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Speed Skating Canada's Plan to reach our destination |
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allowing sport to be a school for life |
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Racing on Skates, an overview of Speed Skating Canada's Long Term Participant & Athlete Development Model. A full length video can be requested on DVD from Speed Skating Canada by contacting Douglas Duncan at dduncan@speedskating.ca
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The Long Term Participant and Athlete Development Model:
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| Speed Skating Canada’s Long Term Participant and Athlete Development Model (LTPAD) is Speed Skating Canada’s commitment to ensure that every participant has the best learning environment possible at every stage of development to achieve their full potential in speed skating. The LTPAD Modeldefines the best learning participation environment at each stage of development by taking into account physical, mental, cognitive and emotional factors. | ||||||||||||||||||
For more information please consult:
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The Find Your Edge overview document provides a general overview of Speed Skating Canada’s Long Term Participant and Athlete Development model. It identifies the key stages of development as well the ten (10) key factors influencing athlete development. It is general in nature and outlines general training and competition objectives based on the developmental age of participants as well as explaining the basics of how to determine an individual’s developmental age. |
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A Parent’s Guide to Speed Skating is targeted towards parents who are relatively new to the sport of speed skating. It provides general information about the sport of speed skating including competitions, safety equipment required and the type of training that young participants should be doing. |
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Speed Skating Canada, as well as the Canadian Sport for Life working group have already developed some key resources to assist in the understanding of long term athlete development philosophy and how it can be used to have improved sporting experience. To access these resources, please consult the resources page within the athlete development section of our website. |
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