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Coach Developers - what do they do?

Netball Centres are always on the look out for passionate people to help support and develop coaches! 

If this sounds like you - you may already be a Coach Developer without realising it...

    Who would be a good Coach Developer?

    • Anyone passionate about growing the sport of Netball and supporting Coaches and willing to provide some of their time to help make it happen!
    • Coaches engaged in the learning journey looking for ways to stretch themselves to grow

    What could a Coach Developer do within our Centre?

    • Help organise and/or facilitate informal or formal workshops or get togethers for Coaches
    • Provide 1:1 support / mentoring to Coaches
    • Lead a community of support in their club or school, that connects throughout the season
    • Encourage a culture of learning and development
    • Observe coaches and give feedback
    • Support coaches on their learning journey. Help connect them with development opportunities.
    • Create quality learning and support experiences for coaches that positively impact their involvement in the game

    How might this benefit you?

    • Add new skills to your toolkit or to enhance skills you already have that not only benefit you as a coach developer but in your personal and professional life
    • Opportunities for ongoing personal and professional development
    • Connection with communities of like minded people
    • See more coaches impacted positively, more often which has a positive impact on them personally and a flow on effect to players

    Who's a good fit?

    Training is ideally suited to any staff or volunteers who are operating in a capacity where they’re either delivery learning and development (L&D) or supporting coaches in trainings and/or games.  Examples are those:

    • delivering and supporting futureFERNS
    • delivering learning & development to community coaches of all levels
    • delivering learning & development to and supporting umpire coaches

    ​​​​​​​What support will you get?

    • Ongoing support from your Centre and the Zone
    • Personal development opportunities
    • A network of support with Coach Developers from other clubs / schools, Centres and Zones

    To find out more about his important netball participation avenue, please email Kelly Hynson at coachdevelopment@netballcentral.co.nz

    Upcoming events... updated as informed

    Introductory Coach Developer Training - hosted by Netball Central and Sport Hawke’s Bay
    ​​​​​​​    An amazing opportunity for existing facilitators or those who want to learn how to better-support coaches either 1 on 1 or group settings.
    Saturday 29 November from 9am to 5pm with compulsory online session Wednesday 26 November 6:30pm.
    Held in-person at Hawke’s Bay Netball
    Cost: $25
    Register here

    Introductory Coach Developer Training - hosted by Netball Central and Nuku Ora
    An opportunity for those in the Wellington region to come together and learn what's involved in being a coach developer. Open to those working with coaches or umpires across all sport codes and expertise. Perhaps you run workshops, provide mentoring, like to observe and give feedback or simply fly the flag for coach development opportunities run in your satellite, club or school. Here's teh support you need.
    Saturday 7 March
    Held in-person in Wellington - venue TBC
    Cost: TBC
    Registration link provided once open​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​​

    Past events