Canadian Sport For Life (CS4L)
Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) is a movement to increase sport’s contribution in Canadian society recognizing sport as an important part of everyone’s life by promoting each child’s healthy and logical development in a sport or physical activity.
The following describes the 7-stage Canadian model of Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) program that serves as a foundation to CS4L.
Canada's Long-Term Athlete Development Model
Find out more at www.canadiansportforlife.ca
Our commitment is to develop a coordinated approach to increase physical literacy levels for Albertans and promote linkage and integration with other sectors and partners at the provincial level. While high performance sport will impact very few Albertans directly, all Albertans can be introduced to the basic motor and sport skills in the formative stages of their growth and development. Physical literacy will pave the way for a lifetime of involvement in sport and physical activity.
| Canadian Sport for Life (CS4L) Grant |
The CS4L Grant supports the implementation of the Canadian Sport for Life and LTAD framework.
Grants are available for Alberta not for profit organizations for the development and application of the principles of the first four stages of the LTAD framework into program design, development and delivery.
A number of organizations have developed programs related to CS4L. Communities, sport organizations and active living organizations are finding ways to implement concepts related to physical literacy, FUNdamentals, and the ABCs.
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| Network of Alberta CS4L Ambassadors |
Does your organization need additional information on what CS4L is and how your organizations could benefit by planning for excellence and well-being!
Alberta has a network of CS4L ambassadors that have sector specific knowledge. Click here for an expert in your area!
Click here to check out CS4L presenters across Canada.
| Fundamental Movement Skills (FMS) Courses |
The FMS workshops introduce participants to the value of solid fundamental movement
skills teaching leaders of youth how to analyze and
improve a child’s movement pattern along a development continuum.
A community, school, college, university, recreation department has a choice of hosting 3 workshops aimed at improving children’s lives through physical literacy:
1. FMS Community Leader - This one-day workshop integrates core
themes such as fair play, safety, responsibility,
and communication with an innovative skill
development process and is
designed for all leaders of youth physical activity
and recreation programs.
2.
FMS High School Leadership - This 8-hour workshop, built in 45-minute modules, is designed for easy adaptation
into a secondary school curriculum and integrates the core themes
and movement skills from the FMS Community
Leader workshop.
3.
FMS Coach Professional
Development -
Designed for NCCP coaches and
instructors, this 3-hour professional development
session focuses solely on the identification and
improvement of the fundamental movement skills
that are the foundation of solid sport specific skills.
Visit NCCP FMS for more details.
Please contact Shona Schleppe for more information on hosting a workshop.
| Municipal Initiative (ARPA - Sport Committee) |
Alberta Recreation and Parks Association (ARPA) is a provincial charitable not-for-profit organization with a voluntary board of directors dedicated to the promotion of recreation and parks and their benefits to the quality of life for all Albertans.
The ARPA Board has appointed a Community Sport Development Task Group to explore, examine and determine the most promising ways and means in which community recreation and parks departments can facilitate and advance CS4L at the local grassroots level.
A template/model for communities and municipalities is in the design phase and is scheduled for pilot in April 2010. Please stay tuned!
None at this time.
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