Long Term Equestrian Development
What is Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD)/ Long Term Equestrian Development (LTED )?
LTAD is a systemic approach being adopted by Equestrian Canada (EC) and the Alberta Equestrian Federation (AEF) to maximize a participant/athlete’s potential and involvement in our sport. The LTAD framework aims to define an optimal training, competition and recovery program model based on biological age rather than chronological age. It is a stage by stage training, competition and recovery pathway guiding an individual’s experience in sport and physical activity from infancy right through to adulthood. It is athlete centered, coach driven and administrated,
By tailoring an athlete’s/participant’s sports development program to suit basic principles of growth and maturation, especially during the ‘critical’ early years of their development, enables him/her to:
• Reach full potential (introduction to
• Increase lifelong participation in Equestrian and other physical activities
• Improving health and well-being
This program’s target goals are to improve the overall health, well-being, and
The
- Active Start
FUNdamemtals - Learn to Train
- Train to Train
- Learn to Compete
- Train to Compete
- Learn to Win
- Train to WIn
- Competitive for Life
- Active for Life
Physical literacy is the motivation, confidence, physical competence, knowledge and understanding to value and take responsibility for
The initial stages of LTAD/
The Para-Athlete’s
By following the LTAD/
Resources
Below are some useful resources for parents, participants, athletes, coaches, etc. (Please note that some of these documents are generic and not sport specific)
- Sport For Life – Official Website
- EC LTAD Backgrounder
- A Parent’s Guide to
LTED LTED for DressageLTED for Hunter/JumperLTED for Eventing- Long-Term Athlete Development – Sport for Life
- A
Sport Parent’s Guide – Sport for Life - Outline of LTAD – Sport for Life
- Developing Physical Literacy – Sport for Life
- Building Collaboration Between Recreation and Sport – Sport for Life
- No Accidental Champions – LTAD for Athletes with Disabilities – Sport for Life
- Mental Fitness for LTAD – Sport for Life
- Aboriginal LTAD – Sport for Life
- Aboriginal Communities: Active for Life – Sport for Life
- AEF Implementation Plan
- EC
LTED 2.0 - 10 Key Factors to
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