Long Term Athlete Development

You might be interested in the current Gymnastics Canada planning document. … LTAD, for all participants, all programs, all ages, all ability levels. That’s over 200,000 participants!

Eight Stages:

1. Active Start
2. Fun, Fitness, and Fundamental Movement Patterns
3. Building the Skills of Gymnastics
4. Specialization in a Gym Discipline
5. Becoming a Consistent Competitor
6. Winning at All Levels
7. International Excellence and Podium Performances
8. Gymnastics for Life/Active for Life

… includes six different competitive disciplines – Men’s Artistic
Gymnastics (MAG), Women’s Artistic Gymnastics (WAG), Rhythmic Gymnastics (RG), Trampoline
and Tumbling Gymnastics (TG), Aerobic Gymnastics (AG) and Acrobatic Gymnastics (AcG). …

Gymnastics Canada – Long Term Athlete Development (PDF)

© Gymnastics Canada Gymnastique 2008

It’s more setting out goals of the Federation than actually “planning”. Gymnastics Canada disciplines plan based on this document.

2 comments ↓

#1 guest on 06.09.10 at 3:11 am

Someone should forward this to many gyms who practice poor coaching to gymnast ratios. Or inadequate coaching levels to level of athlete.

#2 guest on 05.07.11 at 12:03 am

I agree better still get arse outta offices & look at quality of coaching per se

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