Coaching

Coaching is rewarding, is a great way to contribute to your community, and connects you with others. Community coaches are essential to the enjoyment and delivery of netball at your local centre.  

Getting Started

There are several resources available to support you on your coaching journey, as well as the Netball NZ Coaching Framework below, which provides an overview of the five recognised areas of coaching of netball.

Foundation or junior coaching

For our junior players, our netball centres follow the Netball NZ futureFERNS programme which works to best develop the foundational skills of our young players.

The futureFERNS website explains the structure of the game within the programme and provides coaches with a ‘coaching portal’ which gives week-by-week guidance and activities for trainings.

Visit futureFERNS website here

You can also access Sport Tutor, where Netball NZ provides you with a personal dashboard, online workshops and resources to use for coaching.

Visit Sport Tutor here

Community coaching

Community netball is played through clubs and schools at all ages.  As a coach for a community netball team, Netball NZ provides you with information and resources to support you on your coaching journey through the online portal Sport Tutor.

Sport Tutor contains a personal dashboard, online workshops and guidance. Some of the resources you’ll find in here include:

• Community Coach Starter Resource
• Year 9 & 10 Season Starter Resource
• Year 7 & 8 Player Development Programme Resource
• Tournament Resources for coaches
• NetballSmart Season Preparation
• and more

Visit Sport Tutor here

Sport Tutor also includes Netball NZ’s Community Coach Award (CCA) modules. You can read more about this on our Community Coach Award page.

Coaching Framework

Coaches are a central part of sport, and we know that impactful coaching positively contributes to an athlete’s journey.  

The Netball NZ Coaching Framework has five recognized areas of coach development, with community coaching covering the  largest cohort of coaches. .  

Areas of coach development:

• Foundation (juniors)
• Community
• Composite
• Performance
• High Performance

Northern Zone 2014 Squad Named

We are  pleased to announce the Netball Northern Zone U23 Squad for 2014.The selectors (Cherry Webster, Te Aroha Keenan, Kiri Wills (Head Coach), & Paula Smith (Assistant Coach) & Hamish Barton) had a tough task in naming this squad due to the high calibre of athletes who were on show. We would like to congratulate all 16 players who have been selected in this initial squad which will be trimmed down to a squad of 12 onJune 25.

The first get together for this squad will be a team building session this Sunday afternoon.

The Netball Northern Zone U23 Squad is-

This squad will play a number games throughout the build up to the NAGC being held in Dunedin from July 7 to July 10, those pre-tournament game include-

•         Sunday, May 18- 2x Games vs. WBOP U23’s in Cambridge
•         Wednesday, May 28- Singapore U21’s at ANC
•         Saturday, May 31 & Sunday, June 1- Warm-up Tournament in Wellington vs. Central, WBOP & Mainland
•         Saturday, June 7 & 8- ANC Tournament
•         Sunday, June 22- Games vs. WBOP U23’s & Central U23’s at ANC

Under 23’S Assistant Coach Appointed

The Northern Zone is delighted to announce the appointment of Paula Smith as Assistant Coach of the Under 23 Squad.

Netball Northern Zone High Performance Manager, Hamish Barton, believes the appointment of Paula in the Assistant Coaching role and Kiri Wills as Head Coach creates a high quality coaching team for the U23’s. Over the last 5 years Paula has been involved in head coach and assistant coaching positions for a number of Performance teams with Auckland/Waitakere and also been part of the successful Mount Albert Grammar School team.

Smith has also been involved in the Greater Auckland Coaching Unit’s, Coach Advance Programme which has been an invaluable experience and enabled Paula to grow her knowledge and understanding of coaching by rubbing shoulders with Performance coaches from other codes and also international renowned leaders in coaching such as Ralph Pim from America and Australian, Wayne Goldsmith.

Paula will be working alongside Head Coach Kiri Wills leading the U23 programme which will run from early November 2013 through to the end of February 2014, which will include on-going fitness testing, mental skills training, nutrition and a specific skill development programme.

Netball Northern Zone Under 23 Coach Appointment - Kiri Wills

The Northern Zone are delighted to announce the appointment of Kiri Wills as Head Coach of the Under 23 Squad.

