Sportscotland has announced its investment in judo to develop the sport ahead of its return to the Commonwealth Games programme in Glasgow in 2014.

Judo is one of the few sports to have a UK high-performance squad based in Scotland.

The National Training Centre in Edinburgh was used as a training camp venue by Team GB in the build-up to the Beijing Olympics.

The sport is a regular fixture on the Olympic programme, it will make only its third appearance at the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

Judo featured in Auckland in 1990 and Manchester in 2002 where Scotland's high performance coach Graham Randall won gold in the under 81kg category and contributed to a judo medal tally of ten.

JudoScotland want to encourage participation in the sport at junior level and a new scheme will see every nine and ten-year-old primary school child offered the opportunity to experience the sport.

This will also provide a different way of getting children physically active, an alternative to the traditional team sports and hopefully inspiring another generation of judokas.

Louise Martin, chair of sportscotland, said in a statement: "As the national agency for sport, our aim is to provide more and better opportunities for participation and performance at the highest level.

"JudoScotland has put together an ambitious development plan to ensure that judo delivers on those targets and I look forward to seeing the results when our judoka take to the mat in 2014."

JudoScotland are providing their coaches with the best possible education and training to ensure that Scotland keeps delivering medal success.

Jim Feenan, chairman of JudoScotland, said: "The overall package of investment offered by sportscotland will be warmly welcomed by judoka across Scotland.

"We believe that the support received has the potential to benefit all those participating within the sport and will enable us to encourage more young Scots to give judo a try."