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Features

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Success for the Women's Black Sticks

Mark Hager is ‘the man’ in the New Zealand Women’s Black Sticks team. As Head Coach, he has recently led them to a winning streak at the Oceania Cup in Invercargill and the Champions Challenge Tournament in South Africa. Read more.

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2009 Volunteer Coach of the Year awards

SPARC’s Volunteer Coach of the Year Awards are all about recognising the 70,000 parents, grandparents, teachers and others who give their time as volunteer coaches throughout New Zealand. This year we received a record-breaking 4,800 nominees. We spoke to Joeseph Millar about his coach Mike Corby and the influence he had on him. Read more.

Research Trends
Coaching young athletes to produce future stars

Doing the 'right' training at the 'right' time with a young child can maximise their future potential as an adult athlete. (Peak Performance) Read more.

Useful Websites
Coaching Online – Useful websites for Kiwi coaches

Visit Coach John Wooden’s website for insight into his amazing basketball career with UCLA and how he achieved some of his ‘unbreakable’ records. Read more.

 
 
 

Guest Editorial

New Zealand Football's National Plan

John Herdman, Director of Football Development, New Zealand Football
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After nearly nine months in the making, New Zealand Football is about to launch its new whole-of-football National Plan, which aims to realign the game at all levels in order to drive the sport forward in New Zealand.Read more

Coach Profiles

Dave Thompson, Rowing New Zealand, Coach Accelerator Programme participant

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Dave Thompson was born and raised in the Hawke’s Bay and first picked up an oar at the age of 14. He continued rowing throughout high school to a senior level. Although competitive rowing made a big impact on Dave, it was the coaching side of the sport that captured his imagination.Read more

Brett Reid, Coaching Director for Triathlon New Zealand

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Kiwi coaches take some interesting and diverse paths in order to achieve their coaching goals. But one thing that’s consistent is a dedication to succeed and a passion for what they do. That’s certainly something that attracted Brett Reid to the role of Coaching Director at Triathlon New Zealand. Read more

Skill Development

Communicating with Teenagers

The New Zealand Rugby Union (NZRU) have recently rolled out a new coaching module aimed at teenagers (thanks to funding from SPARC) and it’s going down very well in the provinces.Read more

Swimming New Zealand's, Parents' Guide

Swimming New Zealand have released a new online handbook, called Parent Handbook, which is aimed specifically at parents of children who are interested in getting into competitive swimming.Read more

Contents

Issue: 5

January, 2010

Features
Guest Editorial
Coach Profiles
Skill Development
Research Trends
Useful Websites

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