Coaching with Karana

Tanya Backhouse is again the Club's Coaching Coordinator for 2012.  Tanya will ensure that all coaches both junior and senior have access to all the appropriate information, equipment and other resources which will enable them to fulfil their coaching roles.  Coaches should also contact Tanya on 0438 730141 for information on teams, training allocations and if they need to cancel a training timeslot. 

Once players reach the age of 15 they are encouraged to develop skills that would enable them to umpire and coach. It is not expected that inexperienced players should do this on their own. We have developed a buddy scheme whereby young coaches are paired with more experienced club members to teach them the necessary skills. Girls are encouraged to undertake accredited courses. 

A prerequisite for all accredited courses is the Beginning Coaching General Principles online course. There is no cost to complete this course.

If you need help with specific skills or drills or for information on any aspect of coaching please contact us.

Upcoming Coaching Courses

STNA have scheduled 2 further coaching courses for 2012.

As a Karana member, the club will pay 50% of all approved course fees for senior members and the full cost of approved courses for junior members.   

FOUNDATION COURSE

Date: Monday 2 April, 6-10pm 

This course is designed for people who have limited or no previous coaching experience and no previous accreditation. Participants need to come prepared to participate in the practical activities of this course.

Course Pre-requisites:

• minimum age 14 years
• must be a current Netball Tasmania member
• must have completed the Australian Sports Commission Online Coaching Course before accreditation for this course will be issued. The online course can be accessed via https://learning.ausport.gov.au.

DEVELOPMENT COURSE

Date: Sunday 15 April, 10am-4pm

A pre-requisite of this course is the successful completion of the Foundation course at least 12 months prior and a Section 1 Umpires Theory Exam Pass, you must also be a current Netball Tasmania member.    

ONLINE COACHING RESOURCES

There are a huge amount of free coaching drills and associated coaching tools available on the internet.  Here are just a small sample of links but some of the better sites that can be accessed for free:

IntoSport: This site has been developed in England and Wales and features a netball academy with a wide variety of video clips of drills, skills and other techniques displayed by the English netball team.  Highly recommended and easy to use, best of all its free to register.

HoldingCourt: Holding Court has been designed by Catherine Cox (Australian Diamonds GS) and has a good balance of coaching information and drills.  There is useful free trial available at this website.

Sportplan: Sportplan has a library of over 250 netball video techniques and animated drills to trawl through.  Once registered you can receive up to 15 free drills every month or if you subscribe you can have unlimited useage of the site.

Netball Australia: This link is to the Netball Australia website which has many free resources built in to assist all levels of coaching.  Click on this to view free pdf versions of such skills as Down to Earth a safe and practical guide to landing safely in netball.