Coaching
Kath Fitzpatrick - 20 August 2010
Below are the dates for the YAA squads for 2010-11. In response to last year's feedback we have increased each squad's meeting days to 4 over the winter period.
There are two forms for squad applications - one is simply a returns form for last year's archers to indicate they wish to continue; one is a new applicant form. If you are a new applicant and have already sent in an application on last year's form you do not need to reapply.
All of the squads meet at Barnsley AC's indoor venue at Holgate Sports College, Shaw Lane, Barnsley and sessions are from 10:00 AM till 4:00 PM. Archers need to bring their lunch and a shooting line chair. It's not essential to wear GNAS dress but we do encourage club colours to be worn.
| Development squad | Performance squad | Senior squad |
|---|
| October 9th | October 30th | October 17th |
| November 6th | November 27th | |
| December 18th - combined squad christmas shoot |
| | January 29th | January 22nd |
| February 5th | | February 13th |
| | March 5th | March 20th |
| April 16th | | |
If you wish to apply for a place on a YAA squad, download the appropriate application form, complete it and return it, There is one form for new applicants who did not take part in last year's YAA squads, and another for returners who took part last year:
YAA squads application form for new applicants (Word format)
YAA squads application form for returners (Word format)
Please send completed applications by email to Kath Fitzpatrick, CCO:
Or by post to:
Kath Fitzpatrick
5 Wilson Grove
Lundwood
Barnsley
S71 5JS
Kath Fitzpatrick
County Coaching Officer
19 August 2010
West Yorkshire Sport, one of our County Sports Partnerships, has launched Coaching West Yorkshire.
Coaches can register quickly for information and updates by providing basic contact details.
Coaches who are prepared to give a lot more information (personal details, National Insurance Number, two references, etc) will be included in a brokerage service, whereby Coaching WY will connect suitable coaches to organisations that are looking for sports coaches.
Coaching West Yorkshire
WY Sport: Boost for sports coaching in West Yorkshire
19 August 2010
GBSport, an independent sports consultancy, is running four-hour training courses in business essentials for sports coaches, administrators and managers. While the YAA does not normally promote such commercial ventures, and we make no recommendation either way, we think many YAA members will be very interested in what these courses offer.
Courses are taking place all over the country - the document linked below gives all the dates and venues.
Details, dates and venues for GBSport Business Essentials courses
GBSport is running four-hour BUSINESS ESSENTIALS training courses for sports coaches, administrators and managers between September and December at venues throughout Britain, several in your area.
Your local courses are:
LEEDS - Tuesday 7th September 10am-2pm at South Leeds Golf Club
HULL - Tuesday 21st September 10am-2pm at Hull YPI Tennis Club
SHEFFIELD - Wednesday 22nd September 10am-2pm at Hillsborough Sports Arena
The course is a four hour guide on the key business and taxation issues that affect those coaching and administering a sports coaching programme/business, with particular emphasis on the following areas:
SELF-EMPLOYMENT STATUS - There are strict rules and regulations that must be met for a sports coach to be accepted as self-employed (as opposed to employed) by the taxman and there are serious financial consequences for both the coach and the organisation/person engaging the services of the coach should the taxman later declare them to be employed. The course details the key areas that the coach and client must address - substitution, control of the programme and financial risk - to ensure the coaches in a programme qualify as self-employed in the eyes of the taxman.
TAKING ON STAFF - The course outlines the issues relating to taking on coaches to expand a coaching programme, including employment status, insurance considerations, protection against the poaching of clients and child protection issues. We detail the various types of flexible employment contract available including zero hour contracts which are becoming increasingly popular as a means of engaging the services of sports coaches. We detail just what is involved in employing staff, including a detailed look at the administration required to run a PAYE system and employment rights.
CONTRACTS - The course details the key clauses needed to protect both coach and client and provide sample contracts for use with both self-employed and employed staff in a coaching programme.
INSURANCE - The course details the insurance cover that both coach and client must and should have in place to meet their legal and health and safety obligations.
VAT - The VAT regulations relating to delivery of coaching lessons are complex and the penalties for getting this wrong can be severe, particularly for the client/club. Level of turnover, employment status, the type of coaching - all of these are factors in whether VAT should be charged. This course details the rules and regulations and works through practical examples. It also details how to minimise the VAT bill if VAT has to be applied and how to best introduce any necessary increase in fees to customers.
All delegates attending the course receive a hard copy of the GBSport Running a Successful Coaching Programme handbook which includes a CD-ROM containing essential forms, guides and free software. We believe that this course is currently the only training of its type available for coaches and administrators and that it will provide them with vital information to ensure that they are operating legally and safely and thereby play an important part in professionalising the services they provide.
The course costs just £40 per person and has already been assessed and declared to be an approved training course by a number of sport national governing bodies and sports partnerships.
GBSport is an independent sports consultancy that works with sporting organisations and coaches/administrators in Britain to provide expert business and IT support services and training. You can find out more about the services we provide by visiting our web site at www.gbsport.org.uk.
Kind regards
Alison Lynch
GBSport
training@gbsport.org.uk
01952 201657
www.gbsport.org.uk
Registered Office:
Suite E
Business Development Centre
Stafford Park 4
Telford
TF3 3BA
26 July 2010
From the 20 July 2010, the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB) is no longer accepting the original style white CRB application forms with black typed question boxes. If you have one of these forms, you should destroy it and contact Archery GB for a copy of the new form, which is colour coded. If a white form is sent to Archery GB, it will be returned with a blank copy of the new form.
