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 9-12 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 11-15 years old for females and 12-16 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 15-18 for females and 16-18 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 18-23 for females and 18-25 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