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ATHLETE DEVELOPMENT


A LOGICAL


Why the U.S. lags behind smaller countries — and


lacrosse lags behind other sports — in long-term athlete


development BY COREY MCLAUGHLIN


From its origins late last century, popularized by the work of Dr. Istvan Balyi for Canadian Sport for Life, to a VIGIRX JEGX ÁRHMRK XVMT XS *MRPERH F] XLI technical director for a major American sport’s governing body, the long-term athlete development movement is on the minds of many athletics stakeholders across the world. “Finland has about same number of


hockey players as the state of Michigan,” USA Hockey’s Ken Martel said. “Last 3P]QTMGW XLI] FIEX YW ă ÿ ,S[ GSQI they can do that and we can’t?” For one, Finnish youth practice more than


they play games, Martel found. Practice-to- game ratio is one of the tenets of LTAD. US Lacrosse launched the Lacrosse Athlete Development Model (LADM) in 7ITXIQFIV Āþÿă 8IEQ 97% ERH (YOI men’s coach John Danowski supports the initiative, especially as it emphasizes age- appropriate skill development. “Practice is king,” Danowski said. “At


whatever level you’re playing lacrosse, XLIVI WLSYPH FI E Ă SV ă XS ÿ VEXMS SJ practice to games. Sure, games are fun and games are exciting, but at some point, they lose their value.” That’s just part of the movement. “Our talent development model far too often is, ‘Throw all the eggs against the wall and hope one doesn’t break,’” said John O’Sullivan of the Changing the Game project, a Tedx Oregon speaker on youth sports. “We throw all these kids in and don’t really create the right environment and then we go, ‘Look at this player,’ because one kid didn’t crack. These countries with smaller population size can’t kick kids out of the pipeline too soon. There is no one to replace them.”


34 US LACROSSE MAGAZINE November 2016 Canadian Sport for Life promotes


seven stages of LTAD: Active Start, FUNdamental, Learning to Train, Training to Train, Training to Compete, Training to Win and Active for Life. The pillars are drawn from original work by Balyi, who began publishing on the topic in the late ÿććþW ERH YTHEXIH MX MR Āþþÿ Unlike smaller nations like Canada,


Australia and the U.K., which have centralized government initiatives in athlete development, the U.S. has no such consistency from the top down, according to many LTAD experts. The USOC and sport governing bodies must develop their own guidelines. They include everything from how much practice a player should have, to ball-to-player ratios, nutrition ERH WTSVXW WGMIRGI ERH MHIEP ÁIPH dimensions for athletes at various ages and development stages. µ;I LEH Ą ]IEV SPHW TPE]MRK SR XLI same ice surface as the NHL guys,” said Martel, who along with representatives from governing bodies in soccer, swimming, volleyball, ski and snowboard ÁVWX WXEVXIH QIIXMRK EW E KVSYT XS HMWGYWW 08%( IJJSVXW MR XLI QMH ĀþþþW 0EGVSWWI joined the discussion a few years later. µ;I LEH Ą ]IEV SPHW XV]MRK XS HIJIRH XLI WEQI WM^I KSEP XLEX Ą JSSX ā 2,0 defenders are defending.” Sound familiar?


“There is a logical progression in the


development of an athlete,” said Dr. Matt Robinson, director of the University of Delaware’s sport management program and international coaching program funded by the USOC and International Olympic Committee. “Just like in school, ]SY¸VI RSX XIEGLMRK ÿÿXL KVEHI QEXL XS third-graders.” USL


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