Tag: Sport Specialization

A Study Of Olympic Athletes

I had to share this research summation that Mike MacKay passed on to me after he attended the Coaching Association of Canada’s 2008 Sport Leadership Conference which was held in Calgary (Alberta). The conference is an annual gathering of sport leaders from Canada and abroad. … Dr. Arne Guillich conducted a study of Olympic athletes. …

10 Key Factors In Long-Term Athlete Development

In planning for the sporting excellence and well-being of Canadians, Sport Canada has launched a resource rich website focused on long-term athlete development. “This website describes a model of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD), a training, competition, and recovery program based on developmental age — the maturation level of an individual — rather than chronological age. …