From the times of the foundation of the theory and methodology of sports training Multilateral Training was traditionally named as one of the principles of training. Appeared originally from the merger of two simple concepts, being: a) concept of overall development and limited specialization; and b) seasonal availability of training and competition facilities in climatically cold countries; multilateral training grew through the years of fast progress in sports into an independent area of research and practice. Still, most of the specialists consider multilateral training as something, related only to the initial stages of the long term training - initial and basic training. Few agree that certain degree of multilaterality is still present during specialized training and almost none believes that there is a role for multilateral training in the advanced stages of long term preparation in sports. Multilateral training concept is going through its second resurfacing in the world of sports and even some of the top achievements in sports , including some of the recent swimming world records are attributed to it. Researchers in many countries including Malaysia are intensively re-looking into the concept and into practical applications of the concept of multilateral training. And it is not only in relation to talent identification, but also in the attempt to identify its role in the top performance sport. The role of multilateral training throughout all stages of training including the advanced ones are going to be presented and described both from theoretical and practical points of view.
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