problems) Does it help performance? The athletes wouldn't be as good as they are now if they didn't have the physio and sports science support services, this is because this type of support helps the players recover and prevent themselves from injuries and injuries are the one thing you need to avoid when playing sport. If you come across and injury you ability levels can drop such as fitness and strength. That's why it is a great advantage for the players to have this support.

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Judo Funding
What funding for elite athletes is there? Bath university and their judo players receive no funding from British judo. The reason for this is that bath university has many state of the art facilities that there is no need for the British judo organisation to invest money in the university for new equipment for example.

British Judo

http://www.britishjudo.org.uk/home/index.php

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Evaluation of Judo Provision

How good do Bath University provide for Judo players. Overall bath university provide outstanding services for their judo players. In my opinion the best service that the university offers is the physio and sport science related facilities, these can be physiotherapy , sports massage, sport psychology and many more! It is remarkable that the all the players are entitled to use a range of sport science facilities to help towards their judo carer. In conclusion bath university do exceptionally well for providing facilities, coaching and sports science support to all their players.

Judo Players in Action

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Badminton
Badminton Context Bath university allow all types of players to use their facilities and coaches, these can be players who want to become elite (national players) or just for young people and recreational players. Bath university is one out of the two high performance centres and not to mention they have developed players who have represented their country at national level. Everyone is welcome to use their remarkable main hall and founders hall which has sprung floors which are perfect for all types of players. There are four players which are included in the high performance squad at bath university and 50 badminton players all together. The high performance squad participate in badminton five times a week and have one rest day. The players go through different training types daily such as rehab training, core training, weights training and badminton practice which is located on the court.

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Badminton Facilities
The badminton players at bath university are offered a wide range of facilities anytime and

whenever. These facilities are: Indoor badminton courts (to practice techniques and play badminton), Gym (to keep fit), Outdoor tracks (work on fitness) Nutrition coach (making sure players have a health diet) and lastly the physio and sport science support facilities (to recover from injury and mental issues) The main beneficial service which is available for all badminton players is the strength and conditioning coaches. Strength and conditioning coaches are there to help the players on their weaknesses, its their job to make sure the players are improving on certain areas of their abilities. Bath university do very well to provide strength and conditioning coaches throughout the campus in a different sports.

Badminton Court at Bath University

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Badminton Coaching
Profile on Pete Pete is the head coach of badminton at bath university. Pete has coached Richard Vaughan (world no 15 and Commonwealth games Bronze medallist) Nick Kidd (national men's singles champion) Pete has also coached many more professional/elite players. In the past Pete had earned 13 caps for England and in 1993 he was 3rd in the highest English rankings. In 2005 Pete became the head badminton coach to run the University teams along with the High Performance centre at bath university. Is he any good? Pete is brilliant at his job, he is a strong + well experienced coach that bath university are pleased to have. Pete's main focus is to support the team so he tries his very best to help out his team and support them in every way possible. He has past international experience as he played badminton at a high level, so he has experience what most coaches don't not have and Pete can share his experience with his fellow players so they get the best out of his coaching methods. Overall he's very beneficial for bath university and the players.

Pete Bush - Head Badminton Coach

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Badminton Physio and Sport Science Support

What do they use? Does it help? The badminton players are allowed to use a series of

physio and sport science linked services. All players are entitled to use services such as: physiotherapy (to help recover from injuries and also prevent injuries) Psychology (to help players feel confident and motivated after injuries) Nutrition coach (making sure players are eating correctly and offering them a diet plan) they are also allowed to use many more services which are available at the university.
Sports Massage

These facilities give great advantages to the badminton

players, all players are allowed to use them whenever they like. The one great advantage is that the players can know that they have support in their badminton carer with specialised sport science people to assist them in everywhere possible , so overall it is very good that the badminton players have support and that is very helpful.

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Badminton Funding
Funding One out of the four in the high performance squad is sponsored by badminton England. This means he gets most equipment and kit free or at a discounted price. This is an amazing opportunity as the person who is sponsored has only just become a student at bath university and he doesnt have to worry about saving money to buy new equipment as its already paid or discounted for him. He can receive things like shoes, badminton rackets, shorts, shirts etc. bath university receive free shuttle cocks from badminton England as they are entitled to have them with the amount of players in the badminton squad. Elite funding options

Badminton England (NGB)

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Evaluation of Badminton Provision

In general bath university provide absolutely outstanding services, support and facilities for

their players. All the players are guaranteed to feel comfortable knowing that they have the facilities and support for them to use at their own will. Having the correct facilities and support really befits towards the players performance/abilities.
In my opinion the physio and sports science support is the best service thats is offered to players, without the support of physio, sports massage, psychology the players wouldnt be able to recover from injuries as quick and efficient. This is a strong sector the bath university has. So in conclusion bath university do exceptionally well in offering their badminton players the right services and facilities that they require.
Badminton Evaluation

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GIFTED & TALENTED SUPPORT PROGRAMME 2009 - 2011

EIS TASS PROFESSIONAL SPORT

N=?

SELECTED PERFORMERS

YEAR 10 / 11 ELITE PERFORMER UNIVERSITY DAY

YEAR 8 / 9 PRACTICAL BASED ACTIVITY THEMED UNIVERSITY WORKSHOPS YEAR 6 MULTI SKILL CLUBS & ACADEMY YEAR 7 MULTI SKILL CLUBS & EXPERIENCE DAY

N = 40

ALL SCHOOLS

N = 160

ALL SCHOOLS

N = 240

ALL SCHOOLS N = 20 000 YEAR 6 TALENT IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMME

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Summary
After my visit to bath university I have witnessed

how brilliant bath university provide a range of services and facilities for their sport players. They offer state of the art facilities for all types of athletes, for example elite, professional, students (learners) or recreational players. All sports which bath university cover such as rugby, athletics, football, swimming, badminton, judo etc. They provide outstanding facilities for them to use. Also they are allowed to use physio and sport science support because players are bound to come across injuries so they are going to have to recover from them physically and also mentally , it is a great advantage for the players to use this support. In conclusion bath university is one of the best university for a reason and the sports village sector obviously has a contribution to this achievement. The university have had 20 people who have become elite athletes who used to study at the campus. This university is of the scale for excellent provision of their athletes, I cant explain how good it is; its remarkable.

Bath University Sports Village

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