WESTERN AUSTRALIAN CYCLING HIGH PERFORMANCE STRATEGIC PLAN Prepared and published by: WestCycle Incorporated With funding and support from: Department of Sport and Recreation Contact: WestCycle Incorporated [email protected] www.westcycle.org.au Acknowledgements: WestCycle would like to acknowledge the contribution of the Western Australian cycling community in the development of this document. Photography: Various Sources Design: Media on Mars, Fremantle, WA Copyright: The information contained in this document may be copied provided prior approval is received from WestCycle and that full acknowledgement is made. CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY 2 01 HIGH PERFORMANCE VISION 4 02 CURRENT ENVIRONMENTS 8 Track 9 Road 13 Mountain Bike 17 BMX 21 03 FUTURE FOCUS 26 RESOURCES 40 GLOSSARY 44 1 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY WestCycle the peak body of cycling their best in state, national and development environment. Strong in Western Australia has prepared international competition. consultation with the Western this High Performance Plan to In addition, the high performance Australian Institute of Sport help shape the successful future environment must nurture and (WAIS) and the development of high performance cycling across identify Western Australia’s next of stronger centralised shared all disciplines. This specific plan generation of athletes, providing resources pathways will result in is focusing on the state talent the right support at the right time not only greater success at a high development area (13-19 years of to ensure Western Australian performance level but also an age.) All disciplines are aligned to athletes continue to achieve increase in participation numbers the Winning Edge aims, which are: international sporting success. from grass roots upwards. The Top 5 nation at the Olympic and A successful high performance plan includes an analysis of the Paralympics. Number 1 nation at environment at the state level will current cycling environment across the Commonwealth Games. 20+ help shape our national sporting all disciplines followed by a future World championships winners success. It will also help create focus that will showcase key annually. WestCycle is central a culture of “living excellence” strategic outcomes as well as to Western Australia’s high for athletes, coaches, clubs, a description of resource allocation, performance system within cycling officials and all stakeholders operational objectives and key and is responsible for delivering/ involved. Within this document personnel required to create a assisting with high performance will be the vision and strategies sustainable high performance cycling. Our role is to create required for WestCycle and all cycling environment. environments that support coaches, our member associations to athletes and teams to perform at grow a sustainable state athlete 2 METHODOLOGY The Brian Miller review into high WESTCYCLE HIGH PERFORMANCE VISION performance cycling released in April 2013 has been extensively used throughout this document as CYCLING well as the Department of Sport WAMBA BMXWA WAIS DSR AUSTRALIA and Recreation facilitated reviews across all disciplines completed in 2015. Key areas of concern as well as opportunities have CYCLE PROFESSIONAL RACING been identified from both the SPORT WA TEAMS report and further research. This information has then been used to create key strategic outcomes that will help deliver a high CLUBS CLUBS CLUBS performance environment across all cycling disciplines. Additionally, the following procedures/ stakeholders have COACHES COACHES been engaged to provide direction and informative opinions as to how the high performance environment should be shaped in WA. WestCycle would like to thank all stakeholders for their engagement and support of the High Performance Plan. 3 01 HIGH PERFORMANCE VISION STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT CULTURE AND VALUES BENCHMARK TARGETS Within this section, the current values and culture of cycling in WA will be examined. From this, new bench mark targets and goals will be identified to measure the success of our planned state development environment for all cycling disciplines. 4 INTRODUCTION Western Australian Cycling’s High While this plan focus is 2016-2020 focus and the resources necessary Performance Plan 2016-2020 will some of the structure will have a for us to deliver on our overarching provide structure, investment, long-term focus beyond 2020. We goals and benchmark targets. and accountability across all believe these targets will serve It is our vision that cycling at a cycling disciplines in Western to provide a clear focus and a state level in Western Australian Australia. It will identify where strategically consistent approach will significantly improve. This investment is needed within to operational decisions and improvement will be measured via cycling in order to provide a clear investment. This plan covers the the bench mark targets and KPI’s focus on obtaining successful sport’s high performance vision, associated with the relevant state outcomes at benchmark events. the current environment, the future development environment. WestCycle TARGET: Increase the number of West Australian Cyclists winning medals at National Championships. # 1 ranked state across Minimum 2 athletes all disciplines by 2020. transitioned to WAIS annually. 