Coaching Development June2018

Showcasing Coaching
& Talent Development
across Auckland
HERA
– Everyday
Goddess
& empowering
leadership
development
2018
Valuing the
importance of
COACHES
Good Sports
& New Zealand
Rugby League
Growing
leadership
in young
female coaches
oaching
Talent
evelopment
COACHING PROGRAMMES INCLUDING COACH EVOLVE, TLC AND PERFORMANCE COACH ADVANCE

Cover photo supplied by Merril Cardno
COACH DEVELOPER TRAINING
Coach Evolve
Talent, Leadership, Character (TLC)
Development
Good Sports
Growing Coaches
Foundation
Learn
Participate
Auckland
Coaching
& Talent
Development
Pathways
PARTICIPANT
PATHWAY
Perform
Performance
Performance Coach Advance (PCA)
Pathway to Podium (P2P)
COACHING
COMMUNITIES
AKTIVE LED
PROGRAMMES
SYSTEM BUILDING APPROACH
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Welcome to the Aktive – Auckland
Sport & Recreation’s Coaching &
Talent Development eMagazine
showcasing coaching & talent
development across Auckland.
A great coach is able to recruit and retain hundreds of people
playing sport, more often and with greater success. Improving
the number and quality of coaches is crucial to growing
participation and improving sports performance in our clubs,
schools and communities - and ensuring our sports programmes
continue to survive and thrive.
In this issue you will find updates of how Aktive’s Coaching & Talent Development programmes
are positively supporting the Auckland Approach to Community Sport and influencing coaches:
those who manage and support coaches and athletes; and those who invest in coaching
and athlete development.
Highlights in this edition include:
● Valuing the importance of coaches - Pg 4
● Growing the leadership in young female coaches - Pg 6
● Good Sports helps NZRL Remember Why - Pg 8
● HERA empowers leadership development - Pg 10
● Keeping up with the latest trends with Coach Evolve - Pg 14
● TLC achievements creating new role - Pg 16
● Performance Coach Advance helping coaches accelerate - Pg 18
● Pathway to Podium providing skills for success - Pg 20
● Coaching coaches in 2018 and beyond - Pg 22
You might have noticed a change of colour. We’re delighted to present you the new Aktive
Coaching & Talent Development sub brand. Moving forward all future coaching material
produced will be under these colours so keep a look out for it.
Coaching & Talent Development across Auckland is funded by Sport New Zealand,
High Performance Sport New Zealand, Foundation North and New Zealand Community Trust.
We thank them for their support.
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COACHING & TALENT DEVELOPMENT

The Auckland Approach to Community Sport
Our vision for co-creating a world-class sport system in Auckland
Aktive, Harbour Sport, Sport
Waitakere, Sport Auckland
and CLM Community Sport
have formed a collaborative
group under the banner
of The Auckland Approach to
Community Sport – a a targeted,
scalable community sport
system.
It’s about working together
with a targeted approach and
developing a community’s,
sector’s and iwi’s ability to
engage people and increase
participation in sport and
recreation.
It also includes initiatives that
meet Auckland’s growing,
diverse population and changing
needs​.
For further information please
visit www.aktive.org.nz/theauckland-approach/
THE AUCKLAND APPROACH TO COMMUNITY SPORT
FOCUSES ON FIVE MAIN AREAS:
1. Advocacy
Attract new funding, find efficiency
savings and advocate at local and
central government for the sport
and recreation sector
2. Schools and communities
More of Auckland’s young people
participating in sport and recreation
3. Coaching and Talent
Development – programmes,
support and resources for coaches,
athletes and organisations
4. Sector Development
Improved club, regional sport and
recreation capability
5. Spaces and Places
improved access to spaces and
facilities for all Aucklanders.
This is underpinned by a strong
focus on helping children and
low participation communities
to be more active, as well as
building the capability of sector
providers and volunteers,
including coaches.
There are also target priority
groups: Young People 5-18
years, Girls 10-18 years, Indian,
Māori, Chinese and Samoan
ethnicities.
Coaching & Talent
Development is supporting
these groups by increasing
more coaches from these
ethnicities and genders, and
helping coaches to better
understand their needs.
