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This is our first newsletter to be produced in this new hardcopy format…we hope youlike it! In this issue you’ll find a wealth of information on the variety of services provided by Sport Hampshire & IOW through its dedicated coaching arm, Coaching Hampshire & IOW. There are also stories on local people, highlighting the impact of these services, but more importantly celebrating the great work being done by coaches of all levels across the county. And just when you think you’ve read the whole thing from cover to cover, you’ll be provided with an opportunity to delve even deeper, by experiencing our first interactive newsletter which will follow by email in the coming weeks. All this for…wait for it…absolutely nothing! Enjoy!

CJ LeeCoaching Development Manager, Sport Hampshire & IOW.

Coaching updateThe last year has seen a lot of changes in coaching at national level in terms of profile and investment.

November witnessed the publication of the government’s spending review and budget plan for the next 3-5 years. The Comprehensive Spending Review (CSR) has already had an immense impact on coaching, which most notably includes: the loss of School Sports Partnership; no more funding for the Youth Sport Trust and cuts in funding to Sport England and in turn to governing bodies of sport. Against this backdrop is the government’s plan to grow “The Big Society”, encouraging localism, greater voluntary sector involvement in the delivery and development of services, as well as support for social enterprise.

These developments present serious challenges for everyone involved in sport. Participants have less money to spend, but still want to enjoy fun and challenging recreation and sport. Coaches, many of whom give their time on a voluntary basis, may find they have less time and money to spend coaching and developing their competences through training, which in the long term could have a detrimental impact participant satisfaction.

None of these challenges are easily resolved, but the challenge has been set and it is up to all of us to meet it head on, with energy, creativity and a positive mindset. Collaboration will be key to us doing more with less. Teamwork, even for those of us involved in individual disciplines, is something that beats at the heart of all successful sporting experiences. By working smarter and together, we should be well placed not only to face these challenges, but also to take advantage of the new and exciting opportunities created by hosting the Games in 2012, followed by the Commonwealth Games in 2014.

As host to the greatest show on earth, the UK has an immense opportunity to create a real buzz around sport and physical activity. In Hampshire and Isle of Wight we’re preparing for this upsurge in activity by trying to grow our coaching and leadership workforce through a programme called Mission Possible: Lead. Coach. Play the Game!

Mission Possible will be one of many ways we will be connecting local people to the 2012 Games and we invite you all to innovate, participate and celebrate the impact that high-quality coaching, in all its forms, and at all levels, has on people in Hampshire and the Isle of Wight.

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Plus, for those involved in the management of coaching and employment, there’s information and advice on topics including high quality coaching, minimum deployment standards and coach management.

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new opportunities to engage and harness the talent and potential of young people who receive coaching. The FJF candidates represent the first wave of ambassadors helping to promote the Olympic and Paralympic values”

Chair, London Organising Committee of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games said: “Mission Possible is encouraging young people to fulfil their potential. I am proud that with the help of partners such as Sport Hampshire & IOW, we are delivering on our vision to use the power of the Olympic Games and Paralympic Games to boost participation in coaching, leadership and participation.”

London 2012 inspires Mission Possible to motivate sports leaders and coaches of the future

Mission Possible is an Olympic and Paralympic inspired project. Its aims are simple: to create 2012 coaching and leadership opportunities by 2013, as well as to promote the seven Olympic and Paralympic values.

The project was launched just before Christmas last year – on 20.12 in fact (see what we did there?!).

Todd Bennett, 400m Silver Medallist at the 1984 Olympic Games and Peter Hull, 3 times Gold Medallist at the 1992 Paralympic Games, spoke to young people about life in sport, the Games and the Olympic and Paralympic values. The children, taking part in a holiday sports event organised by Planet Sport, ranged from 8-13 years old, but were quick to express their understanding and empathy with the values. Sport Hampshire & IOW’s Partnership Director, Julie Amies was also present at the event. She spoke passionately about the importance of equality and the Partnership’s role in providing greater access to sport and physical activity across the full breadth of groups and individuals across the county.

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Coaching Hampshire & IOW ran its first ever Coach Education Month in March 2011, with an encouraging number of coaches attending a variety of workshops, including sports nutrition, performance analysis and positive behaviour management.

