Study: Brain Gains
Participation in sports and physical activity is a major contribution to brain development. One pilot program took place in the spring of 2008, when Saskatoon teacher Allison Cameron put her Grade 8 students on treadmills during class. She tracked their results, not just in behavior, but in academics and the results were astonishing. Find out about her experiment and much more on this subject.
Athletes & Coaches
Playground to Podium. Planning for the sporting excellence and well-being of Canadians.
This website describes a 7-stage Canadian model of LTAD, a training, competition, and recovery program based on developmental age — the maturation level of an individual — rather than chronological age. It is athlete centred, coach driven, and administration, sport science, and sponsor supported. Athletes who progress through LTAD experience training and competition in programs that consider their biological and training ages in creating periodized plans specific to their development needs.