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The Coaching & Talent Development Team
Coaching & Talent Development is a key service element of The Auckland Approach to
Community Sport – here is the team responsible for this area:
LUKE MORRISS
Aktive Coaching & Talent
Development Manager
Phone: 022 010 4532
Email: luke.morriss@aktive.org.nz
Luke has a background of work in
National Sport Organisations, where he
has been the Coaching & Development
Director at Squash New Zealand
and the all-encompassing Director
at Boccia New Zealand. Luke has
experience coaching basketball and
swimming at the community level and
has attended three Paralympic Games
(Athens, Beijing and London) as a
spectator, coach-assistant and event
manager. Luke currently sits on the
World Squash Federation Development
Commission to provide advice on the
programmes and resources required
to develop the game throughout the
sport’s global structure.
DAN KEEPA
Aktive Coach Development Advisor
Phone: 021 436 975
Email: dan.keepa@aktive.org.nz
Dan has been in the sporting circles
for most of his life. Although he has
coached touch, football and rugby, his
main passion as a player and coach
lies with rugby league. He has worked
for both Counties Manukau Rugby
League and New Zealand Rugby
League as a regional and national
coach development manager as well
as a talent Junior Talent Identification
Coordinator with the Vodafone Warriors.
Having coached professionally at both
the provincial and national level, Dan
has always stuck to the same coaching
philosophy of - “it’s never about me, it’s
always about them” - a philosophy he
uses in his current role in developing
coaches.
SIMONE SPENCER
Aktive Coach Development Advisor
Phone: 027 220 0560
Email: simone.spencer@aktive.org.nz
Simone’s background lies principally
in surf lifesaving and athletics,
however with a focus on developing
speed she has worked with
a wide range of athletes from
various codes. Simone currently
coaches surf lifesaving beach sprint
and beach flag athletes from across
the Northern Region. She worked for
Surf Life Saving Northern Region for
a number of years in the capacity of
Regional Coach Developer. During
this time, she also managed the
regional high performance
programme.
Simone has coached regional
representative teams across all age
groups (under 16 to open athletes)
and is currently Beach Coach and
Assistant Team Manager of the
Surf Life Saving New Zealand Junior
Black Fins. She is very passionate
about supporting people to be the best
they can be.
CALVIN BUTTIMORE
Harbour Sport Community
Coaching Advisor
Phone: 029 295 0029
Email: coach@harboursport.co.nz
Calvin studied at the University of
Otago, double majoring in teaching,
coaching and training and sport
management. He has experience
coaching various sports at the
community and development level:
rugby, swimming, badminton,
gymnastics; and has experience
instructing yoga and group fitness.
Calvin’s major coaching experience lies
within volleyball and beach volleyball
where he coaches North Harbour
representative teams and the New
Zealand U17 boys’ development
squad. He also taught physical
education in the United Kingdom and
coached beach volleyball in Italy in
2017.
MICK COULTARD
Sport Waitakere Community
Coaching Advisor
Phone: 027 205 0054
Email: mick.coultard@
sportwaitakere.nz
Mick has spent the last seven years
at AFL New Zealand in various roles,
including National Youth Development
Manager, and has been involved
in running the coach development
programme as well as being an elite level
coach.
In a previous life Mick was in the army
in Australia and he has done extensive
work in the outdoor education space. His
philosophy is focused on ‘making people
better people and is super keen to stay
ahead of the game to do this.
MITCH HAYDE
Sport Auckland Community
Coaching Advisor
Phone: 027 828 7653
Email: mitchellh@sportauckland.
co.nz
Mitch studied commerce and sport
management at Lincoln University
where he was on the sports
scholarship programme. In his chosen
sport of hockey Mitch has had a range
of experiences playing and coaching
at regional and international level;
and is currently actively coaching in
the development and performance
communities. Mitch has been the Sport
Auckland Coaching Advisor for almost
four years and is extremely passionate
about supporting coaches to be the
best they can be.
JASON MCINTOSH-KERR
CLM Community Sport Coaching
& Talent Development Manager
Phone: 027 615 2973
Email: JMK@clmnz.co.nz
Jason’s employment experiences
include leading a sport science and
human health business and being the
manager of an Auckland rugby club.
