Paralympic LongTerm Athlete Development Model

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ParalympicLong-Term AthleteDevelopment Model
PLTADM

• Development and Considerations

Canadian Paralympic Committee October 2004
Dr. Colin Higgs chiggs_at_mun.ca
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Generic Sport vs Disability Sport Long-Term
Athlete Development Models
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Athlete/Participant Development Framework
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But athlete development does not occur
without systematic support
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Simplified.....
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Competition
Stage
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Coaching
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Funding
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Accessible facilities, equipment and services
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Able bodied competition/training support
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Sport science/Evaluation
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Officials
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Sport medicine/Counseling
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Daily living support
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Environment
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Summary
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It is better to be roughly right about the whole
thing, and wrong about the details than to be
right on the details and be wrong about the big
picture
Ancient Newfoundland saying (2004)
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