Long Term Athlete Development

Rather than a Blog, I've done a powerpoint presentation, exploring effective long-term athlete development in sport. It's written for coaches, coach educators and others with an interest in how to develop young people in and through sport.

PDF of Slides

Further Reading

Abraham, A. Saiz, S.J., McKeon, S. & Morgan, G. (2014) Planning your Coaching: A focus on Youth Participant Development.(In Practical Sport Coaching edited by Christine Nash pp16-53)

Bergeron, M. F., et al. (2015). "International Olympic Committee consensus statement on youth athletic development." Br J Sports Med 49(13): 843-851.

Kirkland, A. The Coaching Emperor is Wearing no Clothes. Self-published

Podcast with Stuart Armstrong on The Talent Equation on Spotify

Martindale, R. J., Collins, D., & Daubney, J. (2005). Talent development: A guide for Practice and Research Within Sport. Quest, 57(4), 353-375.

Taylor, J. and Collins, D. (2021) Getting in the Way: Investigating Barriers to Optimising Talent Development Experience, Journal of Experience 4(3).

Martindale, R. J., Collins, D., & Daubney, J. (2005). Talent development: A guide for Practice and Research Within Sport. Quest, 57(4), 353-375.

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