PROJECT SUMMARY
BENCHMARKING: HOW EFFECTIVE IS YOUR ELITE SPORT SYSTEM? HOW DOES YOUR COUNTRY COMPARE TO OTHERS?
SPLISS has more than 15 years of experience in benchmarking elite sport systems. A SPLISS assessment evaluates a nation's elite sport system and climate. SPLISS assessments are characterised by four elements:
- SPLISS model & its critical success factors
- Involvement of elite athletes, coaches and performance directors
- SPLISS Scoring system
- Collaboration with a local partner/researcher
Key questions are:
- What makes an elite sport policy effective and efficient?
- How can nations improve their chances of winning medals in international sport?
Aim
A SPLISS benchmark increases insights into the effectiveness and efficiency of a nation’s elite sport policies compared to more than 17 other nations. It makes use of the experience developed during several benchmark studies (see SPLISS 1.0 and SPLISS 2.0, under "Publications" - "Books") and takes place at the ‘overall’ or national sport policy level. Key questions are:
- Why do some countries win more medals than others?
- How much do countries invest in elite sport?
- How do nations prioritise their elite sport investment decisions?
