Implementation Plan
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The world-class coaching environment will be developed to reflect New Zealand's unique cultural and sporting environment. The environment will be supported by a co-ordinated and connected structure.
The world-class coaching environment's key players are split into two groups that must move forward together. These groups comprise coaches, and those who provide support or deliver services to coaches. Each group is aligned, according to the level of athletes coached, to form coaching communities.
The coaching communities will be aligned to the stages of athlete development. The age breakdown used to define the communities along with the descriptions are indicative only.
The following diagram overviews New Zealand's desired world-class coaching environment (WCCE). It highlights the coaching communities, the services/support provided, the key players, and how these are all aligned and connected.
Implementation game plans
Two complementary game plans underpin the development of New Zealand's world-class coaching environment. Implementing and maintaining the tactics associated with each game plan will ensure that the environment is created for coaches by coaches. The environment will meet coaches' needs, along with the needs of their athletes and sports.
The following table overviews the key tactics associated with each game plan. Each tactic will help deliver the strategy's key objectives.
| Objectives |
Game Plans |
Tactics |
More time.
Increased
recognition and
status.
Improved quality
|
Building coaching
communities.
|
To support the development and growth of coaching communities.
|
Creating the
foundations of the
coaching environment.
|
Build sport-specific coaching strategy and development programme capability.
Provide resources for coaching roles.
Improve coach education requirements and qualifications.
Establish world-class coaching capability.
Implement support and consultancy services. |
Implementation management and communication
Implementation of the world-class coaching environment will be a long-term project completed over several years. The strategy implementation will be co-ordinated by:
- A steering team
- Specialist project teams
- SPARC's coach support team.
Steering team
Purpose
To monitor the creation and implementation of the world-class coaching environment by providing direction and feedback from the perspective of the various key players. The team will be actively involved throughout the implementation of the strategy's game plans.
Membership
Approximately eight members with nationally recognised expertise will be drawn from the coaching communities. Terms of reference will be established and the steering team will meet formally at least every six months.
Specialist project teams
Purpose
To promote the specific tactics within each game plan.
Membership
Small teams of relevant coaching experts. The project teams will form and disband as each specific tactic activity requires.
SPARC coach support team
Purpose
To provide support, co-ordination, and resourcing to the project and steering teams.
Membership
The SPARC coach support team was established early in 2004 and comprises four people with significant experience in national and international coaching.
On-going sector communication and review
Regular communication, through progress briefings, will occur within each coaching community. These briefings will ensure on-going sector involvement in the implementation of the game plans. They will be led by the SPARC coach support team. Briefings will involve the following communities:
- High performance/Carded Coaches
- Competitive adults
- Social adults
- Late teenagers (17-19)
- Early teenagers (13-16)
- Late childhood (9-12)
- Middle childhood (6-8)
- Early childhood (0-5) - ensuring alignment with SPARC's Active Movement initiative that focuses on parents as first coaches.
Implementation timeframe
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Updated | 08 Jan 2009.
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