Variation in competition performance, number of races, and age: Long-term athlete development in elite female swimmers. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2020 While talent development and the contributing factors to success are hardly discussed among the experts in the field, the aim of the study was to investigate annual variation in competition performance (AVCP), number of races per year, and age, as ...
Dennis-Peter Born +2 more
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Long-term athlete development in schools: a systematic review and narrative synthesis [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingIntroductionEvidence systematically assessing the effects of sports schools on long-term athlete development is largely lacking. In general, sport schools play an increasingly important role in the development of new Olympic and top athletes ...
Nele Söker +4 more
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Coaches’ Adoption and Implementation of Sport Canada’s Long-Term Athlete Development Model
SAGE Open, 2015 This work explores the adoption and implementation of Sport Canada’s long-term athlete development (LTAD) model by coaches and tries to understand the barriers to and enablers of these processes. LTAD adoption was studied in 14 coaches (5 female, 9 male)
Charlotte Beaudoin +2 more
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Developing evidence-informed pathways for long-term engagement in cycling for the United States [PDF]
Frontiers in Sports and Active LivingCycling participation in the United States remains lower than in comparable nations despite widespread bicycle ownership. This manuscript examines the fragmented structure of cycling in the U.S.
Alexandra K. Tyler +4 more
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Quantitative Comparative Analysis of Annual Training Volume and Intensity Distribution of Male Biathlon National Team and University Athletes Using Global Positioning Systems and Wearable Devices [PDF]
SensorsBackground: Wearable sensors and global positioning systems (GPS) can enable objective monitoring of training loads in outdoor endurance sports. In biathlons, comparing training characteristics across developmental stages can help identify structural ...
Guanmin Zhang +3 more
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Developmental activities of elite junior hockey players: an analysis of early sport specialization
Frontiers in Sports and Active Living, 2023 Early sport specialization is a popular and contentious topic in the scientific literature and popular media. The lure of extrinsic rewards has led to increasing rates of specialization among young athletes, while expert recommendations promote ...
W. J. Garland +3 more
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Effects of Resistance Training in Youth Athletes on Muscular Fitness and Athletic Performance: A Conceptual Model for Long-Term Athlete Development. [PDF]
Front Physiol, 2016 Granacher U +7 more
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Investigating the Youth Sports Development Pathway Within a South African Context
Frontiers in Psychology, 2021 The past two decades witnessed increased participation in professional as well as amateur sport, giving impetus to concomitant amplified interest in long-term athlete development (LTAD). LTAD has been described as the structured and progressive growth of
Liandi van den Berg +2 more
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Journal of Athlete Development and Experience, 2020 The purpose of this paper is to problematize the continued adoption and implementation of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) framework (Balyi et al., 2005; 2014) as an increasingly orthodox conception of the athlete development process and for ...
Dowling, Mathew +2 more
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Sports training in volleyball youth sport centers in the Czech republic
Tělesná Kultura, 2012 BACKGROUND: Together with the increase of importance of sport as a social phenomenon importance of optimizing the system of sports training of talented athletes is growing.
Michal Lehnert +3 more
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