{"id":141009,"date":"2015-07-02T14:00:33","date_gmt":"2015-07-02T21:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/?p=141009"},"modified":"2015-07-02T08:10:25","modified_gmt":"2015-07-02T15:10:25","slug":"long-term-athlete-development-not-winning-key-to-age-group-training","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/long-term-athlete-development-not-winning-key-to-age-group-training\/","title":{"rendered":"Long Term Athlete Development, Not Winning, Key to Age Group Training"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>By Dave Crampton, Swimming World contributor<\/em><\/p>\n<p>Long term athlete development (LTAD) is a widely accepted concept within high performance sport on how to best train and develop junior athletes appropriately for elite sport competition.<\/p>\n<p>Done well, it is focused on athletes, driven by coaches and supported by parents, administrators and sports organisations.<\/p>\n<p>However it is misunderstood by many.<\/p>\n<p>Top swimming coach <strong>Wayne Goldsmith<\/strong>, who was in New Zealand conducting workshops for coaches and parents last month, believes sports people are motivated too much by recognition, rather than long term achievement through hard work.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_107936\" style=\"width: 710px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014-e1435849516331.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-107936\" data-attachment-id=\"107936\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/long-term-athlete-development-not-winning-key-to-age-group-training\/wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014-e1435849516331.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"1033,672\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;4&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;Delly Carr&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;NIKON D4&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1408876877&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;80&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;400&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0.001&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"&lt;p&gt;Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014-e1435849516331-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014-e1435849516331-1024x666.jpg\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-107936\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/wayne-goldsmith-pan-pacs-2014-e1435849516331-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-107936\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo Courtesy: Delly Carr<\/p><\/div>\n<p>He says the job of a coach is to create an environment where an athlete can realise their dreams so that an athlete can give \u2018everything they are capable of giving\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Goldsmith, who has had more than 25 years of experience working with some of the world\u2019s best swimmer and coaches, says a LTAD approach is more about adopting a strategic athlete-centred approach to swimming development, as opposed to working within a system.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe essential ingredient is uniqueness and individual difference,\u201d he says. \u201c[Top swimmers] are not products of a system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen a fool-proof system.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Most recently the debate has become an issue of coaches choosing winning or development, as if they are mutually exclusive. Coaches who develop swimmers\u00a0the right way don\u2019t have to choose either or because winning and development go hand in hand.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. <strong>Craig Harrison<\/strong>, the director of athlete development at AUT Millennium, a world class environment in New Zealand for high performance sports training, says in terms of importance, LTAD is \u2018everything\u2019, with a focus on process leading to achievement, as opposed to one on outcomes.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/craig-harrison-e1435849602876.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"141011\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.swimmingworldmagazine.com\/news\/long-term-athlete-development-not-winning-key-to-age-group-training\/craig-harrison\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/craig-harrison-e1435849602876.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"993,813\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"craig-harrison\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;craig-harrison staff and owen glenn&lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/craig-harrison-e1435849602876-700x500.jpg\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/craig-harrison-683x1024.jpg\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-141011\" src=\"http:\/\/vmrw8k5h.tinifycdn.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/craig-harrison-e1435849602876-700x500.jpg\" alt=\"craig-harrison\" width=\"700\" height=\"500\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are prioritising outcome\u2026 and getting a little bit lost.\u00a0 Winning is definitely over-prioritised at the young ages,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>He says that achievement is more about \u2018getting better\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThat drives people long term.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But getting better is a process. A long term approach is not about getting age group and youth swimmers racing as quickly as possible as young as possible. Rather it is a focus on correct training, competition and recovery throughout their career, paying attention to their growth and development years.<\/p>\n<p>While coaches want their age group and youth swimmers racing as quickly as possible, this will benefit swimmers only with talent and commitment while adhering to LTAD principles.<\/p>\n<p>While maximizing sporting talent is an important goal of long-term athletic development, Goldsmith warns that physical talent is over-rated.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing that physical talent does is get you recognised,\u201d he says. \u201cHard work beats talent until the talent decides to work.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Performance cannot be accurately assessed by times and results achieved, but by determining how closely a swimmer follows their race plan and how close they have gone to achieving their potential.<\/p>\n<p>To do this requires what Goldsmith calls \u2018performance practice\u2019 \u2013 a form of deliberate practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u201c\u2018Performance practice makes perfect \u2013 it\u2019s the way that you do it not what you do,\u201d he says.<\/p>\n<p>It is this deliberate performance practice that grounds the learning process, not short-term outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>But even if a race plan is followed perfectly, a swimmer\u2019s body is not always capable of producing personal bests.\u00a0\u00a0 A personal best is a result, it is not a process. Too high an emphasis can be placed on the achievement of personal bests.<\/p>\n<p>The only thing swimmers are in control of in producing their best possible result is getting the process correct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMany don\u2019t look at the next step,\u201d Dr. Harrison says.<\/p>\n<p>Focussing on the process rather than the result will make the sport more enjoyable for all parties, while also being more likely to produce positive competitive results over the long term<\/p>\n<p>The LTAD model has highlighted the importance of considering individual variations in biological maturation instead of chronological age when programming for youth<\/p>\n<p>There is conflict in that the competitive environment seeks and rewards rapid development, whereas a long term athlete development process attempts to \u2018delay\u2019 high performance long enough for all athletes to arrive at the same point simultaneously.<\/p>\n<p>If a long term approach to training is not adopted, there is likely to be a plateau in performance when growth and development slow significantly, which may affect some swimmers performances.<\/p>\n<p>At this point the short term training approach cannot be reversed, Dr. Harrison says, and swimmers often drop out before achieving close to their potential.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey`ll plateau and get to the point where they disengage as they are not winning as they are not reaching the outcome goals they have set.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Dave Crampton, Swimming World contributor Long term athlete development (LTAD) is a widely accepted concept within high performance sport on how to best train and develop junior athletes 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