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[I]t’s mainly the management, but also the coaches. And there are crossovers, the
paths are crossing really there, like [PSF1] has become an assistant coach for the
[PSF] and assistant coach for the [national team] as well. And [PSF2] is also
involved with, with [the PSF] [junior development programme], who is head coach
of [PSF] [junior development programme]… is involved with the junior coaching as
well. They came to the all New Zealand camps, which is a junior camp. So yes, I
mean there is a lot of interaction there. (personal communication, April 21, 2008)
While NSO1 confirmed collaboration at the coaching level, they also introduced a
new area - sponsorship:
[W]e’re just at the moment doing some work around not so much joint sponsorship
activities but supporting each other in terms of sponsorship opportunities. Now, I
don’t think we’re anywhere near at the moment having a sponsor like [sponsor A]
for example that sponsors the [PSF] and [NSO]. But if we can help the [PSF] to
secure [sponsor A] for them and they help us secure [sponsor B], I’m just using an
example, we can work together in that regard. So there is opportunities for that.
There is obviously opportunities for sharing coaching resources…Now there are
clear synergies there because God willing, there’ll be Kiwis playing in the [PSF]
who will also be playing in the [national team], so they get access to that expertise.
(personal communication, April 18, 2008)
It was NSO3 that offered this summary:
[T]here’s certainly collaboration at a , at a governance level between the board of
[the NSO] and the Boards of [the PSF] There’s collaboration at senior management
level in terms of the development of partnership agreements, memorandum of
understanding between the general manager of the [PSF] and the CEO of [the NSO].
And then there’s operational level collaboration where, so I work quite closely with
the [PSF] coaching staff and, and some other national team coaches. (personal
communication, April 22, 2008)
4.3 Intent
Opportunity was the first theme to appear. This developed mainly out of whether
the NSO saw their relationship with the PSF as an opportunity to learn. Most participants,
such as NSO1, confirmed the opportunity existed to learn by stating “Oh absolutely, yes it
would be naïve and arrogant to think that you can’t learn off somebody and anybody. We
can obviously learn off them [the PSF]” (personal communication, April 18, 2008).
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