Freestyle Alberta follows the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model as part of the Canadian Sport for Life pathway. The following infographic (coming soon!) outlines the athlete pathway, including: Events by age grouping, LTAD stages of progression and Team structures and age groupings.
Download Athlete LTADClub Competitions
Purpose
- * Introduction to the competition environment
- * Experience other resorts, venues, and facilities and meet peers
- * Strengthen our Freestyle community
- * Modified format allows athletes to ski more, develop foundational skills, and have fun
- * Opportunity for host, clubs & resorts to gain event experience before hosting a provincial tour
- * Opportunity to train, judges, and officials, and provide hands-on experience
- * Opportunity for host resort to gain experience w/ facilities before hosting a provincial tour
Athlete Profile
- * U8 to U16 (7-15 years old) Sport for Life LTAD
- * Fundamentals to Freestylerz
- * Learn to Train
- * Learn to Train phase is characterized by accelerated dev of coordination & fine motor skills
- * New athletes of all ages
- * Athletes compete in their respective age categories, for example, U8, U10, U12, U14, U16
- * No specialization at this stage. Recreational.
Provincial Competitions
Purpose
- * Provide meaningful competitive experience to mid-level athletes training for competitions
- * Expose athletes to higher-level competition and enhanced venues
- * Introduce athletes to standardized judging formats
- * Opportunity to train higher-level judges, and officials
- * Opportunity for resorts and clubs to gain experience, hosting higher-level events
- * Provincial ranking for athletes to qualify them for junior nationals, and other national-level events (IE. Canada Cup)
Athlete Profile
- * U12 to U20 (10-19 years old) Sport for Life LTAD
- * Freestylers and Competitive Team. Train to Train
- * Prior experience in a club competition setting
- * Athletes compete in their respective age categories, for example, U12, U14, U16, and U18
- * The athlete has shown physical competency and mental readiness for the next level
- * The athlete has a desire to qualify for junior nationals and other national-level events
- * Top level likely specializing at this point
For more information on our Athletic Programs contact us hello@freestylealberta.ski