Netball Northern Zone High Performance Manager, Hamish Barton, is "very pleased to have Kiri on board as the Under 23 Head Coach. We had four very strong contenders for the role, but in the end Kiri shone through as the right person for the coaching position. Kiri is an extremely talented coach and we are lucky to have someone of her experience and knowledge now working with our Under 23 athlete's".

Wills will be in charge of the U23 programme which will run from early November 2013 through to the end of February 2014, which will include on-going fitness testing, mental skills training, nutrition and a specific skill development programme.

Open trials for the squad are scheduled to take place at the end of February, then the named squad will begin training as a team and compete against other Zones around the country, all will culminate in the New Zealand National Age Group Championships, being held in Dunedin 7th-10th July 2014.

Under 23 Assisstant Coach Appointment process is underway, with a decision being made within the next two weeks.

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Welcome to our September Newsletter,

It has been a busy month of planning and preparation, contracts and confirmations. We have been working on plans for the pre-season and playing season for the Mystics, and this is always a really busy time of year.  All ANZ Championship team’s had to be finalised by 30 September, and our 2014 Northern Mystics squad has taken great shape.  Debbie Fuller is really pleased with the quality of the team for 2014, and we are now in the process of finalising the support services for the team.  We are also at the time when the ten teams involved in the ANZ Championship are reviewing our three year participation agreement, which entitles us to enter a team in the Championship.

Budgeting is also underway, which includes the setting of the fee’s going forward.  A full update will be provided at the centre forum being held on Saturday 2 November – Trusts Arena.  We have extended the day to include workshops and a full programme will be sent out over the next week or so to the centres.  The start time will be 10 am - and the workshops will be completed by 4.15 pm.  Really looking forward to seeing as many centres as possible in attendance. 

 To help those who have to travel long distances to attend we will be providing fuel vouchers for those travelling over 100K’s and who have car-pooled where possible.  Trish will provide more information when she sends out the invitations.

Best of luck to the teams playing in the Lion Foundation Netball Champs, some great scores coming through so far.

Cheers

Julie Paterson – CEO Netball Northern Zone

COMMUNITY:

Trish Wilcox (Community Netball Manager – It’s great to be back after a successful World Youth Cup campaign coaching the Samoa U21 Netball team. It was an amazing experience and to achieve 10^th the highest place by a Samoa U21 team was the icing on the cake.

On 19^th September a Junior Pilot review was held at NNZ with the key centre personnel from the 5 centres in the Netball Northern Zone that ran a junior pilot scheme. It was great to hear such positive feedback and how well received the new format was by the participants and centre junior communities. NNZ then hosted everyone to the Silver Ferns test which was a fun way to say thank you to these wonderful passionate Centre personnel involved in junior development .A big thank you to Auckland, Howick Pakuranga, Pukekohe, North Wairoa and Waiuku Netball Centres for their involvement and support of the Junior Pilot Schemes. I will speaking to each netball centre in the coming weeks around their Junior Netball programmes.

Congratulations to Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre on a very successful UNISS week, we have already had lots of positive feedback on the week and will be sending out an evaluation form to the schools involved for feedback. This feedback will then be passed on to Waitakere Netball Centre who are hosting UNISS in 2014.  A shout out to all the amazing volunteers from the Centre who helped made the week run so smoothly.

Have travelled up North to Wellsford, Whangarei and Kaikohe last week,  it was lovely catching up with Sport Northland staff, and key centre personnel working hard for their centres in their respective roles.

We are currently interviewing for our junior development role and are excited by the calibre of the applicants, the successful applicant will be involved in the Junior Programme roll out throughout the Zone.

Our Zone Community netball Team have been busy:-

Darlene Lang our Northland Development Officer is busy working in Kaikohe primary schools with our active schools programme which has seen children enjoying skills sessions and having opportunities to play the junior modified game. These have proved great for teaching fundamental skills to the children and professional development for the teachers.

Jan Skilton our Umpire Development Officer is currently overseas visiting family having a well-earned break  

Tania Heaps our Counties Development Officer has been busy attending prize giving’s and finals in some of the Counties centres , facilitating NNZ workshops, facilitating holiday programmes and supporting our Counties Coach coordinators, just a few of the areas she has been involved in of late !