He has a wealth of knowledge and
experience around athlete development
and coaching in the sports of boxing,
athletics and rugby. Jason is currently
the Chairman of the Manukau Rovers
Rugby Football Club.
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Foundation

Growing Coaches
Growing coaches is a leadership programme for secondary school students
who want to coach sport at schools (secondary, primary, intermediate) or
clubs and has been aligned to physical education achievement standards.
In conjunction with the HERA –
Everyday Goddess programme,
Sport Waitakere held a girls-only
Growing Coaches day for 31 year
10 west Auckland secondary
school girls - providing an
ideal opportunity to develop
coaching leadership within
them.
Creating a distraction free
environment where the girls
were free to be themselves
allowed for an openness to
learning from the expert
providers, teaching staff
and each other. The day
started with two valuesbased
coach leadership
sessions, followed
by a workshop on how to plan an
effective training session through
a positive experience. After lunch,
three practical sessions looked at
team building games and teaching
games to increase knowledge.
Understanding the context of
values-based coaching set the
tone for the rest of the day as it
was a key feature in the remaining
workshops.
Many thanks to the coach
developers from Auckland
Basketball (Aik Ho), Northern
Football Federation (Haley Stirling)
and Netball Waitakere (Kathy
Henry), who worked with the girls
to provide sport-specific coach
development opportunities. The
girls showed respect and gratitude
towards the delivery team on
the day, as well as honesty and
integrity towards each other.
“Our students found it
extremely beneficial
and I think they grew
through sports to
hopefully become
fantastic coaches. I am
positive we will have a
fantastic winter sports
season with our newly
trained coaches.”
For further information please visit www.aktive.org.nz/coaching_talent_development/coaches/
growing-coaches/
Photos supplied by Sport Waitakere
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Good Sports
The Good Sports project continues to champion culture change in the
attitudes and beliefs that adults have towards youth sport. New Zealand Rugby
League (NZRL) is one National Sports Organisation that has taken on the Good
Sports approach - we caught up with them to see how it is going.
What work has Good Sports
done with NZRL so far?
In early 2016 NZRL started
investigating the implementation of
a sideline campaign as part of the
Rugby League World Cup 2017
Legacy Plan. Given one of the
key objectives from the Voice of
the Participant national survey
was a warm and friendly club
environment, NZRL recognised the
need to address the experience of
those on and off the field.
The legacy mandate was to build
more a positive experience for our
participants and the Good Sports
project appeared the right fit to
support this objective.
We started working together
to introduce Good Sports into
the NZRL ‘Be A Sport’ sideline
campaign. The initial stage
was for all NZRL development
officers to undertake an
introduction workshop of the
Good Sports approach including
the effects of early specialisation in
youth sport.
In 2017, the Aktive team delivered
a bespoke Good Sports session
for all our community staff,
development officers and zone
managers.
Why did NZRL first engage
with the Good Sports
project?
To improve the on and off field
experiences NZRL committed
to introducing a
sideline behaviour campaign
which Auckland Rugby
League had been using for several
years called Be a Sport (BAS).
Through the Aktive eMagazine,
InterAktive, the Good Sports
project came to our attention and
was identified as a good resource
to support BAS’s implementation.
All our community staff have
now completed a Good
Sports developers course and,
from 2018, all pre-season club
information sessions and coaching
resources will include Good Sports
context. Several zones are also
looking to make it part of their
representative programmes for
coaches and parents. NZRL’s
focus for all junior programmes will
be creating more fun and skill
development experiences in a
non-competition environment.
What future does the
Good Sports project
have with NZRL?
Good Sports will underpin
all decisions in our volunteer
and junior programmes with
the view to expand it into
the youth programmes in
2019. NZRL will be developing
Rugby League specific resources,
personnel capability and evidence
to support the implementation of
the Good Sports approach across
our national programmes. We
will also continue to work with
the Good Sports team to support
and be involved in any new Good
Sports content and resources.
Any other comments
about Good Sports?
