Overview
Basketball New Zealand (BBNZ) is committed to developing the depth and capability of our coaches. The BBNZ Coach Development fund is available to affiliated associations to support and develop new and existing coaches, with the fund aiming to encourage locally-led activity, with national support.
Why?
BBNZ recognises the need to deliver quality support and development opportunities to continue to ensure basketball has enough capable and motivated coaches to support the ongoing growth of the game.
Coaches are critically important to the participant experience – an effective coach will encourage participants and support retention; a poor coach experience will turn them away. Each coach has so much to deal with during a season that any thought of working on their skills and competencies is often considered just something else to squeeze into an already overcrowded schedule. Despite having such a pivotal role, the majority of our coaches have no formal training to do their jobs.
The Coach Development fund is designed to enable local and regional entities to deliver coach development opportunities that meet their individual needs and that value and support coaches at all levels across the basketball system.
Objectives of this fund
Examples of what could be applied for:
Criteria
Funding may not be used for
Successful Applicants
Association | Project title | Project outline |
South Canterbury Basketball Association | Coach Development | Aim of the project is provide coach development clinics throughout the South Canterbury Region designed to meet the needs of the targeted communities. These will be followed up with observation opportunities throughout the season. |
Kapiti Basketball Association | Beyond the Court | Providing local and regional support for coaches and increased accessibility to ongoing development opportunities through workshops, mentoring, and community of practice. Developing coaches awareness and understanding of the key skills required in addition to the sports-specific knowledge of basketball. |
Basketball Hawkes Bay | Coaching Made Easy | Introduction to Basketball Coaching courses delivered across the Hawkes Bay region with follow up observations and support. Targeted at first time coaches. |
Basketball Taranaki | Girls Got Coaching | Coach Development activation that run in conjunction with GGG player development programmes. The player development program is a vehicle to practical experience for these first-time coaches, where the focus is on their development. The practical experience component isn’t their only development, ongoing evaluation and feedback from the development officer and frequent workshops/clinics are non-delivery elements to their development. |
Franklin Basketball Association | Coach Accelerator Programme | Identify, develop & support key community coaches through a holistic approach to development. Providing coaches with workshops/clinics along with on-court sessions needed to put new skills into practice. We want to create a stronger coaching network/culture within our community that spreads throughout all levels. |
Canterbury Basketball Association | Coaches Connection Forum | A weekly event for coaches of all abilities to connect with other coaches and learn about current best practices guidelines and models.
To encourage our community to have stronger connections, Coaches, and people looking into coaching, will have the opportunity to engage informally with others over food and drinks prior to the 60 min coaching demonstration. |