LONG-TERM PARTICIPANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME FROM GRASSROOTS TO PROTEAS SHAPING TOMORROW We live in the most exciting era of sporting Today cricket is the stage for mental agility honesty and fair play. It is a game that can development. A time when full contact and peak physical condition. It is purity be embraced and played or supported by sport no longer holds centre stage. It of both mind and spirit that produces everyone. is a passage of time when the art of champions. The re-invention of cricket sport is appreciated over the physicality globally has rejuvenated a desire to master We can’t undo the past, but we can shape of competition. Today, latent skills and the ultimate game. A sense of camaraderie the future. We do what we do today in blossoming talent has a place amongst our pursued by both men and women alike. It’s cricket, for what will happen TOMORROW. youth and the generations to come. It is now now a passion for gamesmanship, integrity, the subtle brilliance of deftness, the art of touch, mastery of stroke and pure strategic guile that has turned cricket into the sport of the future. LONG-TERM PARTICIPANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Cricket South Africa’s vision is to make cricket Physical Literacy can be defined as the The belief behind Long Term Athlete a truly national sport of winners and this has mastery of fundamental movement and Development is that it takes 8-12 years of two significant elements to it: fundamental sport skills, and provides training and practice for a player to reach the foundation for Life-long Physical elite levels and that success comes from › To ensure that cricket is supported by the Activity and High Performance Sports. “A training, practicing and competing well majority of South Africans, and available to physically literate person moves with poise, over the long term rather than focusing on all who want to play it; and economy and confidence in a wide variety winning in the short term. There is no short › To pursue excellence at all levels of the of physically challenging situations, and cut to success in player preparation! game. is perceptive in reading all aspects of the The LTPD model provides the rational physical environment. He/she anticipates justification for enhancing our current The Long Term Participant Development the movement needs or possibilities, and structure but it can also provide some model for cricket (LTPD) delivers on these responds appropriately with intelligence and solutions to any weaknesses in the system strategic objectives. During 2005, the CSA imagination” (Whitehead, 2001). that may be identified. Development of Coaches Academy reviewed its coaching talent must always look beyond the short- course structures, curricula and syllabi as well Another significant factor of LTPD is term and plan for the future. as the various resources and training manuals that it exploits the sensitive periods of and with the permission of the England accelerated adaptation to training during Sports can be classified as either early or and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), adopted pre-puberty, puberty and early post- late specialisation and cricket falls into and incorporated the basic principles puberty; it is a tool for change, a culture the latter category. Late specialisation and disciplines of LTPD into its coaching change in sport. The Canadian-based consists of 7 stages, the first 3 of which framework at the time. Long Term Athlete Development model encourage physical literacy and sport for is based on the theory that coaches and all: It was thus a natural extension of this initial parents should identify and consider each step, for CSA to align itself with the SASCOC participant’s stage of physiological, mental/ 1. Active Start LTPD procedure and develop a more cognitive and emotional development 2. FUNdamentals comprehensive development framework that when developing his/her optimal training, 3. Learning to Train has been adapted from the Canadian Sport competition and recovery programme. It is for Life Long-Term Athlete Development fully inclusive in that the principles which The next 3 focus on excellence, namely: model. Essentially, LTPD is a philosophy; a underpin LTPD are equally applicable to paradigm shift in sport and coaching and it people of all ages and abilities, whether 4. Train to Train is based on the concept of Physical Literacy, they are participating in elite sport or 5. Train to Compete which is one of its key goals. recreational physical activity. 6. Train to Win FROM GRASSROOTS TO PROTEAS 1 The final stage encourages life-long physical activity: 7. Active for life Train to Win Sport for Life Train to Compete Train to Train Learn to Train Physical Literacy FUNdamentals Active start Cricket South Africa recognises these stages The challenge for CSA is to ensure that the of LTPD and applies the guiding principles coaches, teachers, officials and administrators and disciplines to its various training, at the respective affiliates and associates, competition and recovery programmes. implement these LTPD principles and continuously monitor our participant development programmes. 2 LONG-TERM PARTICIPANT DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME TABLE OF CONTENTS Glossary of Terms .................................................................................................... 4 Cricket South Africa Structures ....................................................................... 33 Message from the CEO ........................................................................................ 6 Coach Education and Development ........................................................... 34 CSA Vision and Mission ........................................................................................ 8 CSA Coaches Academy ...................................................................................... 36 Mission .................................................................................................................. 8 Clubs and Club Development ......................................................................... 37 Code Of Ethics .................................................................................................. 8 The CSA Presidential Plan ................................................................................. 37 CSA Values ........................................................................................................... 8 Conference Resolutions .............................................................................. 37 Transformation ................................................................................................. 8 Minimum Activities ........................................................................................ 37 Introduction ............................................................................................................... 9 LTPD and Women’s Cricket ................................................................................ 38 Ten Key Factors Influencing LTPD .................................................................. 10 CSA Women’s Cricket Development Plan ................................................. 38 The 10 S’s of Performance and Training ..................................................... 14 Officials’ Education and Development ........................................................ 39 The Seven Stages of LTPD and the SA Cricket Pipeline ..................... 18 Umpire Training and Development ...................................................... 39 Stage 1: Active Start ..................................................................................... 19 Practical Development................................................................................. 39 Stage 2: Fundamentals ................................................................................. 20 Support Systems ............................................................................................. 39 Stage 3: Learn To Train .................................................................................. 22 Administrative Resources ........................................................................... 39 Stage 4: Train To Train .................................................................................... 24 Human Resources ........................................................................................... 40 Stage 5: Train To Compete.......................................................................... 26 Trials and New Initiatives ............................................................................ 40 Stage 6: Train To Win ...................................................................................... 28 LTPD for Differently-Abled Cricketers .......................................................... 40 Stage 7: Active For Life ................................................................................. 30 Codes Of Conduct: Guidelines for Cricketers, Parents, Strategic Initiatives ................................................................................................. 31 Teachers, Coaches and Officials .............................................................. 40 CSA Strategic Plan – 2011 To 2015 ............................................................... 31 South Africa Schools Cricket ..................................................................... 40 Vision .................................................................................................................... 31 Cricket