BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.1.7//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:168@club-physio.com DTSTART;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20161104T130000 DTEND;TZID=Africa/Johannesburg:20161105T163000 DTSTAMP:20161104T055311Z URL:https://club-physio.com/courses/developing-sporty-kids-long-term-athle tic-development-johannesburg/ SUMMARY:DEVELOPING SPORTY KIDS - LONG TERM ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT\; Johannesb urg DESCRIPTION:[spoiler title='Important Information']\nDEVELOPING SPORTY KIDS \, LONG TERM ATHLETIC DEVELOPMENT\; St Mary's School\, Waverley\, Johannes burg\; 4-5 November 2016\nCourse time : 13:00-19:00 day 1 &\; 8:30-16: 30 day 2\n[/spoiler]\n[spoiler title='More Info']\nThe Long-Term Athlete D evelopment (LTAD) model is a physiological framework proposed to\nmanage t he focus\, volume and type of training for kids as they develop through ad olescence\nand into adulthood.\n\nThus\, the Sporty Kids or LTAD Level 1 c ourse will focus on the 'how' of physical literacy\ndevelopment and is rel evant for health care professionals\, physical trainers\, coaches\, phys-e d\nteachers and parents that have an influence on the physical development of the child.\n\nChildren\, youth and adults need to do the right things at the right time to develop in their sport or activity – whether they w ant to be cricketers\, rugby players\, swimmers\, golfers or gymnasts. Lon g-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) describes the things athletes need to be doing at specific ages and stages.\n\n\n\n\nThere are seven stages within the basic LTAD model.\nThis course focus on the 6 to +- 12 year old age g roup and takes a comprehensive look at FUNdamentals and Learn to Play in t he development of physical literacy.\n\nPhysical literacy is a well recogn ised international model for physical development around the world and has been embraced by sporting codes\, Olympics bodies and health insurance co mpanies around the world.\nThe end game is twofold\n1. Develop children’ s full sporting potential\n2. Create the necessary foundation for active p articipation by adults\n\nThe course covers the following topics:\n1. An i ntroduction to Physical Literacy\n2. The philosophical underpinning of Phy sical Literacy\n3. Unpacking the talent code\n4. Stages of development\na. FUNdamentals\nb. Learn to play\n5. 4 key considerations\na. Developmental age – understanding the importance of early and late maturation in skil l development\nb. Windows of opportunity – what physical activities and skills are appropriate at the stages of development\nc. Transfer of learni ng – are skills transferable from sport to sport?\nd. Specialisation – when should children specialise\n6. Screening and measurement\na. FUNdame ntals\nb. Functional movement\nc. Sports skills\n7. Integrating LTAD into children’s lives\n8. Long term benefits for a healthy adult population.\ n9. The future of LTAD\n\nFROM THE SPORTS DESK…ST JOHNS SCHOOL Johannesb urg\nI was fortunate to be invited by St Mary’s School to attend a 2 day course on Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD). It was presented by Dave Bensted-Smith who trained as a Phys Ed teacher at Stellenbosch University . After teaching for several years\, he studied B.Sc. (Medical) (Honours) at UCT under Tim Noakes\n\nThe philosophy of LTAD is that ‘children need to develop fundamental movement skills\, establish functional movement pa tterns\, develop sport specific skills and create a love for physical acti vity that leads them to a sport for life programme and/or an elite sports career’. In short\, we need to create a programme within our schools whi ch will make every child physically literate. Just as we have created prog rammes for language and maths literacy\, our physical programme needs to f ollow a series of steps which will guide every child through various stage s which will make him the best that he can be\, physically. Leave out any of the stages or components and we have a child who\, no matter how hard h e trains in a particular sport\, will never reach his optimum performance level. In the past\, children learnt these skills naturally through play. They had the freedom to explore different movements while they climbed tre es\, clambered over fences\, balanced on walls\, rock-hopped across stream s\, chased each other\, threw mud at the neighbour’s children\, rode the ir bicycles to the local shop or played cricket or soccer in the street. T hese days\, for several reasons\, our children don’t have the opportunit ies to play and to practise the skills to develop into physically literate adults or to improve their stamina and fitness without it being a chore. Added to this\, the attraction of television and computers has lured child ren out of the garden into the living room where these pastimes result in a much more sedentary lifestyle. It is\, therefore\, the job of the schoo l\, and\, more specifically\, the PE staff to fill in the gap and to teach this literacy artificially so that every child is able to reach his genet ic potential.