Active Start

From 0-6 years, boys and girls need to be engaged in daily active play. Through play and movement, they develop the fundamental movement skills and learn how to link them together. At this stage developmentally appropriate activities will help participants feel competent and comfortable participating…

Train to Train

Athletes enter the Train to Train stage when they have developed proficiency in the athlete development performance components (physical, technical-tactical, mental, and emotional). Rapid physical growth, the development of sporting capability, and commitment occurs in this stage. Athletes will generally…

Awareness and First Involvement

Indigenous Peoples

[mp_row] [mp_span col="12"] The Situation in Canada Sport means different things to different Indigenous peoples and groups. For many Indigenous peoples, the primary purpose of sport is to build self-esteem among youth. Sport and activity gives youth a sense of purpose and direction, and, in…

Newcomer Sport for Life Program: Creating Sport Opportunities for Newcomer Children and Youth

On July 26th, Sport for Life, in collaboration with the Inter-Cultural Association of Greater Victoria (ICA), ran a SportFit© session with newcomer children and youth as the first step of the Newcomer Sport for Life Program. SportFit© is a physical activity and sport discovery program that provides…

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Health Practitioners

The Situation in Canada People living physically active lifestyles will lead to healthier communities through injury prevention and general health and wellness. The overlap between the sport, recreation, education, and health sectors not only helps with the integration of facilities and the delivery…

RBC Learn to Play

Sport for Life Society has partnered with ParticipACTION to develop quality sport and physical literacy programming along with intentional sector collaboration in 190 communities across Canada through funding support of over $3 million to date. Goal Teaching kids the basic skills they need to participate…

St-Lucia National Olympic Committee

A program to introduce key leaders in Saint Lucia to the foundation concepts of Long-Term Athlete Development (LTAD) and a plan to engage stakeholders (sport policy makers, key leaders, technical experts) in the development of a Legacy Plan to ensure the growth of sport in the country. This sport plan…
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Physical Literacy Curriculum Development in Andhra Pradesh

Sport for Life (Canada) in conjunction with Training Excellence and Sports for Life India are revamping the physical education curriculum for the state of Andhra Pradesh. Physical literacy is the main focus with movement, happiness, and success being the by-products. Sport for Life will provide lesson…

Caribbean Association of National Olympic Committees Sport for Life Project – CANOC

Sport for life Society has designed and is delivering a comprehensive program of Long-Term Athlete Development knowledge, modeling, system development to advance education and strategy. Using a combination of in and out of country consultations, Sport for Life Society is working with local officials…

How I Endorsed Canada’s Physical Literacy Consensus Statement

  By Gary Shelton Are you a Canadian physical literacy champion like me? If so, you hopefully participated in the effort to unite Canadians behind a single physical literacy definition. You’ll also hopefully know about the presentation of the “Vancouver Declaration on Physical…

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