The Canterbury High Performance Coaches Conference is being held at the Bert Sutcliffe Pavilion, Lincoln this August 29th and 30th.

The program for the conference is outlined below. If you are interested in taking part in this worthwhile coaches weekend please fill out the registration form at the end of this document.

For more information please contact Nigel Marsh, Canterbury Cricket Coachforce Manager on 363 5090 or nigel@canterburycricket.org.nz

High Performance Coaches Conference

Bert Sutcliffe Pavilion, Lincoln, 29/30 August 2009

Saturday 29 August

10am            Tea, Coffee Biscuits served

10.15am       Welcome                                                        
                     Lee Germon

10.30am       India and Talent Identification                        
                     John Wright

John will share his experiences of coaching The Indian National team.  He will also share his views on talent identification in NZ.

12pm            Lunch

1pm              T20 Batting                                                   
                     Bob Carter                       

With the rapid growth of Twenty20 cricket Bob will share some ideas and drills on developing batsmen for the shortened form of the game. (This session will take place in the HPC.)

2pm             NZC High Performance Vision                          
                    Geoff Allott

Geoff will share his vision for High Performance Cricket in New Zealand.

3pm              Tea

3.15pm         Workshop – Creating ‘The Canterbury Way’               
There will be three sections to this workshop:     

·         The Canterbury Way Manual                             
          Richard Hayward (finalizing the document)

·         Coaching Curriculum for age group Cricketers                   
          Andrew Reid

·         Teaching Games for Understanding                   
          Nigel Marsh

5.15pm         Drinks and Nibbles

7.00pm         Dinner at The Bridge, Prebbleton

Sunday 30 August

9am             Woman’sWorld Cup 2009                               
                   Haidee Tiffen

As well as sharing her experiences from the 2009 World Cup, Haidee will share what she learnt from her coaches as she has developed as a cricketer. 

9.45am         Tea, Coffee and Biscuits

10am            Coaching The Crusaders                                 
                     Todd Blackadder

Learnings from coaches as a player and a coach- Todd will share his thoughts on team ethics, team protocols, player accountability, team culture aswell as what he has found useful from othercoaches as both a player and a coach.

11.30am       Practical Fitness Ideas for Coaches                            
                    Neil Tyndall

This will take place on the Oval if the weather is fine.  If wet we will go into the HPC

12.30pm       Lunch

1.30pm         Workshop – Growing Our Community Base                  
                     Mike Harvey

Making it happen- Coaches divided into 4 groups (1 to discuss girls/women’s cricket and 3 to discuss boys/men’s cricket)

The groups will come up with practical ideas to grow the numbers of cricketers at all levels

2.45pm         Coping with Pressure                                      
                     Helen Mahon- Stroud                                      

3.30pm         Conference Summary                                                
                     Nigel Marsh

3.45pm         Close

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