Intro
Welcome
The Good Sports Podcast is dedicated to answering the big questions that surround sport, development, and all the different ways the two fields can interact:
What does good like? How can we do better? And how can we measure it?
We’re learning as we go – get involved, get talking, and get learning with us!
Meet the Good Sports
Sara, Lee and Dave are The Good Sports. Sport and development enthusiasts, they were brought together through their involvement with charity Cricket Without Boundaries. The trio have learnt a lot over the years, but the more they learnt, the more they realised there was to know. The idea for the podcast was formed: speak to other practitioners and experts in the field and start opening up discussions about sport, development, and how they interact.
Sara Begg
A self-confessed nerd, Sara recently switched from a career in Sports Development to International Public Health research. She’s all about that Monitoring & Evaluation life.
Lee Booth
A veteran of nearly 20 CWB projects, and coordinator of delivery of the charity year round, Lee is the “do-er” of the group and is interested in the practicalities of getting things done.
Dave Terrace
Keen to help young and old, Dave works in older adult physical activity and has been on a number of CWB trips. Interested in funding, interaction with elite sport and how sport and dev fits into larger social systems.Overview
Why Sport and Development?
We know that sport and development can work together in lots of different ways; we’ve tried to summarise these into three main types of work, all of which we will cover in The Good Sports Podcast.
Sports Development
Sports Development is the promotion of sports activities for the community; it might be focused on growing participation in the game, or developing pathways for people who are already playing to ensure there’s a suitable playing offer for everyone. Here, “development” refers to the development of the sport.
Sports for Development
Sport for Development aspires to achieve social impact by using sport, play and physical activity. The role of sport here can vary significantly; from a means of mobilizing groups of people, through empowerment and education of participants, and breaking down barriers between groups of people.
Development Through Sport
Development through Sport puts development objectives first, and then plans how sport-based activities can contribute to these. It acknowledges that sport is one of a number of approaches that can be used to contribute to development objectives, and prioritises the development objectives over any sporting outcomes.
