Congratulations to the successful teams at The Lion Foundation Netball Champs Finals Week held 3rd 5th October Tauranga, Bay of Plenty

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1 DIVISION 1 FINAL RESULT: OTAGO 59 WAIKATO 57 Otago Coach Deb Tasi-Cordtz Assistant Coach Lauren Piebenga Apprentice Coach Jaye McAuley Manager Clare Malthus Waikato Coach Rebecca Gabel Assistant Coach Angela Russek Apprentice Coach Tracey Te Wake Manager Gaenor Smith LFNC 2012 Division 1 Winners, Otago Newsletter October 2012 Congratulations to the successful teams at The Lion Foundation Netball Champs Finals Week held 3rd 5th October Tauranga, Bay of Plenty DIVISION 2 FINAL RESULT: WESTERN 53 NORTH 46 Western Coach John Atkins Apprentice Coach Lisa Murphy Manager Kim Flowers & Rosie Austin Netball North Coach Yvonne Willering Assistance Coach Linda Vagana Manager Debra Barnett LFNC TOURNAMENT SELECTIONS Rachel Fabling Waikato Shannon Francois Otago Keshia Grant Canterbury Grace Rasmussen Auckland/Waitakere Te Paea Selby-Rickit Otago Elias Shadrock Waikato Jessica Waitapu Waikato NNZ 2012 SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENTS NZ ACCELERANT SQUAD Jess Moulds North Shannon Francois Otago Elias Shadrock Waikato Ellen Halpenny Canterbury NZ EMERGING TALENT SQUAD Sarah Hayman Canterbury Brooke Leaver Waikato Eriakana Pederson Auckland Waitakere Sam Sinclair Bay of Plenty NZ U21 SQUAD FOR WORLD YOUTH CHAMPIONSHIPS GLASGOW, ENGLAND, 2013 Tera Maria Amani, Jessica Bourke, Phoenix Karaka, Elisapeta Toeava Auckland Waitakere Gemma Hazeldine, Elizabeth Hayman, Sophia Fenwick Canterbury Kirsten Hurley, Nadia Loveday Counties Manakau Stacey Peeters, Storm Purvis, Te Paea Selby-Rickit, Zoe Walker Otago Malia Paseka North Sulu Tone-Fitzpatrick Waikato Nicola Mackle Wellington Coach: Janine Southby Assistant Coach: Adrienne Morrin Manager: Dee Leggat Physio: Jen Ferguson Statistician: Lindsay Filiata

2 OTAGO NPC HEAD COACH DEB TASI-CORDTZ AND ASSISTANT COACH LAUREN PIEBENGA TAKES US THROUGH THEIR SUCCESSFUL LFNC SEASON With the same Management team of the previous year, we could all hit the ground running, understanding the expectations and strengths of each other. What a Roller Coaster of a season though. With a draw and two close losses heading into our fourth round robin game nothing but a win would have done. We decided to persevere and not get caught up in the outcome but rather focus on the process. This in itself was a task, let alone it being against Canterbury the current NPC Champions. Along with instilling the belief in the players and the home crowd support we ended up defeating Canterbury by 11. Let me tell you it feels so good to get that first win under your belt, not only for the players, but also for the coaching staff. Developing and refining combinations and set plays was the main task for the season. This meant that we needed time on court together and fortunately, due to the support of many local Club players, we were able to establish Game Play at least once a week. This gave us great contexts to be working with and gave us opportunity to analyse what was and wasn t working. One of the most important things that were learnt was not to make any assumptions! Just because you know something can work it doesn t mean it will. Reinforcing key structures and plays needed to be done all the time. The win against Canterbury in the Round robin gave us confidence heading to Tauranga to take on Bay of Plenty. It was a stressful time for us as we had to hope that Waikato beat Wellington and we needed to beat Bay of Plenty, which in the end all of the best scenarios came through and we qualified fourth. Fortunately, we hit our straps and found our form much to the surprise of some of our opponents. No one thing changed, we just clicked. Meeting Canterbury in the semi final was always going to be tough. Although we had beaten them just 2 weeks prior, that counts for nothing when it comes to finals netball. We played with real character and a strong, determined team effort, providing quality ball to our shooting circle from our own possession and hard fought turnovers. After just scrapping into the top 4, qualifying for the final for the second year in a row was great, but we all knew our job was not done and we were out to go one better than last year. In terms of motivating a team heading into a National Final, there isn t a lot a coach can say the motivation is obvious. Self-belief was massive. Lauren and I needed to believe in what we were asking of our players (sometimes this can be a real struggle) and we had to get the players to buy into it and believe in it too. Part of Deb s coaching style is to include the players in the majority of the