Long Term Athlete Development

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Long Term Athlete DevelopmentSLSC Swim Program
for 07 08 swim season

• Alain Delorme Phil Parker
• Thursday, December 6, 2007

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LTADStages of Development

• Active Start
• Ages 0-6
• Stage 1
• Fundamentals
• Females 6-9, Males 7-10
• Stage 2
• Learn to Train
• Females 10-12, Males 11-13
• Stage 3
• Train to Compete
• Females 13-15, Males 14-16
• Stage 4
• Train to Excel
• Females 16, Males 17

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Basic Overview

• Start at the bottom work up
• Success based on proper foundation
• Physiological psychological readiness for
  training competitive excellence

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Active StartAge 0-6

• Fundamental movements and play
• Physical activity
• Daily active play based on fun
• Healthy weight
• ? brain function, coordination, social skills,
  gross motor skills, emotions, leadership,
  imagination
• Build confidence ? self-esteem
• Build strong bones muscles, ? flexibility,
  ? good posture balance, ? fitness, ? stress,
  improves sleep

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Stage 1 Fundamentals Females 6-9 Males 7-10

• Lay the foundation
• Fundamentals and fun
• Critical learning period
• Essentials
• Develop ABCs (agility, balance, coordination,
  speed)
• Develop flexibility endurance
• Multi-Sport play, multi-task approach
• Movement skills before sport specific

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SLSC Program

• Introduction to basic flexibility exercises
• Speed endurance development using games
• Multi-sport promotion
• Travelling skills, object control skills, balance
  movements
• i.e. lunges, juggling, cartwheels, summersaults,
  etc
• Also using body weight Swiss ball medicine
  ball exercises

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SLSC Program cont.

• Introduction to simple sport rules etiquette
• Program activities based on academic calendar
• Enhanced by multi-sport camps during summer and
  winter holidays
• Participate once or twice a week if children
  have a preferred sport, so long as there
  is  participation in many other sports 3 or 4
  times per week to ensure future excellence

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Implementation

• Multiple skill practices
• ? frequency of practices
• ? frequency of play
• Proper process, skill acquisition
• Emphasis on execution
• Less on results
• ? coach to athlete ratio

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Rationale

• Physical psychological benefits
• A sound and effective youth program powerful
  successful senior program
• General skills solid foundation
• Process, process, processnot results!
• A great foundation is the key to all future
  development

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Stage 2 Learn to TrainFemales 10-12, Males 11-13

• Skill test (entry exit)
• Sound basic skill execution
• Multi-task/multi-event
• Broad based skill fitness development
• Avoid early specialization
• Research based
• Precocious /or over ambitious club program
• Late developers often reach higher senior levels
  of performance

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Maturation in Girls Boys
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Rationale

• Sensitive (critical) age periods of development
• Developed skills proper execution with ? speed

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Stage 3 Train to CompeteFemales 13-15, Males
14-16

• Learn to execute
• Initiate generalized senior type training
  program
• Progressive introduction to resistance training
• Introduction to
• Anaerobic
• Anaerobic/Lactate Threshold
• Heart Rate
• Introduction to stroke specialization

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Rationale

• Females Males past peak height velocity
  growth (majority)
• Growth decelerating
• Hormone production promotes physical
  physiological readiness for advanced training
• Muscle strength development
• ? capacity for advanced training
• All previous points assessed on individual basis
  differ from swimmer to swimmer

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Stage 4 Train to ExcelFemales 16, Males 17

• Success is based on foundation set by previous
  stages
• Without this strong foundation, athletes may not
  be physically and mentally ready for training
  competitive excellence
• Increase/high amount of training

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Stage 4 cont.

• Investment years
• Sport Team commitment (10 year training
  process to reach the podium/national
  team/international success)
• Training begins at
• Females 13 15 yrs of age
• Males 14 - 16 yrs of age
• http//www.swimmeet.ca/MeetReport.aspx?mid5450

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Conclusion

• Past success, future success
• Based on research
• Lower injury rates
• Lower drop out rates
• Sport for life

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References

• Clifford Barry
• Dr. Jeno Tihanyi
• Swim Natation Canada (SNC)
• Swim Ontario
• http//www.ltad.ca/