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Coaching Programs at Clubs and Coach Development
Welcome
• Aims of the session – answer your questions
• What is Coaching?
• Decisions and Decisions
• The Island Sailing Club – an example
What is Coaching?
• Sailor driven
• Sailors have a range of skills and experience
• Flexible
• Time frame driven by need
• Whole of life
• Coach sailors at State/National level
The Island Sailing Club – an example
• Membership total 450 split – 375 senior & 75 youth
• YATC running Learn to Sail and Tackers
- 65 people through GISBS and 42 kids through Tackers
• Race on Saturday afternoons from Oct through to April
• Main classes are Pacers, Lasers (various) and Tasars and assorted others
Decisions, Decisions
• What questions does a club need to ask?
• What is happening now?
- low retention rates after Learn to Sail
• What is our member base?
• What are people sailing?
• What is our demographic?
• Other Stakeholders
Decision Point 1 for Island Sailing Club
• Should we develop a coaching program at our club?
• What benefits would a program bring to the club?
• What are the risks of embarking on a coaching program?
• Do we have the energy for this?
• Can we get these benefits another way?
Is this something we really want to do and are capable of doing?
Planning to Coach
• Form a team
• Identify need
• Choose a coach
• Island Sailing Club – team will be headed/guided by the YATC Principal, with Coach and an administrator
• Identified need - after Tackers and youth development
• Have a member who is a YA Club Coach but will look externally as well.
Decision Point 2 – Island Sailing Club
• How does the club choose a coach?
- Objectives
- Candidates
- Evaluation
• Island Sailing Club
- Objectives are Tackers follow on and youth development
- Availability
- Cost
- Relationship skills
- Communication skills, coaching experience, sailing experience
Island Sailing Club
• YA Club Coach who is a member (George)
- Good with high level youth performance
- Extensive technical knowledge
- Very experienced sailor
- Good communication skills
Other resources available
- 2 YA Instructors who teach Learn to Sail, both are club racers one has been to Pacer Class Nationals (3rd overall)
- 3 Assistant Instructors - one is member of HP squad
Design a Program
• Build a time line
• Create a schedule
• Coach should design the program
• Identify milestones and checkpoints
• Develop a timeline
• Publicise the program
Island Sailing Club
• Tackers 3 Follow On & Youth Development
Tackers 3 Follow On – 12 sailors
- Coach would design the program but could be run by the YA Instructor who finished 3rd at Nationals with one of the AI’s
- Objective for program could be sailors to compete in Green fleet at upcoming Nationals
Island Sailing Club
• Youth Development Program
- Club Coach designs and runs program with assistance of one instructor
- Target the Pacer class with aim to finish in top 5 at Nationals
- The Tasars & Lasers
- Organise their own coaching within Club safety operating procedures.
- The club is focusing on Junior and Youth Development
Measuring the Success
• One of the most important steps
- What worked, what should we do again
- What didn’t work, what wasn’t helpful
- What should we do next time that we didn’t this time
- Talk with the coach and instructors
- Talk with participants
- Balanced Scorecard
Coach Development
• Assistant Instructor
• Instructor – powerboat & first aid
• Club Coach – safety boat & first aid
• State Coach
Coach Development
• Island Sailing Club
- Identify Instructors and Assistant Instructors who would have potential to become coaches
- Club Coach would mentor those Instructors
- They assist the coach to run the programs
Summary
Coaching Programs
• Situation Appraisal – vision and goals, action plan
• Planning to coach – do we want to do this?
• Choosing a coach
• Design a program
• Run the program
• Review and analyse
Coach Development
• Building expertise for the future