HIGH PERFORMANCE:

Hamish Barton (High Performance Manager) The major focus for this month was UNISS which was hosted by Howick Pakuranga Netball Centre involving 108 teams. The tournament was an amazing spectacle to watch and it was hugely impressive to see the amazing organisation that went to ensure the tournament went off without (what seemed like) a hitch.

The tournament provides an amazing opportunity for secondary school athletes to compete against each other in a highly competitive environment, which is a crucial ingredient for the development of quality athletes. For the Northern Zone it was impressive to not only see two teams from our Zone in the final (MAGS vs. Baradene), but the fact that so many players from our Zone were identified throughout the week for their quality and consistent performances. One player in particular who needs special mention is Fa’amu Ross from Avondale who was named Overall Player of the Tournament. This is fantastic for Fa’amu, who has had a massive season and consistently played high quality netball, so it was no surprise she was awarded the top award at UNISS.

Looking forward to next month the New Zealand Secondary Schools Championship finals are taking place at Auckland Netball Centre from October 8 to October 11. Competing in that tournament are 5 schools from the Northern Zone which is great news! Those schools are Mount Albert Grammar School, who are defending champions and returning for their tenth consecutive appearance, Pukekohe High School, who are competing for the very first time at the NZSS tournament, Baradene College, who are making their second consecutive appearance, Westlake Girls High School, also making their second consecutive appearance and Auckland Girls Grammar, making their 17^th appearance out of 21 years at the Championships, an incredible achievement! This tournament will be hotly contested and closely followed by everyone in the Zone, we wish all 5 teams all the very best!

Planning is well underway for the U23 programme for later this year and 2014. The U23 Head Coach Application form went out to the Centres in the Northern Zone last week and we look forward to receiving the coach applications for this role. Next year each Zone will have one team only competing in the National U23 competition, so a Head Coach and Assistant Coach will be appointed to Netball Northern Zone U23 team. The Head Coach appointment will be for a period of 2 years pending a successful review process at the end of year one, the Assistant Coach will be a one year appointment and this position will be appointed at the beginning of November. The deadline for applications will be 5pm, Friday, September 27.

The applicants will be shortlisted and interviews will take place on the week of October 7 and October 14, depending on the potential applicant’s commitments with NZSS Championships, with a decision being made on the successful applicant no later than 5pm, Friday, October 18.

MARKETING & COMMUNICATIONS: 

Tash Osborne (Marketing and Communications Manager). With the 2014 Northern Mystics squad finalised, we begin work on 2014 promotional material, flyers, arena branding etc.  Part one is the revamp of the Northern Mystics Website – which is underway, and will feature new improved layout, a Mystics Milestones page (so a history of players, coach, highlights, pictures and video content of each year of the ANZ Championships) – New look for a new year!

Our Northern Zone Facebook page and Website are both continuing to grow, and it is great to see so many centres sending in flyers, or tournament registrations for us to promote for you through both these forums, so keep them coming.

Northern Zone

• Zone Values Completed – Values Information/Delivery Pack underway
• Visual designs in draft stage
• New range of staff business shirts
• Pull Up Banners / Tear Drop banners – initial draft designs
• Merchandise being priced out / designed
• Website – new banners created
• Facebook numbers at 507 up from 449
• Website – 4580 visitors (16^th Aug – 16^th Sept)          

Northern Mystics

• 2014 Membership graphics completed
• 2014 Premium Gold and Platinum to go on Sale as soon as venue for x 1 game is confirmed
• Corporate Hospitality Graphics underway – complete revamp
• Northern Mystics Website undergoing re vamp
• “Are you on board” Bus Graphic now in use – advertising Membership on sale soon – also used to promote Social Media (join us on Facebook, Twitter etc.) 
• Northern Mystics Merchandise page – Revamp Complete
• Video Content for Mystics TV – via you tube underway
• Facebook numbers at 8410 up from 8343
• Twitter Followers  - 2789 up from 2668
• Instagram Followers (new)  139 up from 38 (once player appearances start etc. – numbers will rise)

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