The Alberta Sport Development Center-South West (ASDC SW) provides improved sport experiences for regional athletes, coaches, parents, officials and support administration. The fundamental idea is that by designing sport science initiatives and coach development programs, the common good of all regional sport will be better served and result in improved emerging athlete development in Southwest Alberta.

Our mission is to provide integrated programming aimed at identifying, supporting, and developing emerging athletes at all levels throughout Alberta's southwest region.

Our vision is to create a fully integrated sport environment that advances the success of our regional athletes at both the provincial and national level.

How Can ASDC Help Athletes?

Sports Nutrition

Nutrition is a major part of an athlete's life and is important in optimizing performance.
Mental Training

Mental Training educates and provides various psychological skills and strategies for improving training, practice, competition, and even daily life.
Sports Vision

If an athlete doesn't have good dynamic visual skills like depth perception, peripheral awareness, and an ability to track moving objects the chances are,they are not playing to their full ability.
Performance Profiling

Determining an athlete's performance profile is essential to building, monitoring, and evaluating training programs at all levels of sport.
WINNING EDGE Seminars

The WINNING EDGE seminars are designed to serve as an additional resource for improving the sport experience of emerging athletes and the sport development system.

Athlete Development Programs

Recognized Network programs include the Athlete Enhancement Program and Winning Edge Seminars.

University of Lethbridge High Performance Centre
Basketball Prep
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Lethbridge Sport Council

News and events

AEP Athletes at Alberta Winter Games

Feb 5, 2018

Lethbridge, AB – Six athletes from Alberta Sport Development Centre Southwest’s (ASDC SW) Athlete Enhancement Program (AEP) are set to compete this month at the Alberta Winter Games hosted by the Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo.

Athletes Jasmine Belisle (Speed Skating), Brynly Gross (Figure Skating), Kai Ichikawa (Badminton), Madison Martin (Figure Skating), Aiden Sander (Badminton), Charlotte Vanden Elzen (Volleyball) and ASDC SW Centre Coordinator Joshua Hoetmer (Chef de Mission) will represent Zone 1 February 16th to 19th in Fort McMurray.  

Over 2800 athletes and coaches will compete in 24 different sports at this years Alberta Winter Games. The Alberta Winter Games has produced over 40 athletes that have gone on to represent Canada at the Olympic Games.

Since 2009, AEP has provided strength and conditioning training with sports science seminars to approximately 200 selected athletes from Lethbridge and local communities. This government funded program is geared towards the development of elite athletes without athletes leaving home to get the elite training and resources needed to succeed. 

ASDC SW wishes all Zone 1 athletes the best of luck at this year’s Alberta Winter Games. 

For more information about ASDC SW programs and services, including AEP, visit asdcsw.ca.

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Alberta Sport Development Centre SW - AGM

Oct 2, 2017

LETHBRIDGE - Alberta Sport Development Centre Southwest Annual General Meeting is schedueled for Thursday, October 19, 2017. AGM will be held at 7pm in the Community Room at Nicholas Sheran Arena (401 Laval Blvd. W). 

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AEP Application Deadline

ASDC SW Centre Coordinator added to Hockey Canada Mental Performance Group

Lethbridge College & ASDC SW Partner for Volleyball and Running Prep Programs

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AEP Athlete Profile