Sport Development
Technical Methodological Work: Long-Term Athlete Development & Training Principles
Long-Term Planning of the Athlete in Training
It is the main structure that supports the process of sports specialization throughout the athlete’s development journey. The athlete will acquire the degree of training and maturity necessary to face with guarantee of success the subsequent period that gives access to high performance.
This methodology is implemented in our baseball development programs, combining modern techniques with proven training principles.
Training Phases to be Taken into Account
Phase I: Basic Training (10 to 14 years old)
Basic training creates the functional foundation to develop in the future the maximum possible performance. For this, the biological and pedagogical regularity of the development of children must be considered, along with the main requirements of baseball.
Phase II: Training Phase (15 to 18 years old)
In this phase, the specific fundamentals of performance (technique, conditional abilities, coordinative skills, form of behavior) will be created for specialization in baseball. The results must be achieved as a result of multilateral and multifaceted work.
Fundamental Aspects to Consider
Programming of fundamental activities of the training plans includes the dates and scheduling of:
- Pedagogical tests
- Medical and psychological assessments
- Training camps
- Skill ceilings and competencies
- Fundamental competitions
- Technical strength program control
- Athlete registration tracking
- Sporting results documentation
- Sports calendars (fundamental competitions)
Principles of Sports Training
In the process of athlete training, pedagogical, biological and psychic laws are considered, which must be correctly applied. This task is made easier by the formulation of universal principles:
- Principle of increased load
- Principle of wave variations in loads
- Principle of unity between general and special preparation
- Principle of the cyclical nature of the training process
- Principle of individuality
- Principle of specialization
The Principle of Individuality
This principle refers to the fact that sports preparation activities have to be adapted to the individual psycho-functional characteristics of the athlete.
Individuality comprises:
- Biological age
- Years of sporting life
- Sports specialty
- Cardiovascular and respiratory status
- State of the nervous system
- Conditions of feeding, housing, rest
- Educational and intellectual level
- Time spent on training
- Content of the preparation
- Objectives to be achieved
The individuality of the work in training is achieved with the individual adjustment and dosage of the load. Research shows that no two human organisms are the same. The same physical training loads, received by athletes, have different biological repercussions.
Individual Training Plans
Each athlete must have their individual plan, in which training perspectives in the macrocycle, mesocycle, micro cycle and training unit must be reflected. This plan must include the dosage by activities of the individual and collective preparation.
The level of individual and collective performance depends on the means and methods applied for the development of capacities, skills, and habits. Therefore, the individualization of sports training has a preponderant character.
Finally, we want to emphasize that training is real to the extent that it is individual. The effectiveness of individual learning will be observed through the tests applied to the athlete periodically.
Want to learn more about our training methodology? Explore our sport development resources or check out our work with youth programs in Venezuela.
