GB Coaching System Strategy
The National Governing Bodies of Hockey across Great Britain are proud to announce the launch of the Coaching Strategy for Great Britain.
Launched on Saturday 16 April at the Great Britain Superleague in Cardiff, the England Hockey Board, Scottish Hockey and Welsh Hockey invited members of the coaching community to celebrate the launch of the Strategy and the Interactive Coach Development Model.
Speaking at the launch, Sarah Powell, Head of Performance and Excellence at Sport Wales said “It is fantastic to see the partnership between the three countries coming to real fruition. All coaches across Great Britain countries will now benefit from this framework from those just starting in coaching right through to our top coaches working with our international players. The framework sets out a clear vision and focus which will benefit hockey and quite possibly other sports across the UK. Congratulations to the three countries”.
The Vision for the strategy is: 'By 2016 Hockey across Great Britain will have a world leading coaching system, which will deliver active, skilled and appropriately qualified coaches to every stage of our player pathways'.
Objectives
- Increase quality & quantity of active appropriately qualified and skilled coaches and coach educators
- Deliver the required number of coaching hours in the player and coach pathways
- Provide and promote the coach and coach educator pathways
- Increase participation, retention and standards across the player and coach pathway
Interactive Coach Development Model
The interactive Coach Development Model is now available to download (below)
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4th October 2011
Coach Education Workforce Model
The Hockey Coaching Strategy Group for Great Britain on behalf of the home nations is proud to announce a further step for Hockey across Great Britain by releasing their Coach Education Workforce Model. This model is a simple guide to the skills, education and training required to deliver on the coach education programme, covering coach educators (tutors), assessors and internal verifiers.
England, Wales and Scotland have been working together to develop their Coaching System across Great Britain for a number of years. The release in April of the Coach Development Model has been received positively by coaching agencies and colleagues in other National Governing Bodies.
The Coach Education Workforce Model is vital to achieve our vision for hockey in that we need a highly motivated and qualified education workforce to deliver coach education across the Home Nations
Vision
'By 2016 Hockey across Great Britain will have a world leading coaching system, which will deliver active, skilled and appropriately qualified coaches to every stage of our player pathways'.
Objectives
- Increase quality & quantity of active appropriately qualified and skilled coaches and coach educators
- Deliver the required number of coaching hours in the player and coach pathways
- Provide and promote the coach and coach educator pathways
- Increase participation, retention and standards across the player and coach pathway
Benefits of the Coach Education Workforce Model
The Model has been designed as a tool for potential and existing coach education workforce personnel. It details the environment (Level 1, 2 or 3), experience, training and qualification standards required for each of the roles involved (Educator, Assessor, Verifier). External qualification standards are continually being upgraded and with this model in place we would be able to respond with clarity and speed to make sure our workforce is adequately trained and qualified.
The model has been developed in partnership with England Hockey Board, Scottish Hockey and Hockey Wales to be used as a checklist for employment or as a supporting tool for aspiring educators, assessors and internal verifiers. It shows the potential pathways for each role and how the workforce is supported and developed when training has been attended.
The brand Hockey across Great Britain has been created to promote the development of all hockey in the Coaching System.
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