Coaching Development 2016

Showcasing Coaching
& Talent Development
across Auckland
February 2016
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Photo by www.photosport.co.nz

Introduction
Welcome to our new Aktive Coaching & Talent Development eMagazine.
We will release this twice a year to keep you updated about progress in the
coaching and athlete development sector. In this edition we introduce you
to some recent developments and highlight a new initiative for 2016.
Highlights in this
edition include:
• Aktive’s Talent, Leadership,
Character (TLC) project
gains momentum
• Good Sports train the trainer
programme (Good Sports
Developers) is underway
• Key highlights from our local
Regional Sports Trusts (RSTs)
delivery partners
• Pathway To Podium (P2P)
providing essential education
for young athletes
• Performance Coach Advance
programme building capability
of talented coaches
• The evolution of a new
programme in 2016
– Coach Evolve
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“There is little doubt that the training, education
and development of coaches is a key factor
in the sustainable success of all sporting systems
and many of the world’s sporting leaders
write about and talk about their commitment
to coach development.
The difference is that in New Zealand
AKTIVE is actually doing something about it.
Over the past 20 years, I’ve worked in several
national sporting systems and the programmes
AKTIVE are delivering in the area of coach
training, education and development are
outstanding, highly effective and in my
view - world leading.”
Wayne Goldsmith
International Performance Consultant
Coaching and Talent Development across Auckland is funded by
Sport NZ, High Performance Sport NZ, Foundation North and NZCT.
We thank them for their support.

Talent, Leadership
& Character (TLC)
In 2015, Aktive piloted
the Talent, Leadership
and Character (TLC)
secondary school
programme. TLC is a
framework that uses
the power of sport to
develop strong, resilient
leaders of character that
excel in sport, school,
and life.
Four Auckland secondary
schools participated in the pilot
programme in 2015 - Mahurangi
College, Rutherford College,
Onehunga High School and
Southern Cross Campus.
Aktive partnered with Dr
Ralph Pim to design the TLC
programme. TLC is built on 20
years of research and effective
practice by Dr Pim, addressing the
issues of how sport can deliver
performance improvements,
grow young leaders and develop
athletes of character. Dr Pim is
the former director of competitive
sport at the United States Military
Academy at West Point.
Teachers, coaches, students
and whanau have been learning
about the power of teamwork
and the importance of moral and
performance character. They were
provided leadership opportunities
in the areas of self-respect, selfbelief,
self-control, self-discipline,
and self-confidence. Regular TLC
learning sessions delivered by the
Aktive TLC leaders connected
students to valuable life skills
such as motivating and inspiring
teammates, putting the team
ahead of oneself, persevering
during difficult times, making good
decisions under stress, adapting
to changes and uncertainty, seeing
possibilities in all situations,
and finding creative ways to
solve problems.
The response to TLC has been
overwhelmingly positive from
the students, coaches, teachers
and principals involved. The
development of leadership skills
and good character attributes has
led to improved performances
on the sports ground as well as
within the classroom. We look
forward to building on this initial
success with the four pilot schools
in 2016 as well as welcoming
Auckland Grammar School, Mt
Albert Grammar School, Westlake
Boys High School and Long Bay
College into the programme.
Dr Ralph Pim, TLC Programme. Photo taken by Aktive
“Thank you all for your
part in developing
TLC at Southern Cross
this year. Personally I
have enjoyed this first
part of our journey
and hope we continue
to strengthen our
students lives
through TLC.”
Julie Wharton
Sports Coordinator,
Southern Cross School
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Pathway to Podium
Programme
Pathway to Podium is a nationwide talent development programme helping
emerging athletes and coaches be better prepared for the demands of a life
in high performance sport.
What is Pathway
to Podium?
Launched in April 2014, Pathway
to Podium (P2P) is a joint initiative
between Sport New Zealand and
High Performance Sport New
Zealand. With an emphasis on
education P2P offers emerging
athletes holistic support deemed
critical for growing resilient,
well-rounded athletes. These
support services include Athlete
Life, Performance Psychology,
Nutrition for Sport and Strength
and Conditioning. Nationally there
are 282 athletes on the programme
representing 13 sports. Auckland
has the largest complement of
athletes, with 89 in the programme.