At the heart of this programme was the need to create a service that could help local coaches overcome the most commonly reported challenges to professional development.

When we speak to coaches on the front-line, there are a number of common themes which arise as potential barriers to accessing training; primarily, time constraints,

Isle of Wight. With the Island Games (www.natwestislandgames2011.co.uk) coming to the Isle of Wight this summer and several sporting and physical activity events planned in the build up to 2012, this challenging target should be within reach.

“By working in partnership with schools, Further & Higher Education, Local Authorities, sports clubs and the private sector, we aim to help change the lives of local people at every stage of the sports participation spectrum – coaches, leaders and participants.”

Coaching Development Manager for Sport Hampshire & IOW explains, “Mission Possible is just one of the ways we’re looking to bring the Games to life for people in Hampshire, Southampton, Portsmouth and the Isle of Wight. The Future Jobs Fund (FJF) project has already made an impact, not just by providing new jobs in coaching, but by providing

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(i.e. the ‘How to Coach’ approach). Gaining qualifications is only part of the coaching competency jigsaw. Coaches and coach deployers alike must continue to develop skills, competences and characteristics that are both participant and setting focused.

Ask yourself:

• Do you really need to be a Level 3 to coach the local U10 football team, or do you need to work more on your rapport building, or communication skills?

• If your athletes ‘don’t get it’, could it be that you need to understand their motivations for participating; working on understanding their learning styles and modifying your delivery style?

• If your athletes are technically competent, but struggle to perform when it counts the most, could it be that you need to develop your motivational approach? Could you learn some simple Neuro Linguistic Programming techniques to quiet their

Local sporting heroes, Todd Bennett (Olympic Silver medallist) and Peter Hull (Paralympic Gold medallist) lend a helping hand at the launch of Mission Possible.

distance of travel and cost implications. When planning Coach Education Month we worked hard to ensure, so far as possible, that attendance would not be prevented for any of these reasons. Understanding the challenges and incorporating solutions into the programme of events ensured that it was well supported by coaches and volunteers.

There’s more to education than qualifications alone.

Coach education workshops are the key to improving your technical, tactical and overall craft knowledge and provide a tailored learning environment to meet the needs of coaches. Getting the ‘Right Coach, at the Right Place, at the Right Time’, means ensuring we don’t only focus on qualifications (the traditional ‘What to Coach’ approach), but that we also ensure coaches have appropriate soft skills

mental noise and help perform under pressure?

Don’t have time or the money to invest in lengthy courses? Then why not look into buddying-up with a more experienced coach or finding yourself a coach mentor to shadow. Informal coach education experiences can be just as powerful as attending a course. Why not seek out a fellow coach (from within your club, another club or online) and start to challenge yourself by talking about why you coach the way you do and looking at alternative methods and approaches.

Whether you are a master coach at high performance level or a novice coach in children’s coaching, there are many areas of coach education which can support your development. www.coachinghampshireiow.co.uk/for -coaches/events

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We would love to hear from you if you’re keen to get involved. Visit :www.coachinghampshireiow.co.uk send an email to info@coachinghampshireiow.co.ukor call us on 01962 846818.

Inspire MarkMission Possible has been granted the 2012 Games’ coveted Inspire Mark, owing to its unique and powerful method of engaging with a wide range of local people, connecting them to 2012 inspired activities and the Olympic and Paralympic values.

The Olympic and Paralympic Games are about much more than just medals. The Games have the power to transform lives, and open a window to a vast array of rich cultures, as well as promoting powerful social and personal values, such as friendship, respect and equality.

Mission Possible aims to promote the values by using Mission Possible Ambassadors (Coaches and Leaders) and young people to spread the message of peace and friendship, just as Pierre de Coubertin, the founder of the modern games, intended.

Olympic & Paralympic Values

The values of the Olympic Games are:

• Friendship • Respect • ExcellenceThe values of the Paralympic Games are:

• Determination • Inspiration • Courage • Equality

In addition to promoting the Olympic and Paralympic values, the project aims to recruit, train and deploy 2012 coaches and volunteers across Hampshire and the

Performance Analysis • Talent Development • Psychology • Nutrition • Learning Styles • Building Rapport • Strength & Conditioning • Video Analysis • LTAD • SAQ

The quality of the candidatesshortlisted tonight has been fantastic and it is great to see volunteer coaches being rewarded for their commitment and dedication to sport. I’m especially pleased that the bursary we have provided will help Tim further develop his coaching expertise.”