decisions, so that they feel they have ownership and they take more responsibility out on court. Before each game Lauren, would collate a video message from previous Otago players, training members in Dunedin and we would have some kind of underlying message before each game. Our last movie was played with the background music to Girls just want to have fun. We had images of all of us, having a lot of fun and even the management team got on board and did a bit of lip synching and diving into the motel swimming pool (ok not all just the Head Coach) to add to the movie. The underlying message was we are going to have fun and we are all in this together. The final was against Waikato who we had drawn with in the very first round robin match. As coaches, we felt it was important not to show our emotions and to remain calm. If you portray a sense of calmness hopefully it will rub off onto the team. No point stressing them out any more than you need to. We wanted the team to approach this game the same as all of our others and to remain focused on the little things and the big thing should take care of itself. What we had developed and planned on from day one stick to the basics, be accurate in what we are doing and communicate. Above Deb Tasi-Cordtz Below Lauren Piebenga We wanted this and we knew what we had to do to get it. The score was tight all the way through and was a typical final, tight the whole way and it was only a couple of errors that separated the two teams. We were able to score our own centre-pass and were hungry for those turnovers. In the end our young team played with maturity and was able to take the win Otago were the National Champions only the fourth time that we have won the title!!! It was a long time coming and the girls deserved it. The whole team was fantastic on and off the court and this was evident out on court. Continued on Page 3

3 Page 3 Continued from Page 4 At the end of the day, we were ready to win, we wanted to win and we believed in each other. We had done the hard work, there are no short cuts and the girls all trained exceptionally well throughout the year. Plus the determination from being so competitive and highly driven that nothing was going to get in our way. Finally and probably most importantly was the fun factor, we all got on so well off the court. Pre game nerves were released loudly to Whitney Houston hits, the odd bomb into the motel pool or antics on SnapChat were such events that kept morale high and we were playing an open free flowing game that was enjoyable on the court. Nothing beats a tight and well-connected team and this year we proved that. I guess the challenge now is for Otago to back it up and do it all again next year!!! It was a great learning experience and a good opportunity to challenge ourselves. It is fantastic to now see many of our players going on to secure Franchise contracts and move into the next step in their playing careers. So good luck to all of the coaches out there. Whatever level you are coaching at you can make a difference. All your volunteer hours will pay off. LFNC Apprentice Coach NNZ CoachForce would like to thank all those coaches who took part in this year s LFNC Apprentice Coach Programme in particular your enthusiasm and willingness to share your ideas and experiences during finals week. Those involved came from the following regions: Auckland, Counties, Waikato, Bay of Plenty, Western, Eastern, Canterbury, Otago and Southland. We would also like to thank the Head Coaches involved with these teams who welcomed our apprentice coaches on board for the 2012 season. Due to feedback received in previous years, the seminars and workshops for this year were extended, which allowed more time for coaches to speak to our presenters and ask questions. Coaches involved this year felt that some of the highlights of the programme were the sessions from Ruth Aitken, who looked at Leading a Team in High Performance Environment and our own Robin Manihera. Robin is our Zone 2 CoachForce who ran an awesome workshop on Keeping it Simple at a High Performance Level - why the basics are so important. This programme could not continue to be as successful as it is, without the support of our guest presenters/facilitators who freely give up their time to attend sessions during finals week. Some of these presenters have attended this programme for the past 2 years, sharing their passion and experience of our game, and have been invited back from previous years due to the excellent feedback received from participants about their workshops/presentations. We thank them all for their involvement. NNZCF looks forward to offering this Apprentice Coach opportunity again in the 2013 season.

