Presentation of Sport wills (Idrotten vill)
• Sports movement’s policy
program
• Agreed by the 2009 AGM of the
Swedish Sports Confederation
What is Sport wants?
• Sport wants is a policy program for
sport.
• RF member sports have produced
common guidelines for organizing
sport in associations and clubs.
Sport wants in your organization
• Sport takes form at local, club level.
• The program can help all of us to make
Swedish sport world best.
The idea of sport
• Sport is
physical activity that we undertake to enjoy ourselves, to feel good and
to get fitter.
• Sport consists of
training and fun, competition and display.
• Sport promotes
physical, psychological, social and cultural development.
• We organize our sports
into independent clubs and associations that together form a voluntary,
popular movement under the umbrella of RF.
The idea of sport (cont.)
• List sports by age and level of
ambition.
• General sports for children up to
age 12.
• Sport for young people from
ages 13 to 20.
• Adult sports for people over 20.
The idea of sport (cont.)
• In sport for young people and in adult sports we distinguish
between sport for all and elite sports.
• In elite sports, improved performance and success in competition
is the guiding principle.
• In sport for all, health, enjoyment and a sense of wellbeing are
normative.
The idea of sport (cont.)
We are a united sports movement that…
• is guided by the same vision and core.
• seeks to preserve the tradition of the Swedish sports movement
with collaboration between elite activities and sport for all.
• respects the associations and clubs with their different roles and
situations in the sports movement.
The idea of sport (cont.)
Sport in Sweden recognizes
• the Universal Declaration on
Human Rights.
• the UN Convention on the
Rights of the Child.
• the UN Convention on the
Rights of Persons with
Disabilities.
Our vision: Swedish sport – world best
• Swedish sport aspires to be world
best at all levels.
• We aim constantly to improve both
as to form and content.
• Based on a self-governing movement with strong associations and
clubs and world-class educational
programs.
Core values
1. Enjoyment and community
• Powerful inspiration to do sports.
• Organize and develop all activities so
that we can enjoy them, feel good and
get fitter.
Core values
2. Democracy and participation
• Each member’s vote has same weight.
• Everyone who takes part in activities
has a say in the running and shares
responsibility.
• Gender neutral and irrespective of
background.
Core values
3. Everyone has the right to take part
Everyone must be able to take part in
club sports at their own level, without
regard to:
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nationality
ethnic origin
religion
age
gender
sexual orientation
physical and mental abilities
Core values of the sports movement
4. Fair play
• fair play and honesty = a necessary
condition for competing on equal
terms.
• keeping within the framework.
• positive ethics and morals.
• working to eliminate cheating,
doping and unhealthy finances.
• acting against bullying, harassment
and violence.
Sport in society
• A popular movements with active clubs are an indispensable asset
in a democratic society.
• The Swedish sports movement has more than 3 million members
and more than 600 000 voluntary leaders.
• The largest and most active popular movement in Sweden.
• The sports movement is built from the base upwards. This base
consists of more than 20 000 independent sports clubs.
Sport for children
• Sport for children: up to the age of 12.
• A children’s rights perspective.
• Try out different sports at a playful
level.
• All-round development is normative.
• For children, competition is a natural
element of sport, as is play.
Sport for young people
• Young people: from 13 to 20.
• Differentiation at different levels
of ambition.
• Playfulness and all-round training
shall also apply to young people
in their early sporting years.
• Some young people aim to do
their sports at an advanced level.
Sport for adults
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Aged 20 and up
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Adults have themselves chosen elite
sports, fitness sports, or leisure sports
• Feeling good, enjoyment and
performance are basic to all sports
Voluntary leadership
• Largely dependent on voluntary leaders.
• > 600 000 leaders devote 140 million
hours to sport as team leaders, elected
representatives or club managers.
Voluntary leadership (cont.)
• Almost all children in Sweden, at some point in their lives, are active in
the sports movement.
• Team leaders have strong possibilities to help young people to
develop.
• Serious demands on the quality of activities and a great responsibility
on leaders.
• Not just “teaching sport” but also communicating core values.
Support for local development
• Both sport for all and elite sports, rooted at
the local level.
• Clubs all over the country open to all, as well
as access to quality sports grounds and
facilities makes sport for all a realistic goal.
Support for international development
• Mattias Claeson 40 år
Research and development
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The sports movement, with some 3 million
members, is strongly rooted in society.
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Sport is one of our most universal cultural
phenomena.
Research and development (cont.)
• The government should take responsibility
for fundamental, long-term research.
• Funding is in the hands of the Swedish
National Centre for Re-search in Sports.
Further information (Swedish texts only)
• Idrotten vill can be downloaded as a pdf from the RF website – rf.se
(under Dokumentbank).
• It is also available as a printed document from kundtjä[email protected]
• SISU Idrottsutbildarna’s supporting materials can be accessed on their
website sisuidrottsutbildarna.se under the heading “Vi arbetar med”;
click on “Skapa världens bästa idrott”.