Talent hunt for London 2012 goes online

Greg Nance, ASC Director for Sport Performance and Development, understands Australia’s plight.

‘Being a relatively small country we don’t have the resources to invest in sport like the UK, so we need to continuously develop innovative tools that enable us to keep up with the rest of the world.

‘eTID is Australia’s solution to finding talent in a way that is smarter and more efficient,’ Nance said

eTID is a simple to use, free, online program that tests an athlete’s sporting abilities.

It provides opportunities for aspiring or current athletes and even former elite athletes looking to start a new sport.

The athletes’ information is processed and if identified as ‘above average’ by eTID, they are then encouraged to visit a Talent Assessment Centre to have their results verified.  

Once the Talent Assessment Centre identifies that the athlete has real talent they can then enter the elite sporting system, where they could be supported with coaching, equipment and travel.

We encourage all aspiring athletes to log onto eTID today and find out if they have the potential to be Australia’s next sporting champion ausport.gov.au/etid