ITTF Coaching Courses

ITTF Coaching Courses

Progress with ITTF Coaching Qualification Final preparations are being made for the final ITTF Level 1 Coaching Course for 2011. It is being run in Christchurch from November 16th to 20th by OTTF Development Officer, Scott Houston. TTNZ Development Committee member, Grant Wilson is co-ordinating, with around 20 coaches expected. The participants include some from the North Island who were unable to attend earlier this year. TTNZ is committed to developing coaching resources nationwide, and qualifying people to support initiatives throughout the country. The goals for 2012 are to confirm a Level 2 course later in the year, and to complete Level 1 assessments for all 2011 course participants. TTNZ thanks Pub Charity for their donation allowing assessments camps to be run in Palmerston North and North Harbour for participants from the earlier course. These camps also provide valuable opportunity for developing players to receive tuition under expert guidance, and have been a great success. Congratulations to the following ITTF Level 1 Coaches for completing their qualifications at the two assessment camps: Eberhard Kleiser, Albert Cheng, John Lee Kuoch and Eddie Coleman, Matthew Ball, Natalie Paterson, Stew Hickford, Depak Patel, Raewyn Young, Tim Seaholme, Stephen Hirst, Jason Poon. In January, twenty-one coaches from throughout New Zealand had already attended an ITTF Level 1 course in Palmerston North. ITTF Level 1 is the first level officially recognised by ITTF. To become fully qualified the coaches have to complete 30 hours coaching practice after the course. Within the 30 hours coaching practice, an ITTF Course Conductor (or their appointee) must supervise five hours. This supervisor/assessor evaluates each coach. Six coaches went through this part of the accreditation process on the weekend of June 18-19 in Palmerston North. As always, Shona Cudby from Table Tennis Manawatu provided great support, organising the hall and a coaching camp. Manawatu and Wellington Junior players of contrasting levels attended the camp. The group was prepared for interesting sessions run by very motivated coaches. The coach assessor had an interview with each coach and they were given a topic for “their” session. Each coach had to prepare a session plan and run a 90 minute coaching session, followed by an ‘analysis’ of that session. Coaching a new group of players was a challenge. But after a nervous start for some the new coaches did a great job, spending hours to prepare well run and exciting sessions The weekend was a success for coaches and players. Joachim Kusche Course Conductor (23/6/11)
Saturday of Coach Assessment Coaches L/R: Stephen Hirst (back left), Raewyn Young (front left), Depak Patel (far right). Children are developing players attending a training camp held during the assessment	Sunday of the Coach Assessment coaches L/R: Tim Seaholme( back left), Joachim Kusche (center -conductor), Stew Hickford (back next conductor), Jason Poon (far right) Children are developing players attending a training camp held during the assessment

ITTF Level 1 Coaching Course a great success 21 coaches from throughout New Zealand attended a most successful ITTF Level 1 course over the weekend in Palmerston North. The course was the 4th Level 1 course to be held in NZ with previous courses having been held in 2005, 2006 and 2008. A 5th course is planned for Christchurch in November of 2011 when Oceania Table Tennis Federation Development Officer Scott Huston is making an official visit. Such is the success of the ITTF Level 1 structure since its inception that by the end of 2011 New Zealand would have had over 100 coaches attending one of the courses in this period.
There is now very strong interest in having a first ever ITTF Level 2 course in New Zealand or Oceania in 2012, once coaches have met their remaining requirements of 30 hours coaching and 5 hours of supervised coaching. With New Zealand’s sports coaching structure having undergone a massive restructure of the past 10 years we were fortunate indeed that the ITTF coach education structure came along as it did, and was so closely aligned to the change to athlete focused, coach driven approach to coaching of sport. Course presenter was John Stapleton, assisted by Tim Seaholme (Sports Science expert). (Feb 2011)

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