Welcome to episode 16 of The Get Down Podcast! Today, I emphasise the critical need for schools to implement an athletic development syllabus based on the long-term athlete development model. I outline how a syllabus forms the foundation of all athletic programming, ensuring coaches have a structured guide for student training and progress. The episode argues for the syllabus’s role in allowing individual progression rates and highlights the consequences of not having a structured athletic program, including the risk of students not reaching their athletic potential. Every coach should work from the syllabus for consistent development and compare athletic training to academic subjects, advocating for a similar approach to programming. Finally, stay tuned for my next episode, featuring a special guest.

Takeaways from this episode:

An athletic development syllabus, rooted in a long-term athlete development model, is crucial for schools to optimise their investment in student athleticism.

The syllabus provides structure and guidance for coaches.

Students have the opportunity to progress through the syllabus at their own pace, ensuring individualised development aligned with their abilities and maturation stages.

Coaches should have access to and align their sessions with the athletic development syllabus, ensuring consistency and adherence to the long term athlete development model.

Despite challenges such as large coach-to-athlete ratios, the syllabus enables regression or progression of exercises based on student competence and development.

Without an athletic development syllabus, tracking and fostering compound growth in student athleticism becomes uncertain, highlighting the necessity of a structured approach for school athletic programs.

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