4 REVERSE COACHING UNDER COACHING, OVER COACHING, AND HOW TO TELL THE DIFFERENCE Part one Over Coaching By Wayne Goldsmith "If every instinct you have is wrong, then the opposite would have to be right." Jerry, to George, in "The Opposite" Coaches love to talk. It is the time they feel most valuable to their athletes, when they are imparting knowledge and information which they believe will help the athletes to enhance their preparation and performance. If coaching was only about talking, we d have the best athletes in the world being coached by radio program personalities and call-centre operators. Coaching is about people about the subtleties of understanding people and helping people to realise their full potential. The art of coaching is more than just knowing what to say. A coach must also know when to say it and how to say it, so that it has the greatest impact. A common coaching mistake is to talk and coach more as the athletes get closer to competition. For example, a football coach may talk far more on a Thursday and Friday than they do on a Monday and Tuesday to make sure they have covered every possible aspect of the game before kick-off. Another very common coaching mistake is for coaches to talk more when the situation seems larger and more important. Typically this means that coaches will talk a lot more and coach more enthusiastically before their team faces one of the best opposition teams in the competition. In reality, effective coaching is doing the exact opposite.reverse Coaching. Under-coaching and over-coaching Reverse coaching The five laws of Reverse coaching are: 1. Under-coach as you get closer to the competition, e.g. under-coach on game day; 2. Under-coach when the competition is more important or when the competition is more challenging, e.g. under-coach during the finals series; 3. Over-coach the further you are away from the competition, e.g. over-coach during the pre-season; 4. Over-coach when the competition is less important or when the competition is less challenging, e.g. over-coach when you are playing teams ranked lower than you in the competition; 5. Be smart enough to know the difference between times when you need to under-coach and times when you need to over-coach. Diagram: The over-coaching / under-coaching concept. When facing an opposition that is considered easy and your own team is expected to win, often it is your coaching which can be the difference between success and failure. This is due to the tendency for athletes to relax and not fully focus on their preparation in the same way that they may do when facing a tough team. Conversely, when you are playing against a tough team and the competition will be more challenging, athletes will usually rise to the challenge, know what s expected of them and willingly take ownership of their own preparation and performance. Over-coaching: There are many problems associated with over-coaching at the wrong time. Here are just ten: 1. All sports require athletes to take responsibility for decision making and problem solving in competition. A coach who is over-coaching, i.e. who has not allowed athletes to learn how to make decisions in training, is setting them up to fail in competition. 2. All sports require athletes to drive their own performance in competition. A coach who does not allow athletes to take responsibility for their own performance in training has not prepared them to win in competition. 3. Over-coaching assumes the athletes cannot contribute anything to the performance. In reality most of what coaches learn comes from working with, listening to and observing athletes i.e. from coaching. 4. Over-coaching says "This is my team, my performance". Most successful teams create performance-partnerships where the coach leads but the athletes drive the performance - ownership of and responsibility for the performance is shared. 5. Giving too much information at inappropriate times can confuse athletes causing them to make errors and bad decisions. Over-coaching means giving athletes too much information or giving it to them in the wrong format. Over-coaching can also be giving information at the wrong time, for example giving athletes new information (information not previously learnt or practiced) during warm-up on game day. 6. Coaching is about creating independent athletes. Over-coaching creates a dependent athlete who relies on the coach for decision making and problem solving which is performance suicide. Continued on Page 5

