Lottie's Passion Project

Follow this link to see my Passion Project video :-)
https://youtu.be/1WT9KcNuBiY

Introduction

Hi, I am Lottie Heywood and for my Passion Project I decided to coach two Year 3&4 Netball Teams. This is so I can experience the challenges that come with coaching and all of the different things to remember to do when coaching.

Purpose

I have been playing netball for five years and every year except one I have had a great coach!

The coaches were good because they were organised, prepared and on time. They also made it very clear what they wanted to do and how.

The coach that I had that wasn’t so great forgot the ball bag every week, went off topic and started talking about other things and developed a relationship with us so that we became more of her friends than players.

My Goal

My goal is to be organised, prepared and on time.

• To do this I created a table to help me organise the positions the girls will play each week.

• I had a spread sheet to record every time the girls have been off and how many times each girl has been captain.

• I also had a chart with how many times each girl has played each position.

• This is really handy because if a player or parent complains about how many times they have been off etc I can just show them the documents.

• Every week usually on Monday I plan the practise for Friday.

• To help me with this I use the coach's guide book I was given at a coaches meeting. This book has a weekly focus that I help the girls with for example shooting, defence, footwork etc. They then list games and exercises I can do to teach them these skills.

• Without this book I think I would have gone off topic like my previous coach.

Research

• Before I started coaching I really had to research about skills/games I could do with my team, tips on how to work with younger children and basic coaching skills.
• To do this I went to a coaching course which was really helpful and went through every single detail I need to know about Year 3&4 Netball. It didn’t really focus on actual coaching just more on netball.
• I also had a meeting with Mr Pearce as he is an experienced netball coach and he helped more with how to coach younger children and necessary skills of a coach.

Reflections

I do reflections on how the game and practise went and my thoughts on it. I also do reflections on how I think I am doing as a coach and the players improvements. I include a next step so I know exactly what I need to do and when.

Team Drink Bottles

I really wanted to the girls team drink bottles so I asked my Dad's business if they could sponsor them. They said yes so I went out and bought drink bottles which were two different colours for the different teams. I then went to a business that puts logos on things and asked them to put the logo on these drink bottles.

Unfortunately they took a really long time to do this and didn’t end up doing it they just gave me stickers with the logo. From this I learnt that if you want something done quickly research about which company to use otherwise it may not get done.

My Mentor

I have a mentor who is Mr Henry our PE and Sport Director. He gets the gear ready for me and gets things organised with parents.

Facebook

I decided to make a Facebook account just for netball so that I can record/track the girls improvements.

Conclusion

Right now I am ten weeks through with my coaching and I’m really enjoying it. The girls are improving so much. My netball skills are also getting better as I have to learn about positions I don’t play.