Interpreting and implementing the Long Term Athlete Development model: English swimming coaches' views on the (swimming) LTAD in practice

International Journal of Sports Science and Coaching

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 389-402

  Lang, Melanie ^a   Light, Richard ^b  

^a EDGE HILL UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Amateur Swimming Association; Fundamental Motor Skills; Istvan Balyi; Swimming Technique; Training Volume

Indexed keywords

EID: 77958526636     PISSN: 17479541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1260/1747-9541.5.3.389     Document Type: Article

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