Coaching Association of Canada partners with Active for Life in promoting physical literacy
A powerful opportunity to reverse the negative health trend in Canadian children
Active for Life and the Coaching Association of Canada
Active for Life is a national initiative about physical literacy, and we’ve partnered with the Coaching Association of Canada to provide information for coaches to learn about physical literacy and the long-term athlete development model that is at the core of healthy sports for kids.
The articles below are written with parents in mind, so they are great to share with your parents. The more parents understand the benefits of LTAD, the easier it will be for coaches.
We’ve also included some Facebook and Twitter posts that you can use to share the importance of physical literacy and long-term athlete development.
Social media posts
Use these tweets and Facebook posts to share this page with your coaches and parents:
What is #physicalliteracy about? And why is it important for your players? Find out: http://ow.ly/VqYW1
Learn how hopping, swinging, and catching are important first steps in your players #physicalliteracy: http://ow.ly/VqZQ8
The top 5 reasons kids play sports
Kids play sports for the fun of it
6 tips to help coaches teach parents about LTAD
Useful information for community coaches
Talent development vs. talent identification: Give kids a chance
Pre-teen years should emphasize skills development for all
Relative age and developmental age: Is your child getting shortchanged?
Physical, mental, and emotional maturation of children varies greatly
If you’re raising a child athlete, think long-term
Developing physical literacy optimizes both lifelong physical activity and athlete development
Specializing in sport could fast track your kids to the hospital, not the major leagues
Variety is crucial until the age of 14 or 15
Why specializing early in one sport is a bad idea
Diversification is more important during a child’s first decade
Specialization: What does it really mean?
Repetition of one activity to the exclusion of all others is rarely wise
Can you guess the one thing that most elite athletes have in common?
Here’s a hint: it’s not single sport specialization