Coaching is rewarding, is a great way to contribute to your community, and connects you with others. Community coaches are essential to the enjoyment and delivery of netball at your local centre.
Getting Started
There are several resources available to support you on your coaching journey, as well as the Netball NZ Coaching Framework below, which provides an overview of the five recognised areas of coaching of netball.
Foundation or junior coaching
For our junior players, our netball centres follow the Netball NZ futureFERNS programme which works to best develop the foundational skills of our young players.
The futureFERNS website explains the structure of the game within the programme and provides coaches with a ‘coaching portal’ which gives week-by-week guidance and activities for trainings.
Visit futureFERNS website here
You can also access Sport Tutor, where Netball NZ provides you with a personal dashboard, online workshops and resources to use for coaching.
Community coaching
Community netball is played through clubs and schools at all ages. As a coach for a community netball team, Netball NZ provides you with information and resources to support you on your coaching journey through the online portal Sport Tutor.
Sport Tutor contains a personal dashboard, online workshops and guidance. Some of the resources you’ll find in here include:
- Community Coach Starter Resource
- Year 9 & 10 Season Starter Resource
- Year 7 & 8 Player Development Programme Resource
- Tournament Resources for coaches
- NetballSmart Season Preparation
- and more
Sport Tutor also includes Netball NZ’s Community Coach Award (CCA) modules. You can read more about this on our Community Coach Award page.
Coaching Framework
Coaches are a central part of sport, and we know that impactful coaching positively contributes to an athlete’s journey.
The Netball NZ Coaching Framework has five recognized areas of coach development, with community coaching covering the largest cohort of coaches. .
Areas of coach development:
- Foundation (juniors)
- Community
- Composite
- Performance
- High Performance
