The seven-stage Canadian model for Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) is an overview of a training, competition, and recovery program based on developmental age - the maturation level of an individual - rather than chronological age.  It is athlete centred, coach driven, and administration, sport science, and sponsor supported. Athletes who progress through LTAD experience training and competition programs that consider their biological and training ages in creating periodized plans specific to their development needs.

"It has been a dream of ours to do the LTAD project. LTAD is not about immediately raising the roof, about higher levels of performance. It’s about raising the floor and that’s what we’re after." 
Mitch Geller, Chief Technical Officer, Diving Canada

Canadian Sport for Life: LTAD Resource Paper (2005)
The Canadian Sport Centre Pacific would like to acknowledge CSC Pacific experts Richard Way and Istvan Balyi for their contributions to the newly developed and published LTAD published in 2005. A PDF version of this report in English is available for download - click HERE.

LTAD poster - click HERE.

No Accidental Champions - click HERE

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