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Athlete Enhancement Program

The Athlete Enhancement Program (AEP) is the emerging athlete support program of ASDC aimed at providing high quality sports science programming to the emerging high performance athletes in Red Deer and Central Alberta.  The AEP is offered to team sport and individual sport athletes who are emerging at the provincial or national level.  The program will be targeted to sports that have a solid athlete development model in place, and from a broad spectrum of sports. 

The ASDCC is making some changes to its flagship program, the Athlete Enhancement Program. The rationale behind these changes is to align our program with the Long Term Athlete Development (LTAD) model put forth by the Canadian Sport For Life. We will maintain a three tiered approach but the tiers will be based on the athlete’s competitive level and LTAD stage. Below is a basic outline of the program, the levels and what can be expected at each level.

Training to TrainTraining to Train –
Introduction to program and to sport science

Endurance, Strength, Speed Physical Conditioning

  • Focus on general strength, speed, flexibility and aerobic training.
  • Attend open fitness times with Ignite
  • 3 Testing dates (October, February and June)

Fundamental mental skills

  • Attend Winning Edge mental skills sessions

General Nutrition information

  • Attend Winning Edge nutrition sessions

AEP Seminars

  • An 80% attendance rate is expected at the Winning Edge Seminars

Training to Compete

Training to Compete
Introduction to individualized program (small group sessions)

General Conditioning

  • Focus on general strength, speed, flexibility and aerobic training.
  • Attend open fitness times with Ignite
  • 3 Ttesting dates (October, February and June)
  •  Small group training sessions for a more specific workout. Groups based on similar type sports.

Introduction to applied mental skills

  • Attend Winning Edge mental skills sessions
  • Meet with mental skills trainer to apply some of the skills to their sports.
  •  small group session

Introduction to applied to Nutrition

  • Meet with the Nutritionist to apply nutritional needs to their sports.
  • small group session

AEP Seminars
An 80% attendance rate is expected at the Winning Edge Seminars

Training to Win

Training to Win - Individualized Programming

General Conditioning

  • Focus on general strength, speed, flexibility and aerobic training.
  • Attend open fitness times with Ignite
  • 3 Testing dates (October, February and June)
  •  Small group training sessions for a more specific workout. Groups based on similar type sports.
  • Ability to incorporate individualized programming into Ignite workouts.

Applied mental skills

  • Meet with Mental Skills trainer for specific needs as they arise
  • Individual Sessions

Applied nutrition

  • Work out applied nutritional needs as they arise
  • Small group session

AEP Seminars

  • An 80% attendance rate is expected at the Winning Edge Seminars

Winning Edge Seminars:

Open to all athletes in the AEP at no cost. Attendance will be an expectation.

  • Mental Skills Introduction—Buy-In, you have to do it if you want to see results.
  • Nutrition Info Session—Eat aware, make choices to fuel your performance.
  • Future Varsity—Where are you going after school?
  • Mental Skills —Goals, What do you want?
  • Mental Skills —Relax, See it, Say it, Do it.
  •  Self Marketing—Sell yourself to the media and sponsors
  • CCES information—Ethics in Sport
  • Nutrition Session —The next step, how will food get you further?
  • Mental Skills—Attention! What are you paying attention to?
  • Injury Prevention—How do you help prevent injuries?
  • Public Speaking – How do you say what you want to say?
  • Media Training – Interacting with the Media
  • Mental Skills – Skill Applications
  • Social Media- How do you present yourself online?

To download the Athlete Enhancement Program Application form

Athlete Application Form - 2010-2011.pdf
Coach Questionnaire - 2010-2011.pdf
Full AEP Application Package - 2010-2011.pdf

**Please ensure that Coach’s Questionnaire is submitted with your application.

 Application Deadline:

Applications can be submitted throughout the year, however there will only be 3 intake periods. Intakes coincide with Performance Profiling dates.

Fall Intake: Third Friday - September 17th, 2010                   
Winter Intake: Third Friday - January 21st, 2011                  
Summer Intake: Third Friday - May 19th, 2011

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