5 Continued from Page 4 7. Over-coaching stifles creativity and on field genius. Quality coaching should provide the opportunity for creativity and genius to be expressed through great performances. Over-coaching places limits and controls on talented athletes the game-breakers as it restricts their capacity to be unique, different and individual. 8. Over-coaching frustrates the athletes, assistant coaches and staff etc. Everyone in the performance team can contribute to the success of the group if given the right opportunity. Over-coaching creates a micro-management environment where athletes, other coaches and staff become reluctant to give their best they become compliance focused rather than performance orientated. 9. Over-coaching can create added performance anxiety and pressure - particularly when the over-coaching comes in the final few days before a big competition. Coach less as the competition gets closer. 10. Over coaching can send negative messages to the athletes of "panic", such as "We have not done the preparation we needed to do to be successful so I am going to keep coaching until the last minute". Athletes want to see coaches who are calm, clear, certain, confident and composed as the competition becomes closer. Avoiding Over-coaching: There is a way to avoid the panic and pitfalls of over-coaching..preparation. Coaches who over-coach tend to mismanage the rhythm of their preparation. That is, they feel the need to over-coach because they have not systematically and methodically delivered their coaching messages at the right time or in the right way leading into the targeted competition. Real life coaching experience: A professional football team I was working with asked me to look at their over-coaching problem. The coaches and the players noticed that game day was always a scramble and that the coaches seemed to rush around, talking to players, giving players, staff and each other lots of instructions and generally creating chaos and panic throughout the team. I worked with them for a week and noticed that after playing on the Saturday afternoon, they all took Sunday off. On Monday morning, the coaches met for coffee and a casual debrief about the last game. On Monday afternoon the coaches went to lunch and then came back two hours later to commence formally reviewing the last game. On Tuesday morning, the coaches met together and discussed what they had learnt from their game reviews. Tuesday afternoon, the coaches met individually with the players they were responsible for and debriefed them about their own personal performances during the last game. The players then completed a light general skills training session on Tuesday afternoon. On Wednesday, the coaches met early to select the team for the next weekend s game and finalised the team Wednesday mid-afternoon. The players then came together for a training session with a focus on defeating this week s opposition. On Thursday, all players and coaches took the day off. On Friday, the coaches came together for long meetings talking about all the things that needed to be included in the final training session for the week, the pre-game player briefings, the pre-match talk etc. The day before the next game was the longest, most challenging and most demanding of the week with coaches and players at the Club for over 10 hours. I suggested the reason for the over-coaching on game day was that no quality coaching had been done on Sunday, Monday or Tuesday. As a result the coaches ran out of time to deliver the messages and make the changes they needed to make to prepare the players appropriately for this week s game. Also, there was no time to step back and progressively hand over ownership of the game to the players. The coaches had to continue to drive all aspects of the game preparation right up until the whistle blew. They did everything except actually get out there and play the game! As a result, we changed the rhythm of the coaching week. Coaches reviewed the previous game by themselves on Sunday and came to the coffee meeting on Monday morning with their review already completed and solutions ready to present to the coaching and player group. By Monday afternoon the coaches and players were already preparing for their next challenge. By Wednesday, the coaches were noticeably stepping back and allowing the players to take ownership of their own preparation and performance. Over-coaching was a thing of the past and the game day coaching environment was calm, clear, certain, confident and composed. (An easy way to remember this example is by thinking of a funnel) Summary: 1. Under-coach when everything screams at you to over-coach. The bigger the occasion, the more important the situation, the less you should coach. When the important moments arrive, the athletes know what s expected and the last thing they need is an erratic, overly emotional, stressed out coach telling them what to do - they need you to be calm, clear, certain, confident and composed; 2. Over-coach when the occasion seems unimportant and there is an expectation of success. It is at these times that the athletes need you to be fired, focused and fantastic; 3. There is a reason coaches were given two ears, two eyes, a huge brain and only one mouth..listen, observe, think then talk. When you do talk, practice less is more, i.e. how can I make the maximum possible impact with the least amount of talking?