Long Term Athlete Development II

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Establishing the Foundation for LTAD

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• Clear vision and mission

• Strategy formulation

• Implementation plan (logic model)

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Strategy Formulation

Meeting the challenge of high velocity change:

• Reacting to Change – • Respond to urgent problems/challenges• Defensive posture

• Anticipating Change – • Plan ahead and find solutions • Combination of defensive and offensive

• Leading Change – • Seize opportunities to be the “agent of change”• Offensive posture

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Logic Model

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Activity – Outreach and Recruitment

• Identify potential new communities and partners

• Present Paralympic sport information at conferences of target groups – Key message points

• Systematic follow-up with potential community and/or sport partners

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Activity – Paralympic Infrastructure Development

• Conduct Local and Regional Workshops

• Web-Based information

– Monthly newsletters, website, ranking lists

• Technical assistance capabilities

• Sport manuals and technical resources

• Referrals – rehab centers, schools, sport clubs

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Activity – Emerging Athlete Development

• Awareness and outreach

• Talent identification and assessment

• High performance sports camps

• Individualized biomechanical analysis and sport science evaluation

• Psychological skills training

• Mentoring for coaches and athletes

• Social networking based on sport and sport training

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National Development

• Classification infrastructure– Recruitment, identification, and training of Classifiers– Classifier accreditation/IPC recognition– Athlete classification and database

• Technical officials training

• Event organizing and competition manager training

• Increase competitions across the country

• Improve availability of Paralympic specific sports equipment

• Results and ranking databases

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Activity – International Impact and Outreach

• International outreach and relationship building

• Information sharing with target countries that are leaders in their region

• International workshops and conferences

• Share information and resources

• Identification, recruitment, training, promotion, and support of future leaders

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Evaluation

• Pose critical questions

• Develop evaluation plan including quantitative and qualitative methodology

• Analyze and interpret data with recommendations for future improvements

• Report activities, progress and outcomes

Talent Identification for Athletes with Disabilities

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Where do you find talent?

The Process

Multiple individual factors influence the development of Champions

Basics of Talent Search

FROM•Broad _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ •Older _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _•Novice _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _•Physiology _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ •General _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ •Centralized _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ •Longitudinal _ _ _ _ _ _ _

TO•Focused•Younger•More Experienced•Physical Variables•Specific•Decentralized•Milestones (shorter term)

Child Growth and Development Factors in Talent Identification

Childhood: Readiness, motivation, interest, cognition

Adolescence: Identity formation, sport/athlete identity, identity foreclosure (sees him or herself only in sport), student athlete (dual identity)

Young Adulthood: Role formation, partnership formation, societal role/expectations.

Designing a talent identification program for a specific sport

• Define your current talent identification programs –

– Rio 2016

– 2015 Parapan American Games

– World championships

• Talent Transfer

– from non-Paralympic to Paralympic

– from highly competitive to limited depth sports

– from sports with few medal events to high medal count sports

Designing a talent identification program for a specific sport

• Establish a system for talent identification:

– Aims– Purpose– Roles and responsibilities– Phases and stages – Timescales– Screening process – battery of tests– Athlete feedback– Follow-up planning

What are the key predictors of talent for performance in sport?

Key predictors of talent for performance in sport:

Types of talent: uni-dimensional talent; multi-dimensional talent; uni-sport talent; multi-sport talent

Predictors of talent:

1) Relevant physical characteristics - height, weight, musculature, etc.

2) Physiological - aerobic endurance, anaerobic power, quickness, explosive power

3) Sociological - parental support, local facilities, available coaches or sport technicians, practice opportunities, education

4) Psychological - self-confidence, concentration, stress management, anticipation, decision-making, game intelligence

5) Basic skills - general motor skills, technical and tactical skills

Common Approaches to Talent Identification

Systematic, Governmental Systems: commonly used by former Soviet countries, China and a limited number of others.

Systematic, Non-Governmental Systems: the most common form of sport talent identification.

Non-Systematic Approaches: far less formal and don’t involve using a specific method across the board.

Summary

NPC organizational development

Strategy formulationPartnership development

Athlete development

Talent identification

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