ABSTRACT
Many strive to work in elite sport with high performing athletes but delivery in these environments presents a maze of complexity. With time tight, repeat performances essential, and environments highly pressured, selection of the most appropriate delivery models is essential for the sport practitioner. The ability to assess, adapt, and align to the environment of a sport is a critical area for high performance delivery. Many support providers have had a good ‘fit’ in one sport only to move to another and struggle for the same ‘fit’, limiting their impact and influence. Returning to environment, the skills to make an accurate assessment are critical, and supported by a knowledge and appreciation of aspects such as the sports network, organisational hierarchy, performance determinants, vision, culture, and expected behaviours. An understanding of Role Clarity as a construct, often linked to role performance, may support delivery, with a lack of clarity previously identified as a major barrier to successful application of sport science.
