Development
Coaching
Community
The Development Community
Who are the participants being coached?
Development coaches support a wider
range of participants including:
• the children who continue in organised
sport through the later years of
primary school and intermediate
school
• students taking part in secondary
school sport
• Participants in club youth competitions
• Non-elite adult participants
The Development Community
Who are the coaches?
Again can come from anywhere but they
need to understand and care about the
development of Kiwi youth and adult nonelite participants in sport.
• Parents
• Primary, Intermediate and Secondary
school teachers
• Club Coaches
• Regional Sports Development Officers
• Older secondary school students
• Tertiary students
The Development Community
What are the ideal attributes for a Development Coach?
• Nurture a love of multiple sports
• Focus on skill development and decision making
• Understand the needs of participants – primarily intermediate and
secondary school children and adult non-elite participants
• Reinforce ethical approaches to sport and recreation
• Provide for participants’ needs and aspirations
• Understand they create not only better athletes, but better people
• Have a sense of working in a wider coaching community with similar goals
The Development Community
What are the challenges?
• Decline of secondary school teacher coaches
• Wide range of participant development stages
• Competing interests for participants
• Varying levels of ability in participants
• Increased cost of sport
• Increased competition for facilities
• Expectations of parents