In this episode of Coaching Kids Curling, Coach Glenn talks about Long Term Athlete Development. What is it? And why should it matter to a Little Rocks organizer? We also bring you a “Coaching Tidbit” on the topic of improv and coaching.
Links to the resources mentioned in the episode:
"Long-Term Development In Sport And Physical Activity 3.0" (2019) - the latest version of "LTAD" from Sport For Life
https://sportforlife.ca/portfolio-view/long-term-development-in-sport-and-physical-activity-3-0/
"Curling For Life" LTAD document from Curling Canada (2008)
https://www.curling.ca/wp-content/uploads/2010/01/LTAD_English_Sep2009.pdf
"Coaching As Improv" episode (E90) of the Art of Coaching podcast
https://artofcoaching.com/e90/
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Glenn Gabriel is an NCCP-certified curling coach who lives in Pickering, Ontario, Canada. He has been the coordinator of the Little Rocks (U12) program at East York Curling Club in Toronto since 2011. If you have a question or feedback on the podcast, send us an e-mail at coachingkidscurling@gmail.com
The intro and outro music is "Golden Sunrise (Instrumental Version)"
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward/The_Wake_1790/JoshWoodward-TheWake-NoVox-10-GoldenSunrise
by Josh Woodward
https://freemusicarchive.org/music/Josh_Woodward
Licensed under CC BY 3.0
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