Programme Delivery
During the past 12 months
Auckland P2P has delivered
74 individual consultations, 19
programme workshops, 7 guest
workshops, and over 500 hours of
strength and conditioning support.
“…it was so great to
just talk to another
person who
understands the life
of high performance…”
P2P Athlete
Mentored by Lisa Carrington
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Marina Erakovic with P2P athletes following a Question and Answer Guest Workshop at AUT Millennium
The inclusion of guest workshops
by professional athletes Marina
Erakovic and Terenzo Bozzone,
and internationally renowned
Performance Consultant
Dr Ralph Pim were a highlight
of the workshop programme.
“Thank you very much
for the session.
The learning was
invaluable. We are
extremely fortunate
to have access to this
level of education.
The organisation of
this programme is
outstanding”
P2P Coach
Ralph Pim Session
The programme has been well
received by athletes, parents, and
coaches in its first 2 years. Many
have commented on the positive
impact it has had on their sport
and other areas of their life.
Our partners
Underpinning the success of the
programme is our network of
local partners Auckland Council,
AUT Millennium, AUT University,
and Unitec. Their support,
expertise and collaboration has
been instrumental in delivering a
high quality programme. Aktive
is grateful for their ongoing
involvement in P2P.
“I have noticed a huge
change in attitude
since P2P has started
in all aspects of her
life, this is the best
thing for her”
P2P Parent

Key Successes
89
Athletes currently
involved in the Pathway
to Podium Programme
25
Athletes graduated to
High Performance
over
500
Hours of Strength
& Conditioning support
“As a consequence of
being in the program,
I have improved as
an athlete overall. My
nutrition has improved
as I am more educated
about my nutritional
choices. I also have
a more positive
outlook on training
and competing”
P2P Athlete
Looking Ahead
With athlete numbers projected
to grow, the Auckland hub will
continue to play a significant role
in shaping NZ’s future athletes.
Aktive is well prepared to meet
this challenge.
Athletes, parents and coaches
can expect to access a diverse
range of support through
programme workshops, targeted
individual consultations and the
expertise of guest speakers.
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Workshops and Individual
consults delivered
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Good Sports
Good Sports is a new initiative designed to create a positive sports
environment for children aged 7-13 years old in order to encourage
life-long participation.
It is a pilot project being trialled
across eight Auckland locations
over two years primarily targeting
parents. Ensuring Kiwi kids have
positive sporting experiences
has lasting and wide-ranging
benefits to those children and
their communities, and parents
are the biggest key to that. Led by
Aktive, Good Sports is funded by
Sport New Zealand, New Zealand
Community Trust and Massey
University.
Progress to date
Targeted Areas
Good Sports is being piloted in 8
targeted areas. These areas have
been selected based on a variety
of factors including geographical
area, sportsville models and
primary school clusters. By
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selecting a variety of areas,
Good Sports is able to target a
wide array of communities from
throughout Auckland:
North: Hibiscus Coast & Takapuna
Grammar Cluster
Central: Colin Maiden Park &
Tamaki Primary School Cluster
West: West Auckland Athletics
Clubs & Trust Stadium Zone
South: Bruce Pulman Park &
Kolmar (Papatoetoe Sports and
Community Charitable Trust)
Good Sports
Developers
In November 2015, from the
sporting communities that Good
Sports is initially being piloted
in, we recruited 10 sporting
leaders to train as Good Sports
Developers. These people were
invited to attend the Good Sports
Developers course because of
their passion for youth and junior
sport, their communication and
facilitation skills, and because
they are highly respected within
their communities. By the end of
the course, attendees had a deep
understanding of the core issues
that influence Kiwi kids’ sport
experiences, including:
● Kiwi kids’ basic sporting needs
● Adult behaviour(s)
● Strategies for engaging
parents, coaches and sport
leaders in difficult issues in
community sport

Good Sports
continued...
