07 - 02/03/10 - LTAD

LTAD development 10 years or 10,000 years

Balyi et al (1999, 2001, 2004)

Components of athletic ability need to be trained through childhood

Balance
hand/eye coordination
technique (skill)
confidence/motivation/psychology
concentration/focus

5 S's Stamina, Strength, Skill, Speed and Suppleness

growth spurt - don't overtrain - windows of opportunity

see this link for LTAD - www.ltad.ca

see table 1 in the slides

concerns - growth / overtraining / schoolwork

weight / mass / scales accuracy

sensitive information - height

stature minus sitting height = subischal length

skeletal breadth

calf - gastrocnemius

baby head circumference is a common measure

skinfold thickness

triceps

subscapular
medial calf

suprailiac

abdominal

body fat % - male 12% - 18% ; female 16% - 28%

bioimpedance - very inaccurate

changes in physique (slide)

somatotype -
endomorphy, mesomorphy, ectomorphy

Hormonal changes

Little man syndrome (Napoleon Complex)

references - see slide but Haywood definitely

Skill Acquisition Piaget 155.413 PIA - the essential piaget