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The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) is pleased to publish their latest education tool entitled Parents’ Guide to Support Clean Sport. Specifically designed for parents of athletes, this education resource is intended to inform them about essential topics so that they can assist with clean athlete development by preventing the use of substances and methods prohibited in sport. The short booklet covers basic facts and includes links to websites with further information for parents on the following topics:
- Promoting good values
- Identifying a healthy sport culture
- Finding balance
- Nutrition
- The risks of supplements
- Doping risk factors
- Periods when athletes are more vulnerable to doping
- Preventing the use of prohibited substances
- Protecting the clean athlete – the doping control process
- Recognizing possible signs and symptoms of drug use
- What to do if your child is doping
“Generally, the athlete-parent relationship is the only one that is a constant throughout an athlete’s career, regardless of the level of involvement or influence of the parent,” said Rob Koehler, WADA Deputy Director General and Director of Education. “Coaches and support personnel come and go, so athletes, particularly younger athletes, commonly look to their parents as the first point of contact on many matters,” Koehler continued. “Parents need to constantly monitor their child’s environment to identify potential risk factors,” he said. “This tool will be a starting point to equip parents with the right information about clean sport and anti-doping. The booklet now being published by WADA provides this information and acts as a reference point for further learning.”
Current social science research highlights parents as particularly influential persons in young athlete populations. Parents shape their children’s personal ethics, which then guides their behaviors and their approach to sport throughout their career. Research also shows that parents, as a group, lack knowledge of anti-doping, which is why it is important that they be prioritized with targeted anti-doping education, providing them with the information they need to help guide their children*.
The Parents’ Guide to Support Clean Sport is available in online and print versions, in English, French and Spanish in the Education section of the WADA website: https://www.wada-ama.org/en/education-tools.
*Erickson, K. Backhouse, S.H., & Carless, D. Doping in Sport: Do Parents Matter? Sport, Exercise, and Performance Psychology. Vol 6(2), May 2017, 115-128.
Copyright © 2017 World Anti-Doping Agency
Source: World Anti-Doping Agency
Netball Northern Zone has appointed Nicole Spratt as its new chief executive.
History Overview
Netball Central Zone (the Zone) was established in October 2012 as part of the review of the structure of netball in New Zealand replacing the Wellington, Eastern and Western Regions.
The Zone oversees the promotion, development and growth of netball in the Zone by working actively with our centres in our zone to promote and encourage participation in netball. Alongside Netball New Zealand’s, the zone facilitates the roll out of the Whole of Netball plan, which provides direction for the sport over the next 5 years. The Zone encompasses Hawkes Bay, Manawatu, Whanganui, Taranaki and the Wellington region. Through this network netball is promoted as an amateur game that provides enjoyment and easy access to lifelong recreational activity.
Netball Central Zone Logo
The Zone logo reflects a Koru with the fronds representing the Pulse and the geographical regions which make up the Zone. With the introduction of the zone structures in New Zealand the Koru and its representation of bringing new life forward was seen as an important symbol to unite the previous regions. The Koru:
- represents the fern frond as it opens bringing new life and purity to the world
- represents peace, tranquility and spirituality along with a sense of regrowth and new beginnings
- is associated with nurturing and represents the strength and relationships within a family
- is facing upwards towards the sun looking forward to a new day and beginning for all
For us the Koru represents collaboration, working together and new growth.
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The 2017 Performance Coach Qualification Workshop Dates are detailed below
If you are yet to register please click here. Ensure you read all information provided at the top of the form.
Note that the final date to register for all workshops is Thursday 20th July, please look ahead at your year now and lock these workshops in.
If you need to amend any of your choices contact Hayley Griffith
Workshop |
Date |
Venue |
Zone/City |
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| Skill Acquisition 1 | Saturday 1st April | Bruce Pulman Lodge | Auckland | ||
| Skill Acquisition 1 | Saturday 30th September | TBC | Central Zone | ||
| Skill Acquisition 2 | Saturday 4th November | TBC | Central Zone | ||
| Skill Acquisition 2 | Saturday 11th November | TBC | Auckland | ||
| Mental Skills 1 | Sunday 2nd April | Bruce Pulman Lodge | Auckland | ||
| Mental Skills 1 | Sunday 27th August | TBC | Mainland Zone | ||
| Mental Skills 1 | Sunday 1st October | TBC | Central Zone | ||
| Mental Skills 2 | Saturday 7th October | TBC | WBOP Zone | ||
| Mental Skills 2 | Sunday 29th October | TBC | Mainland Zone | ||
| Mental Skills 2 | Sunday 5th November | TBC | Central Zone | ||
| Game Analysis | Saturday 25th March | TBC | Central Zone | ||
| Game Analysis | Sunday 17th September | Macleans College/ or NNZ | Auckland | ||
| Game Analysis | Sunday 24th September | TBC | Mainland Zone | ||
| Advanced Performance Planning & Performance Enhancing |
Saturday 25th March | University of Waikato | Hamilton | ||
| Advanced Performance Planning & Performance Enhancing |
Sunday 17th September | TBC | Central Zone | ||
| Advanced Performance Planning & Performance Enhancing |
Sunday 24th September | Macleans College | Auckland | ||
New Zealand Secondary Schools Netball Champs
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Netball NZ Under 19 Championship
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Netball NZ Under 17 Championship
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Congratulations to Cory Nicholls (Netball North Harbour) who gained his NZA Umpire award at the BEKO Grand Final at The Trusts Arena on Sunday 18th June.
Looking for a fun weekend away with the girls? Are you a mum who wants to keep fit to enjoy an active lifestyle with your family? Did you previously play sport and want a reason to get back into it? Whatever your reason for participating, come to the South Island Masters Games in Nelson for a guaranteed great time this October.