People undertaking the Good
Sports Developers course will
be trained with the skills and
knowledge to inspire, connect
and empower the parents,
coaches and leaders of sporting
communities in order to enable
positive sporting experiences
for kiwi kids. Following their
training, Good Sports Developers
will deliver key messages and
workshops to the communities
in the 8 targeted areas.
To date, discussions with
the West Auckland Athletics
Clubs and Colin Maiden Park
summer sports cluster has led to
confirmation that these two areas
will be used for testing the first
delivery from Good Sport
Developers.
Public Messaging
Utilising stuff.co.nz and the Aktive
website, we are trialling messaging
for public consumption through
the media which is receiving good
traction.
Key Actions for
Quarter 3
(Jan-March 2016)
● Delivery of the second Good
Sports Developers course.
● Development of supporting
resources which will be
published on the Aktive website
www.aktive.org.nz/Aktive-Lab/
Good-Sports
● Further development of key
messaging for wider public
consumption through stuff.co.nz
“The Good Sports
Developers course
reiterated to me how
kids may be lost to
sport forever due
to the actions of
parents/coaches.”
Participant from the first Good
Sports Development Course
The West Auckland Athletics
Clubs and Colin Maiden Park
were selected initially because
they had a large number of
summer sport communities.
Delivery into the other 6 areas
will commence from March 2016,
after a second Good Sports
Developers course has been run.
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Performance
Coach Advance (PCA)
The Performance Coach Advance (PCA) programme aims to improve the
quality of coaches working with talented pre-elite 15 to 21 year-old athletes.
The focus of the programme is
on generic coaching development
(for example, coaching process),
action learning (learn as you do),
and self-development.
Coaches apply to get on
the programme with the key
requirements for selection being
coach potential, the coach’s current
coaching role, and the commitment
of the coach to self-development.
All coaches have to be endorsed
by their national sport organisation
(NSO) to be considered.
New funding from Sport NZ has
allowed dedicated investment into
this critical coaching community.
To date 16 formal opportunities
have been delivered to 48 coaches.
10 of the current cohort have
been promoted to national or
international coaching positions.
The PCA programme is currently
in year two. PCA is receiving
international interest from many
countries. The year 3 screening
and selection process will begin
in March. We are delighted with
the quality of coaches the PCA
programme is attracting and we
are confident that our methodology
underpinning the programme
is providing rich learning and
networking opportunities for
the participants.
“This was an amazing
lecture and it showed
how much work I have
to do when put under
pressure presenting
something totally
out of my comfort
zone also following
a structure that was
put in place for us to
work with. I have taken
so much from this
session on board and
have already put some
of the eye contact in
place with working
with my patients
today. I agree that we
are all starting to work
as a team and support
each other”
PCA Coach
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Counties Manukau Sport
Coaches Club
The CMS Coaches Club was developed by Counties Manukau Sport to
support, develop and retain more capable Foundation coaches.
The Coaches Club was established
to retain volunteers as coaches
through a recognition and rewards
programme. This is done by
creating a network for coaches
to interact with all sporting codes
and by providing access to
modern coaching resources to
improve their coaching skills and
enable them to design and deliver
effective personalised coaching
programmes.
It has been highly successful with
250 coaches participating in 16
coaching modules last year.
The aim for 2016 is to increase
the number of participating
coaches by 50%.
Key Successes
250
Coaches participating
in 16 coaching modules
last year.
“Conflict happens in
a lot of sports and if
not managed properly
it could be detrimental
to the club. Bring on
the next workshop”
Coaches Club Member
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Sport Auckland
Growing Leaders
The Growing Leaders programme provides intermediate students the
opportunity to grow leadership potential through coaching sport in their local
feeder primary school.
During Term 3 of 2015, Sport
Auckland piloted the Growing
Leaders programme with Pasadena
Intermediate. To complete Growing
Leaders the students must engage
in three generic coaching sessions.
These sessions focus on building
a foundation of understanding
of what coaching is, delivery
techniques and learning how to
plan a session. Following the
generic sessions the students are
then required to complete 1-2 code
specific sessions, to make sure
they are confident in delivering their
chosen code.
