All Coaches Each season, we organise a mandatory coaches meeting before training begins to distribute essential information, club warm-up drills, and any updates to rules. 2024 - 12th March at FNA 5.00pm
coach mentorship program
Target Group: For interested 15&U - 18U players or any new Opens or adult coaches that have never coached before & would like to apply for the program.
Aim: The aim of the program is to get our younger players coaching and to keep them coaching for years to come. Too many younger players put their hand up to coach and are put off due to lack of support. We want to build their coaching skills, their personal skills and their confidence.
Co-ordinator: Sharon please email via admin@stchristophersnetballwa.com and write CAPD: Coach Mentorship Program in the subject line
How it will work: Interested players will apply to be part of the programme, via the form below. They will then be matched up with a Mentor coach who we believe can assist in their development. They are to attend all training sessions and games.
1st Round – the Mentor coach will take the training sessions and coaches the games on a Saturday and the “Trainee” will assist, watches & learns. The Mentor coach will advise on the necessary skills of coaching – eg talking to players, planning a training session, setting up drills etc. 2nd Round – this round the Mentor coach and the trainee will coach & train together. The Trainee will be set the task to find a drill and teach it at training – the adult will assist passively and give feedback to the trainee, this will build each week as the Mentor sees fit. Games for the 2nd round the trainee will become more involved and coach together with the Mentor, this involves writing the starting line up and running the break time talks with the Mentor. 3rd Round – the Trainee will take the lead with the Mentor coach to supervise training sessions and games. The Trainee will prepare training sessions and the Mentor coach will give feedback & assist passively at both training and games. The Mentor Coach will handle any parent issues for the team, guide & teach the Trainee. Parents will be advised that they under no circumstances are to approach or discuss team issues with the Trainee. It is planned that a parent meeting will take place prior to the start of the season to explain the new program – for those teams that will have a Mentor placement. * This will contribute to your service hours for school and your mentor will sign off on this.
Saint Christopher’s Coaching Guidelines and Expectations
Attributes:
Be a good role model for the participants.
Communicate and work with Coaching Development Committee and coaches within your age group to enhance your coaching skills.
Be enthusiastic, assertive, consistent, friendly and fair.
Ensure the safety of all participants.
Maintain discipline throughout the session.
Be organised - plan each training session, before game strategy and takes notes / stats during the game where applicable.
Be able to justify, if necessary, why things are being done.
Treat everyone fairly, and inclusive of all participants in your team.
At the Start of the season:
Discuss your expectations of your team through out the season with them, including arrival times for games.
Inform parents that if their child is ill they should advise you by Friday afternoon/evening if the child cannot play. Leaving it until game day becomes complicated for the purpose of finding fill in players.
Identify skill objectives for the season from the CAPD Skill checklist provided.
Obtain and record dates that team members will be away.
Establish best method of communication to all parents/players.
During the Season:
Please be prepared to start training at the agreed time, on time.
If you are unable to attend a training session your first option should always be to combine your team with another coach in your grade, or to find a replacement coach rather than cancelling a session.
Please give your team plenty of notice if a training session does need to be cancelled or changed; aim for at least 3 hours.
Please be at games early enough to begin your team warm up. Approximately thirty minutes before the game for older junior grades (11&U-16&U) and opens and 18&U. Coaches of younger junior teams (8&U-10&U) may see fit to decrease this time.
All players in the 8&U, 9&U and 10&U should take the court every game for at least half a game, unless circumstances prevents them from taking the court (eg injury, illness), if there is other circumstances please discuss with your CAPD representative prior to the game.
Throughout the regular playing season (not finals) all players in the 11&U - Open age groups should receive a minimum of 30 minutes court time (equivalent to 2 quarters), unless circumstances prevents them from taking the court (eg injury, illness), if there is other circumstances please discuss with your CAPD representative prior to the game.
All players should be rotated fairly throughout the regular playing season.
Liaise with CAPD rep BEFORE game day to arrange fill in players. If a fill in player foregoes playing in their own team to fill in than they should be given the court time they were entitled to game; however, if they have already played their game you are not required to play them.
Make sure that all of your players have been picked up at the end of training where possible before you leave, or that someone for the club is with them.
Checklist at the end of the season:
Record the games played by each team member.
Complete Coaching Report and send to relevant CAPD coordinator.
Liaise with the records coordinator regarding player award.
General Information:
All coaches where possible are only to coach a certain team for three years consecutively before moving onto a new team, for example coaching 11&U1, then 12&U1 and then 13&U1 the time will be assigned a different coach for 14&U1 even if the team players change. This is to enable all players to have a minimum of two coaches during their junior years.
Our coaches
Our players have access to wonderful coaches, we are lucky at St Christopher's to have such depth and talent to pull from. We are always seeking new coaches and assistant coaches, if you are interested in coaching for the upcoming season please fill in the contact form on the contact us page.
Are you interested in becoming a FNA Rep Team Coach
Fremantle Netball Association is calling for applications for Coaches and Assistant Coaches for our Representative Teams. The age groups are 12/U, 13/U, 14/U and 15/U. Please number in preference which age group you would prefer to coach or assistant coach. Applications must detail courses completed, previous coaching experience and the name and number of two referees. Applications will be considered by the FNA Coaching Committee and an interview may be required. Applicants will need to ensure they are able to commit to the entire Rep Team program as detailed below.
This year we are offering Coaching Development for all of our REP team coaches. Netball WA will be running 2 “Coaches in the Field” sessions, dates to be confirmed. We aim to provide not only development for our players at FNA, but development opportunities for our FNA Rep. Team Coaches as well.
Prerequisites:
1: Development Level of coaching or at least Foundation Level working towards Development stage. (If you have no accreditation, please call ADO to discuss future courses at FNA). 2: Umpires online exam completed with a pass of 80%. Through Netball WA- (netballwa.com.au) 3: Current and up to date working with children card.
Available Courses
Please see the Fremantle Netball Association website for the courses on offer this season: www.fremantlenetball.com.au
(St Christopher's Netball Club is happy to subsidise the cost of coaching courses - please contact the Club via email for further information)