In 2000-01 sportscotland operated a talent identification and development (TID) pilot programme in conjunction with three local authorities in Scotland. The programme was based on an Australian model which used a series of physical tasks and an interactive CD-Rom to determine the suitability of sports for young people. In parallel, sportscotland commissioned the University of Edinburgh to undertake an evaluation of the TID programme and also produce an academic review of the factors influencing TID. As a result of the findings of both the evaluation and the academic review, and because of conceptual and empirical weaknesses, sportscotland decided to conclude the pilot programme in late 2001. sportscotland published Talent Identification and Development: An Academic Review in August 2002. The academic review highlighted that resources should concentrate primarily on the psychological dimensions supported by the development of fundamental motor skills. It also identified that talent is dependent on genetics, environment, encouragement and the effect of these on physical and psychological traits. It argued that by equipping young people with the appropriate psycho-behavioural characteristics of excellence and providing them with opportunities to develop, at an early age, the fundamental motor skills required for participation in a wide range of sporting activities that this would allow young people to reach their potential in sport and physical recreation. It also contended that by equipping young people with these competences that physical activity levels would be raised. In December 2001 sportscotland decided to commission the University of Edinburgh to develop and test a new approach with young people in two local authority areas in Scotland (North Ayrshire Council and Stirling Council). This approach would be based on the psychological characteristics of excellence with an explicit focus on the enhancement of psychomotor capacity. The new programme was called Developing the Potential of Young People in Sport (DPYPS). The DPYPS programme ran from early 2002 to the end of 2003 with the University providing its report in March 2004. The programme involved the development of resources for teachers to use with pupils in schools at primary level and a workbook for sports coaches and the training of primary school teachers to deliver DPYPS sessions in both the classroom and in physical education (PE) classes. Both local authorities seconded a PE teacher to work alongside the University to ensure that the resources developed were appropriate for use in schools and also to provide additional support to primary school teachers in the planning and delivery of the classes. In the Stirling area the University also provided training to a group of club sports coaches in the philosophy and approach to developing young people. Overall although the amount of time the programme actually operated in schools was limited the results were positive and feedback was almost unanimous in its support for the programme from pupils, teachers, parents, local authorities and club coaches. In the summer of 2004 sportscotland staged consultation seminars with Scottish local authorities and Scottish governing bodies of sport where there was widespread support for the philosophical approach used by DPYPS of providing all children with the psychomotor and psycho-behavioural curriculum to allow them to realise their potential and to keep them involved in sport and lifelong physical activity. Since 2004 sportscotland has been using the findings of the DPYPS programme to develop a Long Term Player Development (LTPD) model to be used by governing bodies of sport. sportscotland is also using the principles of DPYPS in the development of a coaching resource for use by governing bodies with children.
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