SHAPE Colorado 2024 State Convention

From implementing a warm-up to creating a teaching session framework to programming a fitness unit, this presentation will provide a common-sense approach to implement long-term athletic development (LTAD) principles into classes beginning with the youth age groups and building outward to older student populations. 

Session Objectives:

1)    Attendees will learn about long-term athletic development (LTAD) models as they relate to K-12 physical education, including the tenets of physical activity, physical fitness, physical education itself, and physical literacy.  
2) Attendees will learn about LTAD developmental stages to best incorporate fundamental movement skills, foundational skills, and motor skill competencies.
3) Attendees will learn how to implement LTAD into a usable framework e.g., a dynamic warm-up for elementary students, designing a middle school fitness class, and physical education for high school students and beyond.