The National School of Sport (END) is in the complex constructed for the realization of the Pan American Games (1971) in Santiago de Cali, Valle del Cauca, Colombia Sports and administrative scenarios Joseph J. Clark Sports Center. The END was born under the patronage and the regency of the Colombian Institute of Youth and Sport (COLDEPORTES), as the first training institution in the field of sport. Initially it was called "Sports Center" and its mission was to offer courses and seminars aimed at qualifying the sports coaches in the nation, and thus be eligible for the National Roster of COLDEPORTES.