Canada’s Long-term Athlete Development Model
Canadian Sport for Life documents the Long-term Athlete Development model adopted by Sport Canada and the Canadian Sport System. Each National Sport Organization (NSO) responsible for a specific sport is developing its unique LTAD model based on Canadian Sport for Life, and through its Provincial and Territorial counterparts is implementing the model across the country. Canada’s LTAD model is shown in Figure 1.
Physical literacy is developed during the first three stages of Canada’s LTAD model, meaning the time from birth to the start of adolescence: from birth to approximately age 11 for girls and to age 12 for boys.
In addition to the material in Canadian Sport for Life, which applies to everyone, there is additional information in No Accidental Champions that applies to Canadians with a disability.