Long-Term Athlete Development 1)What is the Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Model? 2)What are the goals of the LTAD? 3)Description 4)Roles, Implementation and Feedback

What is the LTAD? The LTAD is a “general framework of athlete development with special reference to growth, maturation and development, trainability and sport system alignment.” So what does all this mean?

What are the goals of the LTAD? 1)Provide quality training and competition that considers developmental age and critical periods of trainability 2)Provide a common curriculum 3)Properly prepares individuals by giving them physical literacy skills needed for life-long physical activity 4)Provide appropriate pathways for athletes to choose from 5)Provide a means to align recreation, competition, school sports and PE

Description

Awareness These are the different ways that people learn about our game They can include everything from stories in the media to PSA’s to one on one contacts

First Contact/Recruitment These programs are things like Bridging the Gap The key element here is that a person gets a chance to try the sport out You need personal contact and you need follow- up

Active Start There are two types of athletes we are going to address-Early Entry and Late Entry For Early Entry, the individuals are 0-6 years old For Late Entry, the individuals are 0 plus years post acquisition Learn fundamental movements and link them to physical activity/play

FUNdamentals Emphasis is on using fun and games that use basketball to teach fundamental movements and basic basketball skills Early Entry athletes are 6-8 years old for females and 6-9 years old for males Late Entry athletes are 0-2 years post acquisition Skills are basic wheelchair skills and basic basketball skills

Learn to Train (L2T) Fundamentals are still important, but we begin to emphasize basketball skills Early Entry athletes are 8-11 for females and for males Late Entry athletes are 1-2 years post acquisition Use basic skills in more game-like situations

Train to Train (T2T) The goal is to introduce technical skills and strategies used to develop a well-rounded player and increase the structure around training Early Entry athletes are years old for females and years old for males Late Entry athletes are 2-5 years post acquisition

Train to Compete (T2C) At the end of this level, a player should have almost all of the technical skills and they will start to specialize Early Entry athletes are for females and for males Late Entry athletes are 4/5 years post acquisition Athletes learn how to compete in any situation at this stage as they refine their skills

Learn to Win (L2W) Establish all the technical, physical, tactical and mental skills needed to compete at the highest level Early Entry athletes are for females and for males Late Entry athletes are 4/5 years post acquisition Athletes have been introduced to specialization and strategies and have specific training plans

Train to Win (T2W) The goal at this level is to achieve a high level of performance nationally and internationally Early Entry athletes are 23 years plus for females and 25 years plus for males Late Entry athletes are 5 years plus Athletes are working on refinement of skills and creativity and training plans are highly personalized

Active for Life Up to L2T, the athletes have been learning skills and in a non-competitive environment After L2T, athletes stream into two tracts, T2T or Active for Life Active for Life is for those athletes whose goal is recreation and using the skills of physical literacy across the lifespan Competitive Recreation allows late maturing athletes an avenue to get back into high performance sport if they desire

Roles, Implementation & Feedback 1)Roles-NSO, PSO, Clubs, etc. 2)Implementation 3)Feedback