The German Sport Industry

The global evolution of talent promotion within Olympic sports: A focus on the national systems and contribution of the former German Democratic Republic, Australia, and the United Kingdom

“…Given that sport policy was dealt with at the top of the hierarchy, decisions were made, policy was changed and implemented more swiftly and without the need for widespread consensus as is the case in democratic regimes ” (p. 181). Supporting the SED at a national level was the High-Performance Sports Committee ( Leistungssportkomission - LSK), German National Olympic Committee (NOC) and the German Gymnastics and Sports Association ( Deutscher Turn- und Sportbund der Deutschen Demokratischen Republik - DTSB) an “umbrella” organisation responsible for providing oversight of its Olympic National Sporting Federations (NSF) ( 2 , 5 , 8 , 9 ).…”