The investment NZRL has made
into the Good Sports project has
enabled us to develop a collective
approach on the key priorities
of our junior programme and
understand the importance of
building the right culture through
education with the key influencers
- coaches, parents/supporters and
teachers.
The BAS initiative has already
made an impact and, with the
addition of the Good Sports
content, NZRL is excited about
the culture change and the
increased evidence of ‘more
positive experiences on and
off the field’.
NZRL views our relationship
with Good Sports as long term
and we are confident that,
having introduced our team to
the Good Sports model, they
are prepared and equipped to
have those hard discussions
with ambitious coaches and
supporters. Our team now
endorses NZRL’s approach
to junior programmes
focused on development
and a fun skilled based
environment.
NZRL has also created a video
called “Remember WHY”,
which profiles well known rugby
league personalities who speak
about their own childhood
experiences, what they
loved about playing sport
as a youngster, along with
some messages for parents
supporting their children.
For further information
please visit www.aktive.
org.nz/good-sports/
Photo supplied by New Zealand Rugby League
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Photo supplied by Aktive
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HERA Leaders Events
While working with organisations, a need for
leadership training, professional development
and support for those coaches involved with
girls was identified. This led to the creation of
the series of leaders’ events for Aktive’s HERA
– Everyday Goddess project (HERA), which
aims to empower 10-18 year old girls to be
active.
Over the past year three workshops have
brought together 35 female leaders who are
currently engaging and empowering young
females aged 10-18 years, or who are about to
deliver to young females, to become physically
active across the Auckland region.
The purpose of these workshops was to create
an environment that allows these leaders to share
ideas, connect with each other and to collaborate.
These workshops also provided development
opportunities, facilitated by the Aktive Coach
Development Advisors, on topics that were
identified through an initial survey of the HERA
leaders.

“I plan to keep in touch with these great people and give the social
media love and referrals if possible.” - Attendee
After each workshop follow-up was carried out
through a private social media group, enabling
further opportunities to share, connect and
collaborate. The feedback from these events has
been hugely positive, with some excellent actions
and results.
“For us as leaders to step back and remember our
why - getting to know each other and how we work
better together or can utilise each other through the
work we do in HERA and potentially other areas of
our mahi.” - Attendee
Outcome
Through the HERA events and gaining the
knowledge, skills and confidence to lead, one
of the HERA leaders, Regina Lilii has since
attended the Coach Developer Training course
and is now looking at running courses to help
coaches provide better coaching experiences
for female cricket players in the Papatoetoe
area.
Click here for more information on HERA and
points to consider when coaching girls.
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Photo supplied by Auckland Cricket
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KiwiSport Coach
Induction Courses
KiwiSport is a government funding
initiative to promote sport for schoolaged
children that aims to:
● Increase the number of schoolaged
children participating in
organised sport
● Increase the availability and
accessibility of sport opportunities
for all school-aged children.
● Support children to develop skills
that enable them to participate
confidently in sport.
New in 2018, as part of the quality
assurance framework for KiwiSport,
coaches being employed using
KiwiSport funding or volunteering
in a KiwiSport funded project are
now required to attend a KiwiSport
Induction workshop. These have
been regionalised across the
group which allows coaches the
opportunity to attend any of the
workshops to meet their quality
assurance requirements.
This new practical course has been
designed to incorporate the Good
Sports spine to promote positive
adult behaviour in youth sport. It
focuses on what fun is for young
people, why kids play sport and
how you can promote a climate
of development as opposed to a
climate of performance. There is
also an opportunity to role play this
and receive feedback from other
coaches and to discuss the common
challenges that are faced when
working with schools.
For further information please visit
www.aktive.org.nz/kiwisport/
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Development
Coach Evolve
As a young person, Merril Cardno played many sports – athletics,
swimming, basketball and football. After a knee injury, Merril decided to
start her coaching journey by jumping in the deep end and helping her
kids enjoy sport. Since then Merril has accessed education to help her
coach gymnastics at the Howick Gymnastics Club for the past seven
years and coach football for three years. Most recently Merril engaged
in the Coach Evolve programme – a cross-code programme aimed at
coaches in the development coaching community.
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Why did you apply to go on
Coach Evolve?
