Key Factor #10: Assessment, Monitoring, Evaluation, and Guidance
- LTAD
provides a framework that uses quantifiable benchmarks for evaluating
and assessing an athlete's progress within the eight LTAD stages.
- LTAD may assist in the early identification of athletes who have had an aptitude for and interest in a specific sport.
- At each stage of LTAD, athletes can be evaluated in five areas: technical, physical, tactical, psychological, and lifestyle.
- Recommendation:
Program leaders and coaches should use a variety of recognized testing
protocols to help ensure the best possible fitness and sport
preparation, be it to improve physical fitness and health or to improve
sport-specific performances in competition. SOC may wish to take a
leadership role in integrating appropriate testing protocols into
programs based on input from experts within the NSOs and from related
fitness and physical activity fields.
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