Growing the Beautiful Game

Soccer is the largest participation sport in Canada and the world, providing healthy physical activity for players at all levels of ability.

At the most basic level of participation, soccer promotes the integrated development and maintenance of the cardiovascular, musculoskeletal and neuromuscular systems. It helps in preventing many conditions and diseases (including heart disease, obesity, and osteoporosis) and enhances the well being of individuals across the nation.

At the high performance level, soccer is a vehicle for elite athlete achievement and hailed internationally as “The Beautiful Game.” It is played with finesse and skills that are difficult to master, and players progress through sequential stages of development to become “world class.”

Long-Term Player Development (LTPD)

LTPD is a program for soccer player development, training, competition, and recovery based on biological age (i.e. physical maturity) rather than chronological age. It is player centred, coach driven, and administration, sport science, and sponsor supported.

Canadian Soccer Association Long-Term Player Development Documents (clicking this link will take you away from nnusc.com)