ABSTRACT
This chapter takes the preceding theoretical and empirical discussion and explores the implications for policy and practice. At a macro level it explores the ingredients that might make up a national sport strategy that applies and structures its approach around the core theoretical constructs of sporting capital. This includes recommendations for the roles and responsibilities of the key agencies that impact on community sport outcomes and the implications for the ‘agents of change’ in the paid and voluntary workforce. At the micro level of project design and intervention it examines what this would look like if sporting capital ‘principles’ were applied and makes practical suggestions to help guide those in the front line of sports development. A brief exploration is made of the relevance and potential broader public policy application of sporting capital and its links through the transferability of capitals to wider social and health outcomes.
