The Long-Term Athlete Development model: Physiological evidence and application

Journal of Sports Sciences

Volumn 29, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 389-402

  Ford, Paul ^a   de Ste Croix, Mark ^b   Lloyd, Rhodri ^c   Meyers, Rob ^c   Moosavi, Marjan ^d   Oliver, Jon ^c   Till, Kevin ^e   Williams, Craig ^f  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GLOUCESTERSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^c CARDIFF METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d Independent Consultant ^*  (United Kingdom)

^e LEEDS METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF EXETER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Growth and maturation; Long Term Athlete Development Model; Youth athletes

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; ATHLETE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; PHYSICAL EDUCATION; PHYSIOLOGY; SPORT; THEORETICAL MODEL;

ATHLETES; HUMANS; MODELS, THEORETICAL; PHYSICAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING; SPORTS;

EID: 78751679988     PISSN: 02640414     EISSN: 1466447X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02640414.2010.536849     Document Type: Article

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