CS4L / LTAD

For a full resource on the LTAD for athletes, parents, coaches and administrators, please visit the Volleyball Canada Development Model website.

LTAD is a training, competition, and recovery program. It establishes guidelines for coaches, athletes, administrators, and parents in all areas, including planning, training, competition, and recovery. It takes into account the ever-changing competitive program and the overall demands on the athletes. Long-term athlete development is also about identifying potential and providing appropriate developmental pathways for that potential to be fully realized. It is about ensuring that everyone who wants to learn sport has the opportunity. … The best sport development programs have a long-term vision, adapt and account for the rates at which an athlete matures rather than planning programs based solely on chronological age, are athlete centered, coach driven, but strongly supported by administration, sport science, and sponsors.

Robertson and Way – 2005
…to learn more about the LTAD model and how it pertains to Indoor and Beach Volleyball: Volleyball for life: Long Term Athlete Development for Volleyball in Canada



Volleyball Canada Development Model