During my coaching journey I
have predominantly coached
male athletes who play sport
recreationally through to those who
are more competitive, ranging from
11 to 19 years of age. Although I
had previously attended a number
of coach development courses and
workshops in the past, I applied to
go on Coach Evolve as the topics
looked helpful, interesting and I
wanted to meet some new people
from different sporting codes. I
am always keen to further my own
development as a coach to I can
continue to empower my athletes
to be the best they can be.
How did Coach Evolve help
with your coaching?
Every time I attended one of the
workshops or forums I learned
something new that I could apply
in my coaching. Throughout the
programme I was provided with
plenty of opportunities to look at
different coaching situations and
to discuss these from different
perspectives that I hadn’t thought
of before. Being able to share new
ideas and challenges with other
coaches allowed me to really get a
clear picture about why I coach.
What was the best part of
being involved with Coach
Evolve?
I really enjoyed meeting up with
other like-minded coaches and
listening to inspiring speakers.
I would always walk away with
something valuable and inspiring
from a speaker even if their
experience or sporting code was
different to mine.
What advice would you give
to other coaches working
in clubs, schools and the
community?
It will be very new and
overwhelming at first. Attending
coach development programmes
and go with an open mind to learn
and meet new people. It is well
worth the effort. Be eager to learn,
to challenge yourself and have a go
at implementing some of the skills
that the programmes introduce you
to. Always remember that coaches
make a positive difference in the
lives of children, so that they can
be the best person they can be in
sport and in life.
For further information please
visit www.aktive.org.nz/
coaching_talent_development/
coaches/coach-evolve/

Photo supplied by Merril Cardno
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Talent, Leadership, Character (TLC)
TLC uses a values-based and behaviour-focused framework to help coaches and
sports leaders develop skills and attributes in students that lead to success in sport,
school and life. The letters T, L, C represent three essential components that lead
to greatness - talent, leadership and character. We caught up with Jeremy Adams,
Sports Coordinator at Glendowie College, who has utilised the TLC Framework
with their sports teams over the past few years to see what impact this has had
with students, staff and coaches within the school.
What approach have you
taken to help implement
TLC Framework?
We have held a number of
coaches’ forums to ensure that
the values, we have as a school
and as individual coaches, were
aligned and mirrored through
the behaviours and actions of
our coaches. This enabled our
coaches to share best practice
strategies and hold each other
accountable to our shared values.
Student leaders were also
engaged in a series of workshops
and have been encouraged to take
ownership of their teams through
the goal setting process. A strong
focus was the clarity of each
team’s goals.
Have you noticed any
behavioural change in your
students since implementing
TLC? Either during sport or
in and around school. Are
there any specific things you
have done through TLC that
have assisted with this?
Students are certainly taking more
ownership of their teams. They are
comfortable raising concerns if
the agreed upon values are being
breached. The focus on clarifying
what these values mean has
definitely made this much easier to
identify. The challenge is ensuring
that both coaches / managers
and players stay empowered but
focused on the what they can
control.
Since implementing the
framework you now have a
full-time Coaching & Talent
Development Lead role at
the school. Can you tell us
some more about this role
and what impact you are
expecting to see over the
next few years?
This role has created the
opportunity to implement coach
mentorship. We have been
able to do this both in house
and also teaming up with the
various networks we have access
to. Coaches will hopefully be
supported much more, but also
challenged and held accountable
to individual and team goals /
values. Student sports leaders
will be further engaged to ensure
students have a voice. Individually,
and as a group, these leaders
will be challenged and mentored
to own their influence on team
behaviours and outcomes.
The hope is that we have positive
outcomes whilst maintaining the
integrity of the TLC Framework.
The underpinning theme of our
student leaders at present is to
‘be the catalyst of change’ and
to implement a ‘Kaitiakitanga’
philosophy on those that follow.
For further information please
visit www.aktive.org.nz/
coaching_talent_development/
sport-leaders/talentleadership-character-tlc/
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Dr. Ralph Pim, TLC student leaders.