5 OUR VISION To create a Western Australian high performance environment with strategic alignment, strong culture and values which in turn will create a champions mindset to increase the number of National Champions. STRATEGIC ALIGNMENT WESTCYCLE’S HIGH PERFORMANCE An important aim of this plan is to ensure there is VALUES strategic alignment across all cycling disciplines as well Commitment as relevant National Sporting Associations (NSO). This Holistic athlete development alignment will provide clarity amongst our community Resource maximisation and ensure there is a shared strategic direction, vision Collaboration and focus across all our external stakeholders - this will Communication create optimisation of available resources. Integrity across our high performance programme. CULTURE AND VALUES DEVELOPMENT OF A CHAMPION MINDSET A key focus throughout the period of this plan will be on the promotion of sound values and a positive culture. Some people have a misconception about how This High Performance Plan will adopt a new approach champions think and act. They might be influenced by to the culture of high performance cycling in Western an extrovert who’s a champion. Yet the real champion Australia. Based on sound values which are consistent doesn’t go around beating their chest. The champion’s with today’s environment and the principles of best response is “It is about how I perform, winning is a by- practice, which reflect the behavioural and cultural product of performance on the day”. standards to which we aspire.1 6 BENCHMARK TARGETS These benchmark targets below will be used as key measuring tools to assess the success of the high performance environment of each discipline. These targets are subject to change and will be reviewed on a half yearly basis. DATE DISCIPLINE EVENT AGE BRACKET TARGET Feb 2017 Track Nationals U 17/U15 Podium >3 Feb 2018 Track Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion Feb 2019 Track Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion >2 Feb 2020 Track Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion > 4 Sep 2017 Road Nationals U 17/U15 Podium >3 Sep 2018 Road Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion Sep 2019 Road Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion >2 Sep 2020 Road Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion > 4 Feb 2017 BMX Nationals 8-16 years* Podium >6 Feb 2018 BMX Nationals 8-16 years* National Champion>1 Feb 2019 BMX Nationals 8-16 years* National Champion>2 Feb 2020 BMX Nationals 8-16 years* National Champion>4 Mar 2017 MTB Nationals U 17/U15 Podium >1 Mar 2018 MTB Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion>1 Mar 2019 MTB Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion>2 Mar 2020 MTB Nationals U 17/U15 National Champion>4 * BMX HP environment begins at 13 years of age. 7 02 CURRENT ENVIRONMENTS SITUATION ANALYSIS PERFORMANCE BARRIERS ATHLETE PATHWAYS Within this section of the plan, the current environment of each discipline will be analysed. This will result in the identification of performance barriers and the creation of updated and documented athlete development pathways. 8 TRACK CURRENT ENVIRONMENT INTRODUCTION Track cycling dates from the Western Australia has a mid-to-late nineteenth century rich history of success at and is one of the oldest forms of the Olympic level within the cycle sport. With the exception of track environment. Henk the 1912 games, track cycling has Vogel was the first track featured at every edition of the based representative at the modern Olympics. 1954 Olympics. Since the Track cycling events fit into two 1984 Olympics held in Los broad categories: sprint and Angeles Australia has won a endurance, with each typically total of 30 medals across all requiring different skill sets and track events with 8 of them physical attributes. Sprint events gold and 2 of these gold are raced individually or against results coming from Western 2 one or more competitors and focus Australian riders. on explosive power and high- In 2016 our current class of U19 Oceania 3x 2nd place). The rest speed skills over a small number Western Australia Institute of of the group have all set personal of laps. Endurance events are held Sport (WAIS) scholarship holders best times or power in their over longer distances and test the within the track program are development towards sporting 3 endurance abilities of individual highly decorated. There are 3 improvement. or groups of riders. Track cycling athletes who have been put At a club level there are 2 major offers the highest elite-level medal on or are transitioning onto CA clubs that our focused on track count of the cycling disciplines, with HPU scholarships (fully funded racing - Midland Cycling Club 10 Olympic events and 19 events positions for those athletes who and Track Cycling WA. Both clubs in the World Championships. Its are tacking towards an Olympic operate out of the velodrome cross-training gains are also widely medal) to be supported in Adelaide located in Midvale.