SDS Athlete Academy

The Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) Athlete Academy is a multi-sport support structure for talented athletes, who have the potential to progress onto World Class Performance Programmes (WCPP).

Scottish Disability Sport (SDS) is working in partnership with SportsAid Scotland and The Robertson Trust to relaunch our Athlete Academy, which is a multi-sport programme to supplement the continued development of our most promising and talented para-athletes at a pivotal stage of the athlete journey. Each athlete will receive a funding allocation, whilst also receiving key elements of performance education to support their progression into high performance sport. We work closely with the sportscotland Institute of Sport and other external partners to develop a programme of workshops and training opportunities to best prepare the athletes for when they progress to a UK Sport funded programme.

The programme is open to Scottish Governing Body (SGB) or National Governing Body (NGB) athletes with the potential to succeed at National and International level, including the Commonwealth and/or Paralympic Games. Athletes are selected based on strict criteria relating to performance levels, attitude to training and commitment to their sport. Each athlete must be eligible to compete for Scotland and have the desire to represent Scotland and/or Great Britain at the highest level. The selection criteria is homogenous with that of SportsAid Scotland.