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Canadian Sport for Life
Summer 2008
Features: CS4L Champions
 
Exclusion to Inclusion: Implementing LTAD at the soccer club level. Joel MacDonald is a man with a mission and mandate. As the Technical Director for the Kanata Soccer Club outside Ottawa... > more
 
No Longer Swimming in Circles. How LTAD inspired training techniques assisted Quebec
swimmers in racking up successes nationally and internationally. > more
 
Fostering Change Provincially - One Province at a Time. CS4L is alive and kicking in British Columbia - and jumping, throwing and skipping! >
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Presentations & Conferences

Fall 2008 Physical Literacy. Colin Higgs will present in three locations across Canada (locations to be decided).
 
Sport Leadership 2008. Istvan Balyi will present in Calgary. >
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Sport for Life Workshop 2009. Learn, share and grow the CS4L movement in Ottawa January 21-22, 2009. Speakers from the front line of implementing LTAD practices. Look for more information in the next e-news.
 

Latest News & Events

Developing Physical Literacy, out latest publication, was launched in Alberta and Saskatchewan of May, 2008. > more
 
Ryerson coach sees LTAD as salvation for university program. >
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British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association passes resolution endorsing CS4L.
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Welcome to the inaugural edition of Canadian Sport for Life e-news, sharing ideas of the Canadian Sport for Life movement - the successes, the challenges and the way forward. Canadian Sport for Life is a movement to change the role of sport in Canadian society from a pursuit by few to an important part of everyone's life by promoting each child's healthy and logical development in a sport or physical activity by using the Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) framework. 
Just as you can't learn to read and write without learning the alphabet, you can't become an accomplished dancer, basketball player, or tennis pro without having learned basic physical literacy. Physical Literacy refers to childhood learning of fundamental movement and sport skills that are transferable to other sports and activities during a lifetime. The key is to acquire it during childhood, when your body is most adaptable and ready to 'learn' a variety of basic movement and sport skills. > more
 
How to PHV. A technical overview for coaches interested in charting athlete's growth. One of the key elements in applying LTAD principles to physical activities and sports programs is the recognition that a dancer or athlete's chronological or 'calendar' age does not necessarily reflect their actual physical or developmental age. Complete guide coming soon! > more
 
Has your sport released their LTAD model? Just released:  
  • Baseball Canada > more
  • Diving Canada > more
  • Soccer Canada > more
  • Water Ski & Wakeboard Canada > more
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    Welcome to PlaySport.
    This educational website has all kinds of great activities designed to teach kids games by playing games! PlaySport allows you to search for activities based on the equipment you have, the skills you want to teach, the complexity of the game or the space you have available.
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    CS4L Speakers Network. People passionate about changing sport by implementing LTAD in Canada can come present to your group.
      
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