Archive for the 'LTAD' Category

Volleyball Skills Serve Badminton Well

For some of the elite badminton players at Cathedral High School, skills learned on the volleyball court are serving them well.
Martin Pham, Bart Jedrzejewski, Michael Nguyen and Tina Tran (manager) were all members of Cathedral’s volleyball team that won two matches at the most recent Ontario Federation of School Athletic Associations Quad A boys’ championships [...]

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LTAD Model Key To Maverick Success

Congratulations to the Ambush and Wildcards on their bronze medal performances this past weekend!
This year’s edition of the Ambush is the second Ambush team to claim a medal at the 15U Girls Division 1, Tier 1 level in the past three seasons (2009 – Gold, 2010 – 5th). The Ambush, ranked 9th entering the Provincials, [...]

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Chatham Schools Embrace Triple Ball

Pass, set, spike are the fundamentals of volleyball, but a new way of playing the game has been introduced at Chatham-Kent Catholic elementary schools.
More than 350 boys and girls in Grades 5 and 6 played in a triple ball tournament last weekend at Ursuline College Chatham, a new style of game endorsed by the Ontario [...]

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Pathways to the Podium Blog Part 2

The Pathways to the Podium Research Project is a multi-sport, multi-national investigation of the development of sport expertise, conducted by a team of sport scientists from Victoria University, Australia, York University, Canada, and the Australian Institute of Sport. The project aims to gain an understanding of the pathways that athletes follow on their way towards [...]

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Pathways to the Podium Blog Part 1

The Pathways to the Podium Research Project is a multi-sport, multi-national investigation of the development of sport expertise, conducted by a team of sport scientists from Victoria University, Australia, York University, Canada, and the Australian Institute of Sport. The project aims to gain an understanding of the pathways that athletes follow on their way towards [...]

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Why You Should Believe in LTAD

Why you should believe in the Long Term Athlete Development program:
Canada went from being a two time host of the Olympic Games without any gold medals (1976, 1988) to a powerhouse. Indeed, as the hosting nation, Canada now has the record for the most gold medal wins during a winter Olympics (2010). Similarly, the Mavericks [...]

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Canadian Sport for Life Workshop

Registration is now underway for the 2011 CS4L Workshop in Ottawa, ON on January 19th & 20th, 2011. This Workshop features 6 plenary presentations, 16 panel presentations & 26 individual presentations with over 80 speakers! Register before December 20th & receive the early bird rate of $160 or bring a group of 5 or more [...]

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Yung to Lead Lakers

The Nipissing Lakers Men’s Volleyball team is happy to announce that former varsity player Eric Yung will take over the head coaching position after Grant Ross stepped down to spend more time with family.
“I would like to thank Grant for his leadership during the past two seasons and look forward to Eric continuing the tradition [...]

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New Hurricane Bill Seto

Bill Seto is always energetic and optimistic when relaying his knowledge to students and coaches.
Bill Seto has come out of retirement once again for the game he loves.
Seto, who looks much younger than his 70 years, was recently named the Halton Region Volleyball Club’s technical director.
As a player, coach and referee in the sport for [...]

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Blaze Introduces Boys Program

After 17 years of being a girls only volleyball club, Burlington Blaze will field boys teams for next month.
Blaze founder and president Andy Nicholson admitted the club has been thinking about adding a boys program for several years.
It has been approached by numerous elementary and secondary school coaches as well as players  from as far [...]

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