Long Term Athlete Development Presentation by Architects Richard Way & Istvan Balyi

Coaching March 28, 2014

Sport Manitoba’s Coaching Advisory Council & Coaching Manitoba Present:

What: Canadian Sport for Life and the changes to Coaching in Canada

When: Tuesday, April 15th, 2014

Time: 5:00 PM – 8:00 PM

Where: Sport Manitoba Hall of Fame – Sport for Life Centre 145 Pacific Avenue, Winnipeg

Cost: Free

To register please contact Greg Guenther at 204-925-5669 or Sheldon Reynolds at 204-925-5913 or email gena.cook@sportmanitoba.ca

The paradigm shift in Canadian Coaching:

  • Change, constant change
  • Long-Term Athlete Development, (LTAD)
  • Contemporary periodization
  • Periodization for the pubertal athlete?
  • Taper and peak
  • Hormones and female athletes
  • Competition paradigm
  • Warm up and stretching
  • Speed training all year long?
  • Prehab versus Rehab?
  • Sustenance
    • Nutrition – hydration
    • Recovery and regeneration
    • Sleep
  • Mental fitness for stages of LTAD
  • Ancillary capacities
  • Parents education

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