... investment in training for over 100,000 teachers in over 5,000 secondary and 20,000 primary schools, through the installment of a new teaching resource - 'Elevating Athletics'. This new resource, coupled with an extensive teacher training program will further contribute to the Government's vision of delivering more high quality athletics to schoolchildren. This initiative is also hoped to strengthen links between local clubs and schools, which is a fundamental factor in raising grassroot participation. Current UK:Athletics grassroots schemes - shine:awards, star:track and sports:hall, all of which were acknowledged as being an integral part of the 11% rise in grassroot athletics participation in 2005, will all be developed and extended to reach even more youngsters across Britain in the coming years. Once the Grassroot schemes are in place, the talented athlete must be provided with effective pathways to furthering their athletics careers. Figure 1 illustrates the basic pathway to junior international selection. ...

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