\nLTAD has defined a system whereby children progress through a series of stages of development. These stages are determined by the chi ld’s biological development and maturation. They have established that t here are certain ‘Windows of Training’ where maximum learning in certa in areas of physical development happens and that\, if we miss these oppor tunities and the child is not fully physically literate by puberty\, the chances are small that he or she will reach his or her genetic physical po tential. However\, the programme doesn’t stop at puberty but continues o n into adult life where individuals are taught to excel in their chosen sp orts.\nThe stage that interested me most was what Dave called the FUNdamen tals Stage for 6 to 9 year olds. He said that at this age\, children shoul d be learning the basic stability skills involving agility\, balance and c o-ordination. These are the building blocks to physical success. To those skills we could add running\, jumping and throwing\, gliding and buoyancy and catching\, passing\, kicking and striking. He insisted that formal co mpetition and formal coaching should be limited and that the emphasis shou ld be on having fun. Given the opportunity to experiment\, children will f ind out for themselves which technique is most effective. He encourages ch ildren to participate in a range of activities that will cover every aspec t of movement and says that very little time should be spent on physical fitness as this should happen naturally as the child plays.\n\nDave emphas ised the importance of regular physical screening. This will ensure that p hysical problems are detected early and treated quickly. At the Pre Prep\, we are fortunate to have a physiotherapist who is available to any boy wh o is found to need extra help\, physically. I often call on Karen to watch the boys during our morning lessons\, especially if I think a boy may hav e difficulty with a certain activity.\nI am convinced that our boys at the Pre Prep are given the opportunity to experience a wide range of physical activities and that we are giving them a good start to their long term sp orting careers. By taking your son out into the garden\, making physical a ctivities more fun than watching television or playing computer games and encouraging him to climb a tree\, to kick a ball\, to jump on a trampoline or to ride his bicycle\, you will be assisting him to become physically literate and reach his sporting potential.\nL. Joubert\n\n\n [/spoiler]\n [spoiler title='How to book for this course?']\n\n• Step 1: Create an ac count\; register your details here or click on the 'Members Area' button o n the top menu: we need your details in order to reserve your seat and ema il you the preliminary materials for the course - ps\; please note that re gistering your details does not book you onto the course - you need to fol low step 2 below.\n\n• Step 2: Book your place\; Once you have registere d your details\, come back to this course webpage to submit your booking below and choose your payment method\; to book\, click on the Submit butto n below.\n\n• Step 3: Choose and make your payment method below\; Paymen t by Bank Transfer: If you wish to pay via a bank transfer\, simply follow the payment details on the proforma invoice that has been emailed to you now that you have made your booking. Payment by PayPal or Credit Card: Cl ick the "Buy Now" Paypal button above to pay via PayPal or Credit Card. Yo u are now booked and will receive a confirmation email shortly!\n\n[/spoi ler]\n\n[spoiler title='Course Times']\nView the course times:\n\n 13:00- 19:00 Day 1\n 8:30-16:30 Day 2\n\n[/spoiler]\n\n \; ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://club-physio.com/wp-content/uploads/rsa.p ng CATEGORIES:Athletic development & training,Rehabilitation,Southern Africa Courses,Sports LOCATION:St Mary's School\, 55 Athol Street\, Waverley\, Johannesburg\,\, 2 090\, South Africa GEO:-26.1421448;28.07689490000007 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=55 Athol Street\, Waverley\ , Johannesburg\,\, 2090\, South Africa;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=St Mary' s School:geo:-26.1421448,28.07689490000007 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:Africa/Johannesburg X-LIC-LOCATION:Africa/Johannesburg BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20151105T130000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0200 TZOFFSETTO:+0200 TZNAME:SAST END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR