Coaching & Officiating
New England Netball Technical Skills Workshops
England Netball has introduced six new practical coaching workshops. The workshops are aimed at providing coaches and teachers with a better understanding of specific areas of player/game development, the tool kit required to analyse and correct technique, and fresh ideas for building coaching practices and sessions. These workshops have been carefully designed to complement the qualifications pathway (UKCC) and Excel framework.
The six workshops:
The next workshop will be held September and December 2012 but details are yet to be finalised.
To be added to the workshop mailing list please contact Laura White email lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk or tel 07595 863761.
The six workshops:
- On the Ball: Essential Ball Skills for Netball
- On the Move: Essential Movement Skills for Netball
- Sharp Shooting: Essential Shooting Skills for Netball
- Getting Physical: Strength and Conditioning for Netball
- Activate: Essential Attacking Skills for Netball
- Winning the Ball: Essential Defending Skills for Netball
The next workshop will be held September and December 2012 but details are yet to be finalised.
To be added to the workshop mailing list please contact Laura White email lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk or tel 07595 863761.
Talent I.D. and Selection Workshops
Are you a coach or teacher working with talented netballers? This workshop will provide you with:
- Knowledge and understanding of the characterships of talented athletes
- An overview of the Regional and National Excel pathway for talented players
- Knowledge and understanding to coach talented athletes
- Methods of talent identification
This is a 2 hour theory based workshop, delivered by the London & SE Regional Talent Coach, Emma Blackmore.
Next workshop: TBC
Please contact Laura White, email lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk or tel 07595 863761 if you have any queries or would like to receive details of future courses.
- Knowledge and understanding of the characterships of talented athletes
- An overview of the Regional and National Excel pathway for talented players
- Knowledge and understanding to coach talented athletes
- Methods of talent identification
This is a 2 hour theory based workshop, delivered by the London & SE Regional Talent Coach, Emma Blackmore.
Next workshop: TBC
Please contact Laura White, email lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk or tel 07595 863761 if you have any queries or would like to receive details of future courses.
Young Umpire Award - Teacher Orientation Workshop
The Young Umpire Award is one of England Netball's leadership awards for 13 - 18 year olds and provides young leaders with their first taste of netball officiating. This award can be delivered by teachers who have attended a teacher orientation workshop (3 hours). The Young Umpire award itself has a minimum of a 6 hours delivery time and a resource that costs £10 per candidate. Please see information sheet for more details.
Coach Observation Opportunities
The London and SE Region are pleased to announce that they are offering all their coaches the opportunity to observe sessions within the Regional Excel (Talent) Programme. If you are a coach looking for ways of improving your coaching and wanting new ideas then feel free to pop along to one of the advertised sessions this season. This provides a fantastic opportunity to see top level coaches in action, meet other coaches and watch some of the best talent in the Region. For further information including session dates and venues please contact Laura White: lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk or tel 07595 863761.
England Netball Coaching Courses
The coach education structure for Netball has recently undergone some significant changes as Netball moves to the new United Kingdom Coaching Certificate (UKCC) qualifications.
The previous England Netball Level 1, 2 and 3 awards are therefore no longer being delivered. However, if you have existing Netball Coaching qualifications, they do still stand. If you wish to continue to develop in your coaching, you will join the UKCC Level most suited to your qualifications and experience.
For information on UKCC courses including dates, venues and course content please visit the UKCC pages of the England Netball website (www.englandnetball.co.uk).
Further generic coaching courses and workshops are also run as part of Active Surrey's Coach Education Programme. Please click here for information on qualifications and training opportunities through Active Surrey.
If you are interested in coaching netball within Surrey and SW London or would like to develop your coaching skills please contact lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk on 07595 863761.
The previous England Netball Level 1, 2 and 3 awards are therefore no longer being delivered. However, if you have existing Netball Coaching qualifications, they do still stand. If you wish to continue to develop in your coaching, you will join the UKCC Level most suited to your qualifications and experience.
For information on UKCC courses including dates, venues and course content please visit the UKCC pages of the England Netball website (www.englandnetball.co.uk).
Further generic coaching courses and workshops are also run as part of Active Surrey's Coach Education Programme. Please click here for information on qualifications and training opportunities through Active Surrey.
If you are interested in coaching netball within Surrey and SW London or would like to develop your coaching skills please contact lauraw@englandnetball.co.uk on 07595 863761.
Tutor Training
A new wave of dates for Tutor & Assessor training for the UKCC Netball Coaching courses have been scheduled across the country. The dates and venues are on the England Netball website: www.englandnetball.co.uk under Get Involved.
There is currently a real shortage of UKCC Netball tutors and this is therefore limiting our capacity to run coaching courses in the Region. If you are interested in becoming an accredited UKCC tutor / assessor we would be keen to support your development and funding maybe available for you to attend the training courses. Please contact Laura on 07595 863761 if you are interested or if you would like further information.
There is currently a real shortage of UKCC Netball tutors and this is therefore limiting our capacity to run coaching courses in the Region. If you are interested in becoming an accredited UKCC tutor / assessor we would be keen to support your development and funding maybe available for you to attend the training courses. Please contact Laura on 07595 863761 if you are interested or if you would like further information.
Officiating Courses
Umpiring courses within Surrey are run by the Surrey County Netball Association.
There are 6 umpiring levels / awards which are operated nationally by the England Netball:
* AENA Beginner Award
* FENA C Award
* FENA B Award
* FENA A Award
* AENA Country Accreditation
* IFNA International Award
The ladder of progress is as follows:
1) Get umpiring practice. Practice scoring, timekeeping and umpiring at your school, local club or league.
2) Attend a Beginner Umpiring Course. This course is designed to introduce the basics of umpiring a netball match for junior or inexperienced players in a club or school environment. No experience is necessary. This is a tutor lead course, not including the test. After the course gain umpiring experience on school or friendly matches.
3) Attend a C Award Course. This course prepares umpires with knowledge of rules and umpire competencies, to enable them to umpire at average adult club level. Participants must have experience of umpiring at Beginner Umpire Level. This is a tutor lead course, not including the test.
4) Take the FENA C Award. This includes a test paper consisting of 20 questions where a minimum of 17 questions must be answered correctly. Yes or No answers are required from written questions. The practical test includes a minimum of a 30 minute assessment where umpires are expected to show their ability in application of the rules and control of the game by:
- Penalising correctly obvious infringements of the rules
- Correct use of voice, whistle and terminology
- Positioning and movement
- Appearance and manner
- The ability to keep a correct scorecard and call the score and centre pass
To find out about upcoming course dates and venues, please visit the 'Education' page of the Surrey County Netball Association website.
There are 6 umpiring levels / awards which are operated nationally by the England Netball:
* AENA Beginner Award
* FENA C Award
* FENA B Award
* FENA A Award
* AENA Country Accreditation
* IFNA International Award
The ladder of progress is as follows:
1) Get umpiring practice. Practice scoring, timekeeping and umpiring at your school, local club or league.
2) Attend a Beginner Umpiring Course. This course is designed to introduce the basics of umpiring a netball match for junior or inexperienced players in a club or school environment. No experience is necessary. This is a tutor lead course, not including the test. After the course gain umpiring experience on school or friendly matches.
3) Attend a C Award Course. This course prepares umpires with knowledge of rules and umpire competencies, to enable them to umpire at average adult club level. Participants must have experience of umpiring at Beginner Umpire Level. This is a tutor lead course, not including the test.
4) Take the FENA C Award. This includes a test paper consisting of 20 questions where a minimum of 17 questions must be answered correctly. Yes or No answers are required from written questions. The practical test includes a minimum of a 30 minute assessment where umpires are expected to show their ability in application of the rules and control of the game by:
- Penalising correctly obvious infringements of the rules
- Correct use of voice, whistle and terminology
- Positioning and movement
- Appearance and manner
- The ability to keep a correct scorecard and call the score and centre pass
To find out about upcoming course dates and venues, please visit the 'Education' page of the Surrey County Netball Association website.