Excellence

KCC Sport, Leisure and Olympics aims to raise standards of sports performance and encourage excellence by:

• Assisting Kent governing bodies of sport to ensure that opportunities are provided for competition and training.
• Supporting talented performers.
• Supporting County sports specific development officers in their work to develop sports performance and excellence.
• Providing publications and information to support performance and excellence.

New Sports Science Sportssheets

Four new Sports Science Sportssheets have been produced;
Sports Science an Introduction (pdf)
Injury Prevention for Sports People (pdf)
Nutrition sportsheet (pdf)
Fitness Testing (pdf)

Kent's Rising Stars

Follow this link to see some of Kent's athletes who are shaping-up for 2012

Supporting Kent's talented performers

Follow this link for information on 20 talented performers nominated by their national governing bodies of sport who ahve been selected to receive support from Kent County Council

Introduction to Sport Science workshop

KCC Sport, Leisure and Olympics in partnership with the universities in the County recently delivered an introductory workshop to Sport Science. Follow this link for details and to download the presentations on the subjects of: Introduction to Sports Science, Sports Psychology, Nutrition, Physiology, Biomechanics and Sports Science Support.