Long-Term Athlete Development
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| Rating | : | 4.71 (664 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B00C5I5EYM |
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| Number of Pages | : | 573 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2018-01-10 |
| Language | : | English |
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Too many athletes leave sport with long-term injuries and a record of underperformance. Thus, long-term athlete development is consistent with the goals of North American initiatives—Sport Canada, the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition.”CHOICE: Current Reviews for Academic Libraries. The ideas in this book can change that and allow everyone in sport to get the most out of talents and ambitions.”Jim Denison -- Professor, University of Alberta, Director, Canadian Athletics Coaching Centre “The authors show that programs of sport and wellness can be complementary, not mutually exclusive. This book brings fresh ideas to the practice of sport and truly represents thinking outside the box. As human beings, we only have one body so we
LTAD 10 stars, this book only 2! Dalibor Veber When I was introduced to the LTAD concept for the first time, I was impressed, I knew instantly and intuitively that this is the right way to go. It is the Zeitgeist movement of sport! Money and fame are secondary, irrelevant, health, wellbeing and full development of human potentials are priorities. Truly inspir. Too much political opinion T Hutch This book had a lot of good ideas for when to begin different aspects of training, but it did become political although that is completely irrelevant to the main topic of the book.. A must read for Coaches, Physical Educators, parents and sports people A well thorough discussion of Long Term Athlete Development with rationale, practical examples and relevant issues offered that are facing the sport. Some of the theory lacks peer reviewed evidence but as the author(s) suggests, where the model lacks evidence they attempt to be "roughly right". A must read for ph
Long-Term Athlete Development offers an in-depth explanation of the long-term athlete development model, an approach to athlete-centered sport that combines skill instruction with long-term planning and an understanding of human development to produce athlete growth.
In 2013 Higgs was the inaugural recipient of the International Paralympic Committee’s Sport Science Awards and also received the Queen’s 60th Jubilee Medal for community service to Canada in support of reducing physical inactivity. Richard Way, MBA, is Canadian Sport for Life’s Senior Leader and is an expert on long-term athlete development. . He received his advanced diploma in coaching in 2005 from the National Coac