The continuum of long term athlete/participant development
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Canadian Sport for Life and the Long Term Athlete Development. |
Municipalities, Sport Councils, and Provincial Sport Organizations continue to work with sport groups and associations to support long term athlete development and encourage lifelong sport involvement. The Canadian Sport for Life movement has developed the Long Term Athlete Development Program (LTAD) which highlights the values and benefits of sport to both the individual and the community at large. The program describes a continuum of sport development which is athlete/participant centred and moves a participant/athlete through the stages from participant to elite athlete and on to adopting an active lifestyle throughout one's life.
The continuum delivers on best practices, sport research and is based on principles that emphasize ethics, fun and appropriate age and cognitive related development. The LTAD program provides resources and a speakers program and relies on implementation at the provincial and community levels. There is clear alignment with the goals of the Canadian Sport Policy and a program at the community level will be most successful when a collective of participants, parents, educators, health experts and stakeholders are involved.
The continuum of long term athlete/participant development includes; |
