2. Coaching Programs at Clubs and Coach Development

3. Welcome Aims of the session – answer your questions What is Coaching? Decisions and Decisions The Island Sailing Club – an example

4. What is Coaching? Sailor driven Sailors have a range of skills and experience Flexible Time frame driven by need Whole of life Coach sailors at State/National level

5. The Island Sailing Club – an example Membership total 450 split – 375 senior & 75 youth YATC running Learn to Sail and Tackers - 65 people through GISBS and 42 kids through Tackers Race on Saturday afternoons from Oct through to April Main classes are Pacers, Lasers (various) and Tasars and assorted others

7. Decisions, Decisions What questions does a club need to ask? What is happening now? - low retention rates after Learn to Sail What is our member base? What are people sailing? What is our demographic? Other Stakeholders

8. Decision Point 1 for Island Sailing Club Should we develop a coaching program at our club? What benefits would a program bring to the club? What are the risks of embarking on a coaching program? Do we have the energy for this? Can we get these benefits another way? Is this something we really want to do and are capable of doing?

9. Planning to Coach Form a team Identify need Choose a coach Island Sailing Club – team will be headed/guided by the YATC Principal, with Coach and an administrator Identified need - after Tackers and youth development Have a member who is a YA Club Coach but will look externally as well.

10. Decision Point 2 – Island Sailing Club How does the club choose a coach? - Objectives - Candidates - Evaluation Island Sailing Club - Objectives are Tackers follow on and youth development - Availability - Cost - Relationship skills - Communication skills, coaching experience, sailing experience

11. Island Sailing Club YA Club Coach who is a member (George) - Good with high level youth performance - Extensive technical knowledge - Very experienced sailor - Good communication skills Other resources available - 2 YA Instructors who teach Learn to Sail, both are club racers one has been to Pacer Class Nationals (3 rd overall) - 3 Assistant Instructors - one is member of HP squad

12. Design a Program Build a time line Create a schedule Coach should design the program Identify milestones and checkpoints Develop a timeline Publicise the program

13. Island Sailing Club Tackers 3 Follow On & Youth Development Tackers 3 Follow On – 12 sailors - Coach would design the program but could be run by the YA Instructor who finished 3 rd at Nationals with one of the AI’s -Objective for program could be sailors to compete in Green fleet at upcoming Nationals

14. Island Sailing Club Youth Development Program - Club Coach designs and runs program with assistance of one instructor - Target the Pacer class with aim to finish in top 5 at Nationals - The Tasars & Lasers - Organise their own coaching within Club safety operating procedures. - The club is focusing on Junior and Youth Development

15. Measuring the Success One of the most important steps - What worked, what should we do again - What didn’t work, what wasn’t helpful - What should we do next time that we didn’t this time - Talk with the coach and instructors - Talk with participants - Balanced Scorecard

16. Coach Development Assistant Instructor Instructor – powerboat & first aid Club Coach – safety boat & first aid State Coach

17. Coach Development Island Sailing Club - Identify Instructors and Assistant Instructors who would have potential to become coaches - Club Coach would mentor those Instructors - They assist the coach to run the programs

18. Summary Coaching Programs Situation Appraisal – vision and goals, action plan Planning to coach – do we want to do this? Choosing a coach Design a program Run the program Review and analyse Coach Development Building expertise for the future