Annual Report 2021

coaching
Despite a disrupted year, Sport Auckland was able to support coaches and
parents across our communities and provide various educational courses and
workshops.
Coach Emerge
20 community coaches and 60+ student coaches across 7 secondary schools
benefited from our Coach Emerge program. This program for foundation coaches
highlights Good Sports principles and what a positive sporting experience for
youth athletes can look like. All participants involved in this program highlighted
an increase in confidence, knowledge and motivation towards coaching as a
result of participating on the course. Everyone appreciated the new learnings
around the Good Sports Spine and climate of development and highlighted
a range of changes they intend to include in their coaching practice moving
forward.
Coach Evolve
17 community coaches across a range of sports and organisations benefited
from our Coach Evolve program. This advanced, generic development program
supports coaches across a period of 4-5 months and provided development,
networking, and collaboration opportunities.
WOMEN AND GIRLS
Sport Auckland has been working to provide opportunities for women and girls to participate in play, active recreation, sport,
and coach development pathways by removing barriers. Using a Locally Led Approach we have responded to groups within our
community that are in need and have used the Hera co-design frameworks to develop programmes tailored to their needs.
Multi-Sport Programme
We assisted our partner, Aktive, on a joint project with The Halberg Foundation.
The results of the Halberg Youth Voice Report 2020 highlighted a need to
address 12–21-year-old girls’ participation in physical activity. The aim of the
project was to address the barriers young girls with impairments face to
participating in physical activity, while simultaneously offering a leadership
opportunity.
Sport Auckland designed and led two initial focus groups to understand
the barriers faced by these young women. 8 females aged between
12-21 years old attended the focus groups. Two online follow up calls
helped raise the voice of the young girls to develop a programme for
girls, designed by girls.
The result was a multi-sport programme that allowed the girls to try new
sports or activities in a safe and welcoming environment. The activities chosen
by the girls were, Kayaking, Table Tennis, Cross Fit, Boccia and Golf.
Coach Developer
Across the year a further 6 community leaders within the Sport Auckland region
were upskilled as Coach Developers on our community coach developers
training course. We also supported Aktive and other organisations (Auckland
University of Technology and University of Auckland) with the delivery of 2
coach developer training programs supporting the development of over 20
final year sport students and other members (approx. 15 more) working in the
sport sector.
These programs are designed to upskill individuals to manage and develop
their own coaches within their own environments.
Good Sports / Balance is Better
Alongside our coach development opportunities, Sport Auckland also delivered
4 parent education workshops (another 3 were impacted by COVID-19
lockdowns) targeting parents across our communities. An estimated 200
parents across 2 secondary school environments learnt more about Athlete
development and Good Sport principles to understand how they may better
support their children.
“Based on what I have learnt I will provide more free play
opportunities for athletes and give more opportunities
for player discussion” – Football Coach
“Eye opening experience” – School Director of Sport
Girls Emerge
“Like everyone else, it’s the sense of being
included” – Girls Focus Group participant
Sport Auckland worked closely with the Sport Engagement Lead at Mt Roskill
Grammar School to develop the coaching capabilities and confidence of 9
young female coaches. This was achieved by using the voice and input
from the girls to co-design the programme. The resulting programme
utilised the existing Coach Emerge framework and was delivered in four
smaller workshops. There was an emphasis on creating a safe, calm, and
welcoming environment.
The increased confidence was evident when we compare week 1 to week
4 of the programme. At the start of the programme only 1 of the 9 girls
said they would feel comfortable to attend Sport Auckland’s one day, mixed
gender, local secondary school coach emerge workshop. In comparison at
the end of week 4 all 9 girls felt confident to attend.
“The opportunity to try out new sports and
activities with a bunch of people where
we share a common similarity of having a
disability” – Participant
“Thank you so much. I’ve made so many
new friends” – Girls Emerge participant
“I would definitely recommend the Coach Evolve
Course to others. It’s a great way for a Club Coach
to pick up generic coaching ideas and ways to run a
successful program at their place of work” – Coach Evolve
participant
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