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Girls’ Competitive Head Coach
Coaching
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Coaching
- General
- Represent NGC at all MAGA meetings and communicate MAGA policies/information with the NGA board and competitive team families as appropriate.
- Establish summer camps for competitive and instructional levels, Work with Boys Head Coach and office staff to obtain coaches and create brochures.
- Establish self-development goals with Personnel Committee and work towards meeting those goals. Development of management/administration skills should be encompassed, as well as coaching skills.
- Girls’ Team and Pre-team
- Establish competitive team and pre-team practice and meet schedules. Make every effort to coach pre-team practices as much as possible, in addition to team practices.
- Establish minimum skills required for competition. Communicate those requirements clearly to athletes and parents.
- Provide positive encouragement to athletes. Develop an atmosphere in which hard work is rewarded with success.
- Set team goals and also develop individual goals with each athlete. Share those goals with parents. Conduct at least one parent/gymnast conference with each competitive member each season.
- Identify appropriate placement of team members on each team level, in consultation with team coaching staff
- Identify gymnasts ready to join team
- Ensure ever y practice and competition has at least one coach for every ten gymnasts
- Ensure assistant coaches are actively monitoring gymnastics and provide feedback throughout practice
- Ensure all gymnasts receive spotting as his/her skill level dictate
- Instructional
- Regularly coach some instructional classes at different levels, as schedule permits. Recommended classes: Mini-Mites and Intermediates, as they are direct feeders to the Pre-team an Team levels
- Organize home meets for competitive teams
- Communicate with visiting programs about time tables and directions
- Secure qualified judges for home meets
- Determine appropriate division breaks at each meet
- Establish team rotations
- Work with the Competitive Representative to plan logistics of home meets (number of teams/gymnasts expected, time tables)
- Plan for ribbons/medals for awards (can be delegated)
- Communicate meet results to MAGA
- Attend all competitions (Team and Pre-team)
- Ensure appropriate assistant coaches attend competitions
- Ensure all necessary equipment is available at home and away meets
- Ensure meet fees are paid at all away meets
- Promote NGC home meets and encourage other programs to come to NGC meets
- Collaborate with Boys Head Coach/Instructional Coordinator
- Maintain constant communication of daily operations and scheduling
- Provide guidance for instructional curriculum, including review and revision of lesson plans as necessary. Ensure that instructional program develops necessary skills for progression to competitive level.
- Assist Instructional Coordinator with scheduling as necessary
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