Performance Coach of the Year

For Jan Crabtree, being named Performance Coach of the Yearat the Hampshire and Isle of Wight awards helped round off a year of coaching excellence and recognition. It was the second time she was awarded such a title. In November 2010, sports coach UK named Jan, a Hampshire native and long-standing club coach in Southampton, the Performance Coach of the Year at the UK Coaching Awards, for her work with the England U17’s and U19’s netball teams who won the 2010 European Championships.

Jan is a great example of the wealth of coaching expertise available to people of all ages and all abilities across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. Her career, spanning more than 30 years, epitomizes the Olympic and Paralympic values and demonstrates the immense dedication to excellence and the inspiration, courage and respect she and other coaches share with other coaches, leaders and thousands of local people in our communities.

Coaching Development Manager.

“Congratulations to Jan on being named Performance Coach of the Year. Coaching Hampshire & IOW are proud to sponsor the award which helps to celebrate and reward commitment to coaching”.

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Bruce Lockie Touch RefereeWinchester based Bruce was awarded a bursary from Coaching Hampshire & IOW last summer and assisted with the costs involved in upgrading to a Level 4 Referee in Touch. Touch (or Touch Rugby as it’s more commonly known) is a minority sport, with only about 15,000 players within England and approximately 300 officials, most of which are themselves players.

Bruce commented, “The opportunity to gain an officials scholarship from Coaching Hampshire & IOW has enabled me to attend over 10 national tournaments, 6 international tournaments as well as the European Championships held in Bristol last July. During the European Championships, the referees received coaching from an international coaching panel made up of respected Australian and New Zealand referees, which was great experience.”

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Fleming Park Judo ClubEastleigh’s Fleming Park Judo Club can start planning the development of their club thanks to a Scholarship Scheme grant of £825 from Sport Hampshire & IOW to help fund coaching bursaries. This money, in conjunction with a further Sport England Grant of £5756, will be used to improve the quality of coaching, increase participation and encourage healthy lifestyles within the community. The club aims to expand further into the community by adding an additional training day at a new venue, using the Sport England Grant to purchase new mats and equipment.

Club Secretary Louise Riley said,

“We’re over the moon that our application for funding has been accepted. With this funding we’ll be

abletofulfilourplanstodevelopthe club. Three coaches will be able to gain Level2qualificationsandafurther two club coaches will be brought up totheUKCoachingCertificate standard. We’ll also be able to purchase new mats to extend the training area and offer alternative training sessions. Several volunteers will also attend relevant courses as we continue to work towards the Silver Clubmark award.”

Scholarship SuccessesTake a look at how the Scholarship Scheme has made a difference to a local judo club as well as an individual volunteer rugby referee.

Coaches, Officials and Volunteers Scholarship Scheme

Want to do more training or improve your skills? Interested in taking the next step, but can’t afford to make the investment? If the answer to either of these questions is “yes”, then our scholarship programme may be for you.

The Scholarship Scheme is designed to increase the number of qualified and skilled coaches, officials and volunteers actively supporting sports participation throughout Hampshire and the Isle of Wight. The scheme aims to assist individuals wishing to further develop their coaching, officiating or volunteering skills by completing the governing body award scheme or recognised course appropriate to their needs.

Awards of up to 75% of the total course cost, up to a maximum of £500 can be made. Scholarship applications must be made online and are accepted throughout the year. Awards are made quarterly in June, September, December and March.

Applications are welcomed from individuals and organisations alike - National Governing Bodies of sport, local authorities, voluntary coaches, officials and other volunteers are all invited to apply.

Individuals applying for a scholarship must be a full-time resident of Hampshire including the Unitary Authorities of Portsmouth, Southampton and the Isle of Wight and must be aged 16 and over. Each application must be countersigned by a Lead Officer - a sports development professional working for a National Governing Body of sport or local authority.

