Target Talent Program (TTP)

Congratualtions to the ACT Athletes that have been selected into the TTP Program for 2024/2025 

The aim of this program is to encourage and develop the best young athletes around the country, by providing them with an opportunity to train with other talented athletes, learn from professionals and to interact with their personal coach and other TTP personal coaches in a training environment.

By identifying and engaging ACT’s best junior athletes and coaches through development and education opportunities, the TTP aims to encourage athletes and coaches to achieve their potential and strive to represent the ACT and Australia at youth, junior and senior levels.

The purpose of the TTP is to:

•  Be the early identification element of the ACT performance pathway
• Suppor the development of a broad base of coachs with the knowledge to optimally develop promising athletes on the pathway to elite performance
• Ensuring that a broad base of athletes exhibiting considerable potential to deliver international success are adequantely supported in their development
• Providing an integrated able bodied and para program
• Develop a national testing framework in which the collected data may assist in future Talent Identification initiatives, and can be used to assist in the development of athletes towards their potential
• Motivate and improve the best young athletes in each State through coach led training and education sessions by inviting them to be part of a State level development squad.

Athletics Australia will host a series of National TTP webinars throughout the TTP squad year. Webinars will focus on athlete and coach upskilling in the areas of Nutrition, Exercise Physiology, Sport Psychology, Athlete Wellbeing, Injury Risk Reduction, Biomechanics and Performance Planning.