National Governing Bodies of sport will often have no direct influence on the provision of facilities for its sport. Still many of the national governing bodies will be responsible for sports highly dependent on the provision of certain facilities, which lives up to certain demands for its sport to be accessible all over the country.

National governing bodies of sport should therefore try, to the best of their abilities, to influence the provision of sport facilities. It can be done by the NGB to adopt an official facility strategy highlighting in which areas the need is greatest. By adopting a facility strategy NGBs can look at the provision of facilities from a country wide level and see how best to steer the investment to where they are most needed.

A facility strategy should therefore contain an overview and investigation on the level of facilities which are available. It should point out gaps in the country wide coverage of facilities and set up standards which new build should adhere to.