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Cricket Wellington Coachforce trained a total of 197 coaches
over the course of the year. It was very pleasing to see good
numbers of volunteer coaches attending both the CACT and
the NZC Level I courses. This consistent flow of volunteers
through the formal courses offered by Cricket Wellington
ensures that our grass roots cricketers have qualified coaches
working in the junior club system.
We also ran two Level II courses in the season which we had
not done before. The second of these was prepared and run
at very short notice for players travelling overseas. Part of the
visa requirement for cricketers travelling to the UK is that they
must have a current, up-to-date coaching qualification if they
wish to play cricket in England.
2009/10 was one of the best years in terms of the numbers
attending the NZC Level II course. The Karori Cricket Club
deserves credit for encouraging a number of their players
travelling overseas to attend the course which made for a
worthwhile learning experience for all.
The Coachforce staff ran a number of coach education
programmes throughout the last season on behalf of New
Zealand Cricket as outlined:
MILO Have A Go, MILO Kiwi and Coaching a
Cricket Team (CACT)
Milo Have a Go - 4 x courses run, 11 coaches trained.
Milo Kiwi. - 4 x courses run, 18 coaches trained.
At the inception of the Milo programme Cricket Wellington
saw large numbers of coaches trained and we are now
seeing the benefit of this early work in the number of coaches
filtering through the CACT and NZC Level I courses.
We have noticed a considerable drop off in the numbers of
Milo coaches trained. Cricket clubs are now looking at their
individual requirements based on their enrolments at the
start of each season and now favour training the number
of coaches they require based on the first year of cricket
enrolments.
There are currently 12 clubs running HAG centres and 11
Clubs running Milo Kiwi centres. As can be seen from the
figures the coaches trained cover the numbers of those
centres.
3 x CACT courses run, 47 Coaches trained.
Initially this course proved to be extremely popular and this
popularity continues but again this supply is based upon
demand. Many junior club coaches have found this course
the easiest option due to the fact that it is not examinable
and it is a short duration course. This course is attended by
coaches moving from soft ball into hardball and consequently
these numbers may continue to fall as more coaches receive
training. The course is also popular as it is a very good bridge
between the Milo courses and Level I.
NZC School Leadership programme
Hutt International Boys School introduced the leadership
module to their year 12 physical education students in
February 2009 which has been particularly successful. 28
HIBS students went through the NZC Leadership programme
which saw them all accredited as Milo Kiwi coaches and also
achieve the unit standards associated with the course.
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Peter Watt the head of Physical Education at HIBS has been
instrumental in ensuring the module runs well and I would
like to recognise the fantastic effort he puts into ensuring the
module runs as well as it does at the school.
St Catherine’s College in Kilbirnie also participated in part
of the module and 24 students were involved in the course
while Scots College had 14 boys who participated in this
programme.
NZC Level I and Level II
NZC Level I coaches trained in 2009 – 40
The new course that was rolled out last year has received
favourable reports and NZC should be congratulated on the
design and implementation of the course. In general the
feedback forms we ask learners to fill out after each course
have been overwhelmingly positive in their assessment of
each of the courses run.
Many of the learner coaches also expressed their satisfaction
with the method in which the practical coaching sessions
were assessed and manner in which feedback was given to
the coach following the practical sessions they ran at their
clubs. It is clear that the learners enjoyed the interaction with
the assessors and the opportunity to enhance their learning
and understanding of the coaching process through the
conversations following the practical sessions.
NZC Level II coaches trained in 2009 – 15
The quality of the attendees on both courses was relatively
good with a number of ex and current club players involved in
the course. It has been very pleasing to see that the results
attained by these attendees has also reflected the quality and
thus far all have passed the course with a couple achieving
exceptional results.
NZC is currently developing a new Level II course to be
launched in the 2010/2011 coaching season and work
continues to ensure that coaches at this level are challenged
and offered the best opportunity to become the best they
can be.
NZC Level III
Cricket Wellington put forward Clinton Butler and Rhys
Morgan for the NZC Level III course.
Both Clinton and Rhys are Cricket Wellington staff members
with extensive coaching experience at the youth level and
both have taken on coaching duties at senior clubs in the
region at the commencement of the 2010 season.
NZC have also signalled that there are going to be a number
of changes to the Level III course. Information around this will
presented following a meeting with NZC later in 2010.
Cricket Wellington mentoring programme
The Coaching Director attended a series of workshops
run by Mike Walsh of Sport Wellington on the subject of
mentoring. The Regional Sports Trust ran these to assist in
the professional development of the regions Coachforce
personnel. The workshops allowed the participants to get
ideas from different codes around mentoring strategies and
practices and to also share these experiences with other
Coachforce personnel.