Photo supplied by Aktive
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Performance
Photo supplied by Basketball NZ
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Performance Coach Advance (PCA)
Jody Cameron is the head coach of the New Zealand under-18 women’s
basketball team that competed in the FIBA under-17 Oceania Championships
in Guam. She has been part of the Auckland Performance Coach Advance
programme for two years. Recently accepted onto High Performance Sport
New Zealand’s Coach Accelerator Programme, we caught up with Jody to find
out how PCA has helped her develop as a coach and as a person.
Why was PCA appealing
to you as a coach?
PCA provided me with an
opportunity to be around likeminded
people from a range of
sports to grow my knowledge base
and to feel part of a community
of coaches on the same page.
Having access to a line-up of
high-quality facilitators who deliver
the workshops was also really
appealing.
How has your involvement
in PCA influenced your
coaching?
Taking part in PCA has changed
my whole approach to how
I coach and look at myself.
It has provided me with a
reference point to make sure
I am doing the right things
for both myself and the
athletes I work with.
What are some
critical aspects
you have learned
through the
programme?
One of the big things
I’ve learned is how
to be prepared and
have things in order.
PCA has helped
me to solidify
my coaching
philosophy
and learn the
importance of
self-reflecting.
I’ve also
noticed
improvement to the way I deliver as
a coach through use of my voice
and language.
How has this helped you
develop your coaching?
I’ve become more aware of who
I am as a person, giving me
confidence to be able to lead and
do what I do well. This means that
I am able to coach without any
conflict between what I think and
feel and what I say and do.
What has been the most
valuable part of the
programme?
For me, it has been being able to
use the reflection process which
ties everything together. The
great resources, information and
examples to reference to and being
able to reflect on these based on
my own experiences has helped
me critique, learn and grow.
I prefer to learn by reading and
watching videos rather than have
someone deliver to me. The
workshops were great at giving
me insights into other coaches
and environments which I hadn’t
had before in basketball. It was the
forums that really resonated with
me because these pulled all the
key workshop information together
and allowed me to start using this
in my own coaching.
Having a one-on-one support
person was awesome too. I feel
really lucky to have a mentor
helping me develop as a coach
and person that keeps me on track
by focusing me in on what is the
most important. A mantra that I like
to use is ‘good, better, best’ and
having a mentor has helped keep
me on track towards best.
“Good, better, best. Never let it
rest. Until your good is better and
your better best.”
Having someone else come and
be part of my coaching camp was
really valuable too. It allowed me
to quickly bounce ideas and easily
share the direction we were going
which meant more time to spend
coaching the athletes towards
this. The other coaching staff
and athletes therefore had more
confidence in me leading.
What advice would you give
to other coaches working
with performance athletes?
Remember that coaches don’t own
the programme, you’re just leading
it. It’s all about the athletes and the
higher up you go, the more of a
servant you become to help others.
To get the best out of anybody
you have to give before you can
receive. From a technical/tactical
point of view, you can’t demand
anything out of an athlete if you
haven’t taught them what they
need to do.
For further information please
visit www.aktive.org.nz/coaching_
talent_development/performancecoach-advance/
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Pathway to Podium (P2P)
Ashton Reiser is a Year one Pathway to Podium Athlete in the sport of Canoe
Sprint. Auckland born and raised, Ashton paddles for the North Shore Canoe
Club and the Mairangi Bay Surf Lifesaving Club. We caught up with Ashton
to get his thoughts on his athlete journey and how P2P has supported him.
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How did you first get into
Canoe Racing?
Through my local Mairangi Bay
Surf Life Saving Club. I really
enjoyed surf ski paddling and
I found I was pretty good at it,
so I decided to join the North
Shore Canoe Club to improve my
technique and to try meet new
people from other surf clubs.
What has been your biggest
challenge so far as an
athlete?
Trying to qualify for the
New Zealand Junior World
Championship team after suffering
from glandular fever for 10 months
in 2015. It took a huge toll on me
both mentally and physically. I
found it almost impossible to train
for weeks at a time and the fatigue
badly affected me. It took me quite
a long time to be able to train full
time again, but thankfully I had so
much support around me.
How has P2P helped
develop you as an athlete?
