As our nation’s premier training centre, the Singapore Sport Institute (SSI) plays many roles in the support and development of Team Singapore athletes and of the country’s sports medicine and sports science (SMSS) industry overall. SSI supports sports in Singapore in the following ways:
For the elite national teams, SSI already provides a broad suite of athlete, performance, medical and coach su
pport services. SSI provides long-term athlete support and life planning, including advice on career planning and money management. Looking forward, SSI will share knowledge and programmes with private sector SMSS clinics. By networking with other clinics, SSI will extend its impact to the benefit of all athletes—elite, competitive or recreational. SSI intends to extend its reach even further into the greater community through public tours, lectures, clinics, resources, attachments and networking sessions. Increasingly, SSI will focus on expanding capabilities among sports medicine and sports science specialists at home, including sports psychology, physiology, nutrition & physiotherapy. These pathways will include opportunities for scholarships, internships and secondments to international agencies. SSI will continue to review its best practices against international benchmarks. By establishing international alliances with regional sports institutes, SSI will promote the exchange of scientific information and talent, collaborating in research studies on training methodologies, conducting joint evaluation of technologies among other projects. The increased research focus and opportunities will also enable the SSI to engage business in high-performance sport-research collaborations and partnerships.