Visit the Coaching Hampshire & IOW website to find out more and to read our full terms and conditions. www.coachinghampshireiow.co.uk/funding/scholarships

Focus on ExcellenceTwo local coaches were presented with awards at the 2011 Hampshire and Isle of Wight Sports Awards in March.

Volleyball Coach, Tim Nash, from Eastleigh won the Participation Coach of the Year, Sponsored by Sport Structures, whilst Jan Crabtree from Southampton won Performance Coach of the Year, Sponsored by Coaching Hampshire &

IOW. Both coaches were presented with a bursary to help them further develop their coaching.

Participation Coach of the Year “This is the first time I’ve been nominated for County Sports Award and winning it hasn’t quite sunk in yet.” Tim said. “I’m sure the kids I coach at Crestwood College will be delighted. The bursary from Sport Structures is amazing, as it’ll mean that I can take additional courses. I already have the FIVB Level 1 Award which means I can coach across Europe and would now like to do the Level 2 Award which will look at performance analysis and talent development.”

MD of Sport Structures said: “We are delighted to have been involved with this eventand in particular, this award.

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Volleyball Coach, Tim Nash (left) collects his award from Simon Kirkland, MD of Sponsor, Sport Structures.

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CJ Lee

CJ LeeCoaching Development ManagerSport Hampshire & IOWMottisfont Court, High StreetWinchester SO23 8ZF

01962 846818cj.lee@hants.gov.uk

Lucie MyttonCoaching Development OfficerSport Hampshire & IOWMottisfont Court, High StreetWinchester SO23 8ZF

01962 846818lucie.mytton@hants.gov.uk

knew I didn’t need loads of advice, he knew I was playing out of my skin’.

That’s the key – not saying too much and overdoing it. He knew exactly the level to pitch at and didn’t overcomplicate it. I could hear it in his voice, a kind of certainty. It was an immense feeling.

‘Sometimes I can’t see things on the court that Malc can. That’s where he can turn matches around – one important factor, such as you have to get your cross-courts wider into the deep court or wider into the side wall. That one tactical thing can often change the way a game is going.’

Willstrop snr reiterates his son’s vital point – keeping it simple. He explains: ‘Doug Sanders (American golfer of the 1960s) once said, “They feed you so much stuff, you forget how to use the fork”... in other words, the idea is to hit the ball properly in the right places, and if you overcloud things you might lose sight of that. That’s very wise, because there’s always that danger of over-complicating.’

Tony Smith, who has led Super League club Warrington Wolves to victory in the last two Carnegie Challenge Cup finals, says the same is true in team sport. ‘There are only two or three things that anybody can take on board, particularly once you’re in the game,’ he explains.

‘A great test is to ask a player post-game what the coach said at half-time. Most of them have no idea. They may remember one or two things, or they may just

We’ve all given them, or heard them, and sometimes taken credit when all has subsequently gone well. But are team talks effective? Mike Dale took advice from two world-class coaches...

Conducted in locked, sweat-soaked dressing rooms or whispered, furtive and furrow-browed, at trackside – the coach’s pep talk is something of an enigma.

A few carefully chosen words can inspire victory against overwhelming odds but, as Raymond Domenech will attest, if done badly, team talks can be explosive, ruinous affairs. Because they’re almost always conducted in private, it’s difficult to extract first-hand secrets as to how top-class coaches construct their team talks.

Rafael Benitez’s folkloric half-time address to his Liverpool side, 3–0 down against AC Milan in football’s 2005 Champions League final, has emerged as a rare public peek behind the scenes. ‘Give yourselves a chance to be heroes,’ he urged, and they duly did.

Peter Reid, filmed for the infamous 1998 documentary Premier Passions, showed how not to do it, with repetitive, profane rants at his Sunderland players.

They were relegated. So how can a coach make best use of a pre-or in-game talk with their team or individual athlete?

‘It’s an art form,’ says Malcolm Willstrop, whose untouchable reputation as a squash coach sees many of the world’s top players flock to Pontefract Squash Club in Yorkshire to receive his wisdom.

