Long-Term athlete development
Playground to Podium
Planning for the sporting excellence and well-being of Canadians.
The 7-stage Canadian model of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) is a training, competition, and recovery program based on developmental age - the maturation level of an individual - rather than chronological age.
It is athlete centered, coach driven, and administration, sport science, and sponsor supported. Athletes who progress through LTAD experience training and competition in programs that consider their biological and training ages in creating periodized plans specific to their development needs.
Sport Manitoba hosted a special series of workshops for Manitoba’s sport Leaders from December 3-5th, 2008 in planning and implementing the Long Term Athlete Development. The workshops featured Canada’s Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) Experts, the principle authors of Canada’s LTAD model and proponents of the Canadian Sport for Life movement.
Sport Manitoba asked someone who attended each workshop to write a quick summary on what they learned, click here to read the responses and resource addtional information and files
Additional and more detailed information is available by accessing the Canadian Sport For Life LTAD web site at: www.ltad.ca
