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<strong>Ashburton</strong> <strong>Courier</strong>, <strong>September</strong> <strong>30</strong>, <strong>2021</strong><br />
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Margaret’s netball coaching success<br />
As anetball coach Margaret<br />
Butler gets abuzz from seeing<br />
players’ confidence and skills<br />
develop. It’s why she does what<br />
she does.<br />
Shehas been coachingoff<br />
and on for the past <strong>30</strong> years, but<br />
has recently taken her netball<br />
coaching up afew notches,<br />
completing both her community<br />
coach award (CCA) levels 1and<br />
2onthe Netball NZ coaching<br />
pathway.<br />
Theawardsare aseries of<br />
online and practical modules to<br />
help coaches develop players at<br />
the community level.<br />
Attaining award level 2isa<br />
prerequisite for the<br />
PerformanceCoach<br />
Qualification (PCQ), thenext<br />
levelonthe national coaching<br />
pathway.<br />
Margaret began hercourses<br />
in 2019 to gain more ideas for<br />
her coaching. Initially she’d<br />
planned to complete all of the<br />
courses by the end of the2020<br />
season, but covid disrupted<br />
those plans and she completed<br />
thefinaltwo coursesthisyear.<br />
The biggest highlights for her<br />
as acoach were seeingthe<br />
players youwereworkingwith<br />
develop their skills,she said.<br />
“I love seeingplayers’<br />
confidence and skills grow<br />
throughout theseason.Ialso<br />
love seeing ateam begin the<br />
season without really knowing<br />
each other, andending the<br />
season as onetight unitwho<br />
worktogether to achieve<br />
common goals.”<br />
Mid Canterbury Netball coach Margaret Butler with her community coaching awards.<br />
The Netball NZ pathway had<br />
helped her on her netball<br />
coaching journey, she said.<br />
“The pathwayhas meant that<br />
Ihavemet new people from<br />
throughout Canterbury,other<br />
coaches, and beenable to<br />
discuss coaching ideas with<br />
them.<br />
“It has also given memany<br />
resourcestodrawonfor<br />
developing my players. The<br />
resourceshave beenahuge<br />
help for skills and drills to try<br />
with my teams, as wellas<br />
recording sheets andstats.<br />
“Ithas alsobeengreat to<br />
workalongsideother coaches<br />
withinMid Canterbury, and<br />
having alocal coach developer<br />
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(Claire Tappin) to support and<br />
answer anyquestionshas been<br />
awonderfulresource.”<br />
Clubs in the districtare<br />
alwaysonthe hunt for more<br />
coaches and MidCanterbury<br />
Netball provides coaching<br />
courses and resources for all<br />
coaches at FutureFerns(Year<br />
34 andYear 56) level.<br />
Anyonewanting to find out<br />
more about coaching netball,or<br />
howthey could go about<br />
obtaining coaching<br />
qualifications, canemail them<br />
directly at info@mcnetball.co.<br />
nz<br />
Margaret’s coaching journey<br />
beganasateenager living in<br />
Dunedin, working with age<br />
groupteams, andalthough she<br />
stopped coachingwhen she<br />
wenttouniversity, she<br />
continued to play and later<br />
picked up coaching again.<br />
“I began coachingagain when<br />
Istarted teaching, andcoached<br />
34 school teams each year as<br />
we couldn't source coaches for<br />
theschool Iwas working in.<br />
“WhenImoved to <strong>Ashburton</strong><br />
Istopped coaching as Ihad a<br />
newbaby and wanted to focus<br />
on being amum. Igot back into<br />
coaching in <strong>Ashburton</strong>about<br />
eight or nine years ago when my<br />
daughter (Gianna)started<br />
playing netball.”<br />
She coachedGianna’s teams<br />
through the agegroups.<br />
“My goal has alwaysbeen to<br />
move into coaching apremier<br />
team, andthisyear Imoved to<br />
United in order to achieve<br />
this,” she said.<br />
Heraim was to continue<br />
coaching in premier grades,<br />
ultimately into premier 1, and<br />
pick up more representative<br />
coaching.<br />
She coachedone of Mid<br />
Canterbury’s U16 teams this<br />
year and was keen to coach<br />
more rep teamsinthe future.<br />
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