Twenty students participated.
The Pasadena student coaches
successfully delivered three
basketball coaching sessions
at Pt Chevalier Primary School.
As a result of the leadership
and capability shown by the
Pasadena student coaches, the
same group of coaches were then
trained in basketball umpiring
and successfully umpired the
local school cluster basketball
tournament.
The Growing Leaders programme
will roll over into 2016 with
a new intake of students.
With the leadership and coaching
skills the 2015 students have
been exposed to, we are hopeful
that they will then move into
the secondary school coaching
programme, Growing Coaches.
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Harbour Sport
Coach Support
Initiative (CSI)
The Coach Support
Initiative (CSI) project
develops the leadership
and alignment of
coaching in North
Harbour Schools.
Through CSI, secondary schools
receive funding and support to
employ a Coaching Leader who
becomes the face of coaching at
their school. Their role is to grow
and develop each coach at their
school, as well as grow the profile
and support that these coaches
receive. This support includes
coach recruitment, development,
recognition, induction and
communication with coaches.
2015 was a successful year
for CSI. Secondary schools in
the project invested additional
funds of $42,500 into CSI. 1237
coaches were supported with 466
development opportunities offered.
Of these, 747 coaches received
professional development. The
direct impact of this has included
7697 athletes receiving improved
coaching and the successful
recruitment of 197 new coaches.
75 new relationships were
developed between CSI secondary
schools and primary schools/
clubs/organisations.
“Thank you to all the
schools involved in the
project in 2015 your
commitment is making
a significant difference
to our communities.”
Dave Keetly
Key Successes
1237
Coaches supported
in 2015
7697
Total number of
athletes receiving
improved coaching
197
New coaches recruited
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Sport Waitakere
Growing Coaches
Growing Coaches is a leadership programme that provides a platform for
the development of young coaches in secondary schools.
In the Growing Coaches
programme students learn both
the art of ‘how to coach’ as well as
the technical and tactical aspects
of their sport. Students are then
provided with the opportunity to
apply their coaching knowledge
into a practical coaching session.
Many student coaches assist
in coaching their school-based
team and others are connecting
with local primary/intermediate
schools. Seven Waitakere
secondary schools participated in
the programme in 2015, allowing
165 students to participate.
Key Successes
165
Students participated
7Secondary
Schools
participated
In 2016 more West Auckland
secondary schools will deliver the
programme and Sport Waitakere
are holding a Waitakere Youth
Coach Forum for student coaches
to learn more about coaching as
well as have the opportunity to
share and learn from each other.
“The Growing Coaches
programme has taught
me not to tell my players
what to do but guide
them to help find the
answer”
St Dominic’s College Student Coach
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Coach Evolve
We are excited to announce Aktive is releasing a new coaching programme
in 2016 - Coach Evolve. A programme designed to make a significant change in
coaching practices that ensures athletes and participants experience a positive
and enjoyable environment that helps establish a lifelong passion for sport.
Coach Evolve was developed
using insights gleaned from the
Performance Coach Advance
programme. There has been
a realisation that stand alone
workshops are not entirely
effective and accordingly a new
approach to teaching and learning
has been adopted.
The aim of the programme
is to advance the innovation,
creativity and performance of
Auckland coaches working in the
development coaching community.
A strong feature of this programme
is the cross-sport interaction and
sharing that will allow coaches to
discuss experiences, challenges
and learning in a safe and
supportive environment.
Coach Evolve has an emphasis
on “Action Learning Theory”
with the aim of coaches being
able to apply learning into a
practical coaching context.
Key concepts will be presented
at a particular workshop,
participants will then be supported
to apply these concepts at their
own coaching sessions which will
then be followed up by a forum
for the various coaches to share
their learning.
Aktive is currently completing the
selection process and successful
coaches will be notified by the end
of January. We expect to have
an intake of 50 coaches across
Auckland.
The first workshop will be
facilitated in early March
by Dr Ralph Pim who is an
international expert on values
based coaching and leadership
programmes.
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