Why LTDP
Why Should Everyone Play Lawn Bowling
- To establish a clear bowler development pathway,
- To identify gaps in the current bowls development pathway,
- To provide solution
- To act as change agent to create proper planning, training, competition and recovery programs for developing Indian bowlers,
- To create a streamlined efficient system,
- To provide a planning tool, based on scientific research, for coaches and administrators,
- To provide awareness, education and action planning for parents and clubs,
- To improve communication within the sport,
- To help athletes win,
- To facilitate lifelong enjoyment in bowls.
Bowls is a great sport and has huge potential for participation and National/ International performance. This LTDP project provided us with an opportunity to closely examine our programs to identify inconsistencies with the LTDP key factors and explicitly identify our shortcomings and their related consequences. Most of our shortcomings as a sport can be addressed by developing a comprehensive long term athlete development model. The following shortcomings have plagued the growth and performance of bowls, both in India and internationally.
Long-Term Development Programme (LTDP)
Shortcomings and its Consequences
- Fundamental movement skills like bending, squatting, lunging and arm swing are not performed properly by many bowlers
- Remedial programs are needed by coaches to re-teach technical and fundamental movement skills,
- No systematic development of the next generation of international athletes,
- International performances are inconsistent because of a fragmented approach to athlete and coaching development,
- The training needs of older athletes are not well understood.
- Athletes are unaware of the opportunities within bowls.
- Basic bowling movement skills are not learned thus bowls must rely on other sports to teach these movements.
- Critical windows of trainability are missed.
- Basic skills are performed poorly and thus cannot be performed when required in competition