Scottish Hockey

COACHING STRATEGY FOR GREAT BRITAIN

Scottish Hockey, together with England Hockey and Welsh Hockey, have launched the Coaching Strategy for Great Britain - the Strategy and the Interactive Coach Development Model.

Watch this short video to find out what it can offer for you as a coach:

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:

Players

• Support through better quality coaching and highly informed coaches
• Retention of players as their satisfaction will be increased by an improvement in performance, at whatever level of the game they play.
• Talent ID will be enhanced through a structured and communicated player pathway enabling more opportunity for the players to reach their potential

Coaches

• Coaches will be more likely to achieve their potential
• More structured approach for coaches to be deployed and employed
• Greater access to appropriate CPD (continuing professional development) and training
• A GB wide support network for coaches - teamwork approach
• Access to the latest technical and tactical resources

The Sport

• Legacy for future of hockey in GB (longevity for the sport)
• Resource issues both of staff, workforce and practical resources addressed
• Coaching to become self-sustaining and not reliant on grants and sponsorship
• Meeting the standards set by outside agencies and improving the quality of the sport
• Making sure it is sustainable open and transparent, with efficient and effective structures in place
• Leading examples of good practice throughout all areas of the sport
• Coaching as a priority to make sure that all areas of the sport, player pathway have appropriately qualified coaches
• Clear direction

View the Coaching Strategy for Great Britain Model (.ppx)

Further information on the interactive coach development model can be provided by contacting Colleen Reid, Coach Education Development Manager, 0131 453 9070.