P2P has provided an awesome
platform for me to be the best
athlete that I can be. Through
the programme I have received
expert strength and conditioning
and been able to immediately
fix and prevent injuries through
the physio support, as well as
receive life-changing sports
psychology sessions. I’ve also
had some exposure to High
Performance athlete life advisors
and nutritionists which have
been equally beneficial. Plus,
the programme has given me an
unbiased support network to touch
base with through the awesome
co-ordinators such as Laura, who
have offered vital support when the
going got tough..
What advice do you have
for other athletes wishing to
compete for New Zealand?
I would say go for it and commit
to it with nothing less than 100%.
You have got nothing to lose and
everything to gain and there is
no feeling like representing your
country. You only get one shot at
being a New Zealand athlete in
your life so there’s no harm in trying
and if you make it, the rewards are
endless.
What is your sporting
dream goal?
My dream is to win an Olympic
gold in Canoe Sprint for New
Zealand. I also hope that I can
inspire as many other kids as
possible to give sport a go and
reach their true potential!
Any other comments?
I would like to say thank you so
much to Aktive - Auckland Sport &
Recreation and High Performance
Sport New Zealand for shaping
the P2P programme into what it
is today. It has helped so many
athletes learn the ropes of the High
Performance sporting environment
while growing and supporting
the athletes in so many ways.
Ultimately, this gives all the
athletes every opportunity to
achieve their sporting goals in
the future. Also, I would like to
say thank you so much to my
sponsor Gull New Zealand for
all their ongoing support.
From 1 April 2018, it was
decided that P2P will be
led by National Sports
Organisations and High
Performance Sport New
Zealand, as opposed to
the regional P2P hubs.
Photo supplied by Pathway to Podium

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Coach Developer Training
Auckland’s coaching expertise has received a significant boost with 16 coach
developers participating in Aktive’s pilot Regional Coach Developer Training
programme. Focused on ‘coaching the coaches’ and developing the coaching
system, we have provided our first two-day, non-residential course to positive
feedback. Identified coach development officers, teachers, experienced
coaches and potential coach developers took part in the interactive, practical
training based on current best practice in coach development and delivery.
Aktive Coaching & Talent
Development Manager, Luke
Morriss, says the programme aims
to support coach developers to
provide development opportunities
for coaches in their respective
communities.
“The quality of coach development
has a substantial impact on the
quality of coaches and therefore
the experience the athlete or
participant receives,” says Luke.
“Coach developers are people
who go out and develop, support
and motivate coaches working
in clubs, schools and the
community. They do this by
facilitating coaching courses,
providing mentoring for others
and delivering workshops to
upskill other coaches.”
Luke adds: “By arming this
group with the leading-edge
resources, they are able
to provide other coaches
with knowledge and
skills to provide athletes
and participants with
fun, safe and quality
sports experiences. We
believe this ‘coach the
coaches’ approach
will contribute to
greater participation
and success in
sport, helping us
create thriving
communities of
activity.”
Participants
found the
inaugural
programme valuable.
“I learnt some fantastic tools,
realised what the role of the coach
developer is and got to practice
new skills,” says Tracey O’Connor,
Tennis Monsters Coaching Director,
Head Coach at Pompallier Tennis
Club & Harcourts Eden Epsom
Tennis Club.
Since 2014, Sport New Zealand’s
National Coach Developer
Training programme has been
overwhelmingly successful and
embraced by more than 200 coach
developers who go out and ‘coach
the coaches’. Based on this, the
Auckland-wide coach developer
programme is designed to give
coach developers the latest tools
and techniques they need to deliver
quality development experiences
for coaches in their communities.
“We believe that the participants
who attend this course will be in a
strong position where they have the
knowledge, skills and confidence
to positively influence and develop
coaches working in schools, clubs
and community organisations
throughout Auckland,” says Luke.
“We are excited to see how
this coach developer network
will impact on the quality of
experiences of coaches, as well as
players.”
The Regional Coach Developer
Training programme aims
to encourage a locally-led
approach to coach development,
supplementing the work done
by National and Regional Sports
Organisations (or equivalent).
For further information please
visit www.aktive.org.nz/coaching_
talent_development/coachdevelopers/coach-developertraining/
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Coaching & Talent Development
visit www.aktive.org.nz
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