‘It’s highly significant,’ he says. ‘You may be able to turn a game and you may equally get it wrong. There are times when I know what I’ve said has helped, definitely, but there are times when what I’ve done has been counter-productive as well.

‘In squash you’ve only got a minute-and-a-half between games (equivalent to tennis’ sets). What I say is never technical, rarely tactical. Often it’s supportive, being there for them, an odd word. A player can’t take loads of rubbish off you in 90 seconds.’

Willstrop was inducted into the sports coach UK Hall of Fame in 2004. He counts formerworld number one and Commonwealth Games gold medal winner Lee Beachill among his former charges and is currently coach to his son James, the world number six.

In January, James, 27, won the Tournament of Champions (roughly squash’s equivalent of the US Open) at Grand Central Station in New York. He reveals the vital part that court-side tête-à-têtes with his father played in his success. ‘He barely needed to say anything, it was more the tone of his voice and his calm, it kept me focused. He

Words to the wise

remember the essence of it or the mood of the coach. If you need to have some influence, it needs to be simple and there can only be a minimal number of changes, if changes are needed at all.’

Smith, a straight-talking Aussie (is there any other kind?), speaks with great authority on coaching techniques and philosophies across all sports. It’s his assertion that, in pre-match speeches particularly, varying your approach is vital.

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Join us at Southampton Solent University for the first ever Hampshire Coaching Conference.

Main features

• Key note presentations by sporting celebrities

• Current good practice and research in sport coaching, science and development

• Excellent networking opportunities and workshops

• Trade fair.

For coaches In addition to the main features, coaches will be treated to a number of breakout sessions including workshops, practicals and symposiums. These sessions will provide

coaches with contemporary views on physical education, participation coaching, talent identification and development and high performance coaching.

For industry professionals In addition to the athlete and coach performance presentations and workshops, there will be themed sessions that focus on the use of coaching to achieve community development and enrichment. These sessions will present existing coaching innovation projects and look to forge partnerships for future projects.

All this for just £20! Book your place now! www.coachinghampshireiow.co.uk/conference

Women in Coaching What do the names Fraser, Powell, Summit and McTiernan mean to you? They are all women who have excelled in coaching; despite the obvious under-representation of women in sport as a whole. Lindsey Fraser is a Southampton-based GB diving coach. A former Olympian, turned elite coach, she supports a number of 2012 prospects including Pete Waterfield, who, at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, became the first British diver for 20 years to win gold on the highboard.

Together with Powell, Summit and McTiernan, Lindsey is just one of a number of female coaching role models, but despite their courageous efforts, innovative approaches and enduring success, more needs to be done to ensure greater numbers of women take up coaching

While women make up approximately half of our national teams (in some sports) and given that many athletes go into coaching after their careers, it’s clear that we’re missing out on a large talent pool of women for a range of reasons. Gender bias, institutionalised and poor support networks for female coaches all contribute to the lack of women in coaching. Nevertheless, organisations including sports coach UK, a number of governing governing bodies of sport and local networks like Coaching Hampshire & IOW are keen to redress this imbalance.

A call to action!

Our aim in 2011 is to encourage more women to get into coaching and provide the support required for them to share their skills, experiences and enthusiasm with athletes across the whole participation pathway – from grassroots to elite level performers. Over the next 12 months we plan to promote the excellent work and contribution made to sport and coaching by women - from established coaches to those for whom the coaching seed is just being sown.

We are excited to announce that Lindsey Fraser will be one of the key note speakers at the Hampshire Coaching Conference on Saturday 21 May 2011, being held at Southampton Solent University. Make sure you book your place to be inspired by Lindsey and much more.

We also plan to work closely with a range of organisations to put a greater focus on promoting coaching to girls and women. That might mean looking at existing procedures, proactive talent identification, or creating and promoting opportunities for females to undertake qualifications and develop their competences.

Help Coaching Hampshire & IOW by sending us your inspiring stories for us to share with others. Perhaps you know of a female coach who deserves rewarding; or maybe you simply want to promote the excellent work they do. Whatever the story, then get in touch. Equally, if you’re a female wanting to get into coaching, at whatever level, and need some guidance or support, then contact us and we’ll see if we can help you move along the pathway.

Email info@coachinghampshireiow.co.uk with your story