The University of the West Indies

Physical literacy & athlete development

Most sports have a staged frame­work for long-term ath­lete de­vel­op­ment which varies de­pend­ing on the unique de­mands of the sport and the sport de­vel­op­ment path­way. A com­mon fac­tor in all frame­works is phys­i­cal lit­er­a­cy, which is the foun­da­tion for sport par­tic­i­pa­tion and sport­ing ex­cel­lence. Ac­cord­ing to the In­ter­na­tion­al Phys­i­cal Lit­er­a­cy As­so­ci­a­tion (2017), “Phys­i­cal lit­er­a­cy can be de­scribed as the mo­ti­va­tion, con­fi­dence, phys­i­cal com­pe­tence, knowl­edge and un­der­stand­ing to val­ue and take re­spon­si­bil­i­ty for en­gage­ment in phys­i­cal ac­tiv­i­ties for life.” Follow the link to read more

Physical literacy & athlete development