Sports Institute for Northern Ireland

Sports Institute for Northern Ireland
	Ulster University at Jordanstown; Ulster University at Coleraine; PDCs at Bangor, Belfast, Cookstown and Lisburn, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
Website	sini.co.uk/

The Sports Institute for Northern Ireland, shortened to SINI, is a partnership between

Jordanstown Campus,^[3] however limited services are available at the Coleraine

campus.

Four Performance Development Centres (PDCs), based in Bangor, Belfast, Cookstown and Lisburn, offer specific services to their localities.^[4] SINI is intended to develop and maintain Olympic standard support to Northern Ireland's top athletes and coaches. The facilities cater for Olympic, Paralympic and Commonwealth Games athletes and sports along with a select number of sports that are important to the public in Northern Ireland including rugby, soccer, cricket, GAA, golf and motor sports. Staff work in sport-led programmes in both an inter–disciplinary and multi-disciplinary fashion.^[2]

Services

The institute offers Performance Planning, Sport Medicine, Physiotherapy and Soft Tissue Therapy, Strength and Conditioning Training, Performance Nutrition, Physiology and Performance Analysis, Talent Identification, Performance Psychology Services and Performance Lifestyle Advice.^[5]

Partners

The institute is currently partnered with most Irish and Northern Irish Sports bodies. If a sporting body wishes for an athlete to compete at an international level they may apply to the Institute for that sports-person to receive their services. The selection process prohibits athletes which have not been nominated by their sporting body from becoming a member. SINI is currently partners with:^[6]

Publicly Funded Bodies

Sporting Bodies