Anita Navin - Coaching Youth Netball: An Essential Guide for Coaches, Parents and Teachers

COACHING YOUTH
NETBALL

An Essential Guide for
Coaches, Parents and Teachers

COACHING YOUTH
NETBALL

An Essential Guide for
Coaches, Parents and Teachers

Anita Navin

THE CROWOOD PRESS

First published in 2016 by
The Crowood Press Ltd
Ramsbury, Marlborough
Wiltshire SN8 2HR

www.crowood.com

This e-book first published in 2016

Anita Navin 2016

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British Library Cataloguing-in-Publication Data

A catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library.

ISBN 978 1 78500 117 8

Dedication

This book is dedicated to all those club volunteers who work tirelessly to promote the game of netball at youth level.

Acknowledgements

The editor, authors and publishers would like to thank Laura Woodrow, a photography student at the University of Gloucestershire, for her willingness and support in kindly providing photographs for this publication. Thanks go to Hucclecote Netball Club players and coaches for allowing the photographer to attend the junior club session. In addition the editor is grateful for the supply of photographs for both chapters and cover from the appointed England Netball photographer, David Kitchin (www.takethatfoto.co.uk).

CONTENTS

CONTRIBUTOR PROFILES

Dr Anita Navin (editor)

Anita is currently the Head of School for Sport and Exercise at the University of Gloucestershire. Anita was a teacher of Physical Education and was successful in the development of netball for the U18 age groups as part of her role in secondary education. Coaching teams at national finals and promoting netball for fitness and a healthy lifestyle remained priorities throughout her career in schools. Anita has been involved with England Netball for over twenty-five years as an athlete, coach, coach developer, talent scout and a lead consultant for the development of both education and coach mentoring programmes. In 2011 Anita was awarded the UK Coach Educator of the Year and has continued to support the development of coaching at all levels. Anita was a high performance coach for England Netball, working closely with age group and senior athletes on a weekly basis at the home training centres. Internationally Anita has taken on a lead coaching role with Netball Northern Ireland. In addition she has held an Assistant Coach position and Director of Netball role with the Team Northumbria Franchise in the England Netball Super League. Anita is a highly experienced coach and coach educator and her involvement in the strategic development of sport and sports coaching contributed to her appointment onto the following:

• UK Sport World Class Coaching Steering Group
• The International Netball Federations Coaching Advisory Group
• Sports Coach UK Coaching Standards Group.

Anita continued her support of netball in the performance context following her selection to a commentary role with the Sky Sports channel in 2006 and is still actively involved as a pundit and commentator for the programme. Anita has been part of the commentary team for all of the England International Test matches, and was appointed by the host broadcaster to commentate at the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow in 2014 and the Netball World Cup in Australia in 2015. Anita has supported the development of netball in Africa and devised a Level 1 qualification programme for coaches on behalf of the INF (International Netball Federation). In addition Anita completed her Professional Doctorate, which investigated the characteristics of expertise in coaches within netball. With The Crowood Press, Anita has published a range of texts on netball and sports coaching.

Nicky Fuller

Nicky Fuller is a coaching consultant, working with a range of national governing bodies and their coaches. She supports in the development of qualification programmes (UKCC Levels 14) and on-going professional development workshops. She works with individual coaches from netball, equestrian disciplines and golf to develop their professional expertise. Her formal association with England Netball started when she was selected to represent the country in junior age group squads. Over the years she has become a coach, umpire, development officer and administrator within England Netball. Her coaching has taken her to work with the national side of Dominica in the Caribbean and across the UK. Most recently her interest has been in coaching junior netballers at Club and County Academy. She jointly founded her current junior netball club in Shropshire, which has been developing over the past twelve years with squads from U11 to U19. She is passionate about using netball as a tool to develop the personal skills of girls and young women.

Alison Croad

Alison is currently a Senior Lecturer in Sports Coaching at the University of Gloucestershire, where she is also Head of Netball. Alisons main research interests include innovative approaches to coaching and the impact of coach development on coaching practice. Her latest study investigated the implementation of game-based coaching pedagogy in elite performance sport, exploring the process of elite coaching and the development of player autonomy. Alongside her academic role, Alison is a keen sports person: having previously competed internationally in athletics, she now plays netball and has coached within a range of different sporting environments. These include primary and secondary schools and the County Netball Academy. Through her previous employment Alison worked as a community sports coach and then as a coaching manager with the local county sports partnership. Alison has also contributed to the International Netball Federations netball development programme by supporting an event in Ethiopia. Alison delivered a range of sessions to teachers of Physical Education where a game-based pedagogy was adopted.

Jose Castro

Jose is a Lecturer in Sports Coaching at the University of Gloucestershire, and his teaching commitments are focused on sports coaching and research methods. His main research interests relate to coach and player learning, through the application of pedagogical approaches within the coaching setting. In fact, Joses doctoral study investigates coach and athlete learning in team sports, using a game-based approach which encourages coaches and players to critically reflect on the games tactical constraints, promoting decision-making and, consequently, performance. Alongside his academic role, Jose is also an experienced international volleyball coach and was recently awarded Coach of the Year by the South West Volleyball Association and Performance Development Coach of Year 2014 by the England Volleyball Association. Additionally, Jose is a Sports Coach UK qualified Tutor, and Volleyball England Tutor.

Maggie Jackson

Maggie Jackson is a former Physical Education teacher and is currently working both in education and in coaching. Maggie, a former international netball player, is involved in the England Netball High Performance Programme as a National Selector and a mentor for potential Level 3 and High Performance Coaches. She was the Head Coach for Hertfordshire Mavericks for six years, where they successfully reached the final each year and won the Netball Super League Competition on two occasions. With Maggie as the Interim Head Coach at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and Assistant Coach in the 2006 Commonwealth Games and the 2011 World Cup, the England squads achieved third place in all competitions. Maggie is an accredited tutor with England Netball and regularly delivers workshops and UKCC courses. She was awarded an MBE in 2012 for Services to Netball.