The Total Sport Approach : integral response of youth topsport policy

The methodology Total Sport Approach is in a dynamic ratio relative to a

broadening knowledge society and the need to support the youth and

steadiness in that complicated society. The TSA sees participation in sports

activities as primary means to that steadiness. In addition, many youth training

camps / topsports clubs are dealing with a drastic decline and loss of youth

athletes. To be able to carry out an effective youth sports policy there must be

more and more attention to the diversity in society, and that is why the TSA

answers to the changes associated with this charming topsport youth and all

kind of influences that affects. The TSA is a fellow player between and along

with various other players: sport organizations, parents/guardians and school

education. The TSA has a monitoring and steering role.

The development of the policy instruments is often too focused on its own

domain: local authorities, educational institutions or local sports organizations.

Each field within those domains has its own historical development, its own

laws, its own expectations. Each sector has its own policy culture and a specific

interpretation of the principle of subsidiarity. And finally, each field own

strengths and weaknesses, threats and opportunities, private (budgetary)

needs and expectations. That's why the TSA is an integral response to the

fragmented approach and vision with regard to the development of new policy

instruments in the context of the development of youth topsport policy.