Coach

Coaches are such an important part of our teams. Some people choose to coach to help out their child’s team, others see it as a way of giving back to the club. Whatever your reason, know that we’ll provide you with the support and resources you need to guide your team to success.

Requirements

Understand your requirements as coach as noted in the Position Description document on the Committee page
Netball Victoria Membership (NVM): All coaches need to have current NVM. If you don’t currently have NVM as part of a team you are playing for, then the club will pay this fee for you.
You may require a Working With Children’s Certificate. Check the http://www.workingwithchildren.vic.gov.au web site to see if you may be exempt (ie under 18yo, parent of player, etc). Email the club with your Working With Children’s certificate number if you have one.
Coaches must be a minimum of 16 years of age. Younger coaches are permitted as assistant coaches if the main coach is over 16 yo. Ideally, pairing of an experienced coach, or parent of a player with younger coaches is recommended.
All coaches must undertake the courses as outlined in the ‘Coaches Training Courses’ section below.
The coaches bag and it’s contents is the responsibility of the coach. It should always contain the medical forms of all players.
Please register each season as being the coach of your team. This can be done via the registration page.

Basic Equipment

All teams will be provided with the following:

Club bag
Ball carrier bag
First Aid Kit
Game day ball
Game day patches
Training balls
Training bibs
Ball pump
Cones & Ladder
Hand whistle

Should any of these items require replacing, please email the Equipment Officer via the Club.

Additional equipment request can be made to the Equipment Officer:

Bean bags
Tennis balls
Hurdles
Flat discs
Coaches game day clipboard or whiteboard

Online Coaching Resources

There is a wealth of resources available on the internet to support your coaching & prepare your training sessions.

BSNC provide TheNetballCoach subscription to our Coaches which has drills listed by different categories for inspiration.

The World Netball website provides resources for coaching to further support your coaching journey.

Netball Victoria Coaches Training Courses

We require all our coaches to have formal training to ensure they have the knowledge and skills to be successful in their important role. The Netball Victoria web site has many online coaching courses, some are free of charge, others are not. Simply log in from the Netball Australia website (create a login if you’ve not logged in before and link to your Netball Victoria Membership number) and any of your previous completed courses will be displayed as well as other available courses you might like to consider doing under My Learning.

Please email the Club before you intend to register for a paid course we will reimburse you for the fees once you receive your Certificate of Completion.

1st Year of Coaching:
We ask that all coaches undertake the FOUNDATION course within the first season of coaching. This online course covers your role as coach, planning, teaching netball skills and coaches in action. Course duration varies from coach to coach. Netball Victoria advise that everyone must do this Foundation course prior to the Development course, there are no exceptions. If you hold an up-to-date Foundation accreditation, please email the Club with the completion date so we can update our records. ‘Rules of Netball Theory Exam’ in also included in this course.
Further Years of Coaching:
It is ideal to undertake the DEVELOPMENT Accreditation Coaching Course if you continue coaching after the first year or if you are coaching a senior team at BSNC.The Online course focuses on skill progression and fault detection and correction and contains a Face-to-Face component to achieve this accreditation.

All formal Netball Australia coaching accreditation is reimbursed by the Club once you receive your Certificate of Completion.