Rethinking Implementing Long Term Athlete Development

Ian Jeffreys

doi:10.1519/SSC.0000000000000424

Rethinking Implementing Long Term Athlete Development

Ian Jeffreys

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Abstract

Despite numerous models and papers outlining its potential, Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD) is still to attain a position where it is a unifying approach in youth sport programs. Despite isolated cases of success, the systematic application of long term athletic development remains elusive - clearly something is awry. As the application of LTAD requires behavior change, it is important that this perspective is woven into LTAD approaches. This article will examine some fundamental principles drawn from behavioral sciences and apply these to the quest to enhance the application of LTAD in the real world.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	46-51
Journal	Strength and Conditioning Journal
Volume	41
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1519/SSC.0000000000000424
Publication status	Published - 5 Dec 2018

Keywords

Long-term Athlete Development
LTAD
young athletes
behavior change

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