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What’s New
1. The Development Coach Advance (DCA) program has been underway since the beginning of 2018 and targets 30 coaches who are working in the development space in schools and clubs in Eastern, Central and Western Bay. It is focused on creating opportunities for coaches to develop their capacity and capability in a variety of areas which include Athlete Development, Coaching Capability, Leading and Building Coaching Environments, Mental resilience, Skill Acquisition, Hydration and Nutrition.
The Development Coach Advance program encourages collaboration between coaches and has the coach at the heart of their continuous learning journey.
Participant quote:
- “Currently my coaching style has changed a lot, but is going really well I feel. I am implementing a lot of the strategies I have learnt in my DCA programme. It has been attracting a lot more juniors, which I feel happy for. Still getting the same amount of seniors, but I feel good about it and I am amazed how the DCA has helped me”.
Workshop feedback:
- “Very interactive, nice and simple approach to complex things”
- “Knowledgeable, engaging, thought provoking and fun”
- “Great content” ”Informative and engaging”
The 2019 program will get underway in March 2019.
2. Over the course of 2017/18 we have been responding to changes in Sport New Zealand’s approach and have been putting in place plans for the 2018/19 year to establish a Youth Sport Systems Advisor. This role will look to provide opportunities for sports, schools and clubs to support managers and officials in their roles, and parents who have the unenviable task of becoming a sporting parent.
The role will also look at how we can structure sport more effectively in the youth space to retain as many young people in sport and activity as we can. The role goes live in July 2018 and will develop the resources required and planning for roll out in early 2019. Our thanks go to Sport New Zealand and BayTrust for their support in making this happen.
Highlights
1. Our CoachForce Team internal Coach Developer training is coming to the end of its two year program, which has seen the team develop themselves in the areas of Technology in Coaching, Facilitation, Building Relationships and Influencing Up and Coach Planning. These learnings are then passed onto the coaches they are working with out in the community. We will look to extend this further in late 2018/2019 to include other coach developers outside of the CoachForce team in the region.
2. Our Sport New Zealand Performance Coach Advance program has seen a new intake in the 2017/18 year, which includes coaches from cricket, gymnastics, hockey, canoe slalom, synchronised swimming, rugby, tennis and bowls. These coaches that work in the performance space have had access to great opportunities with Ralph Pim (Leading Players to Greatness), Graeme Robson (HPSNZ) Performance Planning, David Galbraith (Unleashing Greatness) and Dave Clarke (Coaching Resilience). They also have their own individualised professional development plan.
3. The BayTrust Digital Coaching Passport has been launched and is piloted via our BayTrust CoachForce Team. It is a digital platform that records your coach development opportunities over your coaching life. If you attend a workshop, we can provide you with a QR code tag that we swipe across the app on our phones and it automatically loads your profile on the platform. This can be printed off as a coaching passport when applying for roles and is a history of your continuous learning journey. We currently have over 2700 coaches registered.
4. Sport Bay of Plenty's Pathway to Podium drew to a close as it was handed back to High Performance Sport New Zealand and the national sporting bodies in April 2018. Significant achievements from athletes on the program include a Commonwealth Games gold medal for Amy Robinson (hockey), 2 x national championships for Sam Tanner (athletics) and a silver medal at the Junior Worlds Champions for Veerle Ten Have (windsurfing).
Success Stories
BayTrust CoachForce
From October 2017 and through early 2018 we have been in discussions with BayTrust around the future funding of the BayTrust CoachForce Program. BayTrust have been looking at innovative ways to cement relationships with proven programs that they know to be effective in the community.
The Baytrust CoachForce program has undergone two extensive independent reviews over the past few years and celebrated its 21st birthday in 2018. The outcome of this is that BayTrust have entered into a partnership agreement with Sport Bay of Plenty that secures the future of CoachForce for the next nine years, allowing sport in the region to plan longer term and have security around the capacity of the organisation - particularly in the coach development space. The agreement also supports the Youth Engagement, Early Childhood and Play in the Bay programs.
BayTrust Athlete and Coach Scholarships
The BayTrust Athlete and Coach Scholarships were expanded this year to include a scholarship for officials and athletes with a disability. These scholarships provide opportunities for athletes aged 16 -23 to compete in international competition (must be NZ reps).
Coach and official professional development is also supported by the scholarships. As part of the process, we also offer the Christine Tustain Award (via the Acorn Foundation) through the athlete scholarship category. The 2017/18 year saw 54 coaches, athletes and officials supported in their development.
Highlights include first officials recipient Joanne Miller through Surf Life Saving and the diverse range of sports that were successful including judo, crossfit, waka ama, canoe slalom, tennis, duathlon, ultimate frisbee, boccia, surfing and taekwondo along with the mainstream sports we all know and love.
