Growing Coaches Programme Guide - Sport New Zealand

IN CONCLUSION
Growing Coaches is a coach education
programme for young people in senior
secondary school. The intent is to grow better
coaches, and in doing so to contribute to
growing better people.
Through the coaching experience the
programme intends to:
. Grow leadership skills in our young people
. Expand the skill set of young people
. Challenge young people to step up
. Provide an opportunity to learn about
coaching
. Encourage a positive experience through
strong preparation.
Growing Coaches provides an opportunity for
schools and regional sport organisations to
work together.
The programme is simple to implement,
information-rich, and practice-based.
If more young people begin coaching other
young people in our schools through the
Growing Coaches programme, sport will be the
better for it.
It is a ‘carpe diem (‘seize the day’) opportunity
for young people to jump in and give coaching
a go. This may be the beginning of a lifetime of
coaching sport.
The programme may be delivered as a
standalone learning resource or through
connecting to NZQA Achievement Standards.
It may be delivered inside an existing
curriculum or as an extracurricular learning
opportunity.
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