More information is available on the Archery GB website:
Archery GB: CRB Disclosure Applications
Andy Arnold - 18 July 2010
YAA Coaching must postpone the CPD sessions that had been planned for the 8th of August. They will most likely be rescheduled for January 2011. More information will be provided when dates have been finalised.
Andy Arnold
County Coach
Andy Arnold - 9 July 2010
YAA Coaching has organised several coach education days, at which coaches can learn valuable skills and gain continuous professional development (CPD) points.
| Date | Duration | Venue | Session title | Cost |
|---|
| - postponed - | Morning | St George's | Coaching archers with disabilities | £5.00 |
| - postponed - | Afternoon | St George's | Coaching Juniors | £5.00 |
| 4th September 2010 | Full day | Barnsley | Developing Technique | £10.00 |
| 3rd October 2010 | Full day | Barnsley | Bow Tuning | £10.00 |
| 7th November 2010 | Full day | Barnsley | Understanding compounds | £10.00 |
For more details or to book a place, please contact Andy Arnold.
Andy Arnold
County Coach
0113 250 4907
Leslie Culf - 1 June 2010
We are hosting a coaching weekend on Sat & Sun 14th & 15th August 2010 from 10:00AM to 4:00PM.
This will be held in the Wheelchair Sports Club Hall (Spinal Injuries Unit) at the Northern General Hospital, Herries Road, Sheffield S5 7AU.
Two coaches from British Blind Sport will be joining us on both dates to help visually impaired archers, and any coaches who would like to know how best to help VI archers that may like to join your clubs in the future would be very welcome.
Refreshments will be available all day on both dates.
Contact me on 0114 2465515.
Leslie Culf
Secretary, SRSB Sheffield Blind Archery
Older news
Kath Fitzpatrick - 3 September 2009
The NSPCC has launched a free online film - 'Play Sport Stay Safe' - for sports club staff, volunteers and parents. It shows examples of how to recognise, respond to and report any concerns over the safety and well being of children involved in sport.
NSPCC press release
NSPCC video
Kath Fitzpatrick
County Coaching Officer
26 March 2009
YAA Coaching has launched a new website:
YAA Coaching website
At present the site has limited information, but it will grow over time into a useful resource for Yorkshire's coaches and archers. We would be very interested in hearing your views on what the site should contain. Please send feedback to Tim Mason via yaa@phoenixbowmen.co.uk.
November 2008
Tom Musgrove was presented with the Jack Flinton Helping Hand Award at the National Coaching Conference, which took place from the 7th to the 9th of November 2008. The award of this annual trophy to Tom was announced at this year's Archery GB AGM following nomination by the Yorkshire Archery Association.
Tom's archery career began in 1954 with Harvester Archers in Doncaster. In 1956 he started to coach and rapidly progressed to a Regional and then National (now known as Senior) coach.
Tom has worked within the sport as a coach education tutor in Yorkshire and the East Midlands and as a coach, most notably working with the National Youth Squad. Tom is also largely responsible for the development of the Archery GB Leaders coaching award. In the early 1990s he was the first person to complete the Sports Coaching degree from the National Coaching Foundation (now sports coach UK).
Tom continues to work with archers of all standards from beginner to international level, and also happens to be a national table tennis coach! Kath Fitzpatrick, Archery GB Senior Coach and Northern Counties Regional Coaching Organiser said "I don't believe you could find anyone more committed to archery coaching than Tom - he still has a great enthusiasm for coaching and a thirst for learning to this day, he is a truly inspirational and a worthy recipient of this award".
Kath Fitzpatrick - 20 October 2008
Sue Thomis gave a presentation in Barnsley to YAA coaches on Sunday the 19th of October. The subject was drugs in sport.
The Powerpoint presentation that was used is available to download. It may take a minute to launch, so please be patient:
Presentation on drugs in sport (Powerpoint, 808kb)
Kath Fitzpatrick - 18 August 2008
Archery GB (which some do call The GNAS) has launched a coaching newsletter, Shooting Forward. For more details and to subscribe, go to the page below:
GNAS coaching page
Below is some information taken from the newsletter.
Shooting Forward is Archery GB's first online coaching magazine bringing you the latest news, coaching guidance and grass roots reporting. Within each edition of Shooting Forward you can expect to find regular features including C.A.S.E and Coaching Stars (see below) and club and coach development updates, in addition to the latest news and interesting interviews.
C.A.S.E
We believe that all coaches have a responsibility to share their coaching, ideas, techniques and methods with other coaches, and to seek better practice for themselves. In this vein, we introduce the 'Copy And Steal Everything' - CASE - guide to coaching!
To start with you copy and steal all the best coaching ideas that you can find. Then you share them with your coaching colleagues. Simple, and together we will improve our coaching skills!
Coaching Stars
It might be what they focus on or how they coach that makes the learning journey so dynamic and here's your chance to nominate your inspiring coach to be showcased in our regular feature 'Coaching Stars'. E-mail Hannah Bussey your 'Coaching Star' nomination along with the following information:
- Your nominated Coaching Stars' name, club, contact details and a photograph (jpeg format).
- A profile of who they coach and what makes their coaching so special.
- Your name and the name of anyone else who your nomination is on behalf of.
We'll contact the winning Coaching Star for a brief interview and inclusion in the next edition of Shooting Forward. Each featured Coaching Star will win an Archery GB key ring - what a bonus!
Mary Hannan - 28 February 2008
I'm trying to put a data base together of any coaches interested in going into schools to provide archery coaching, normally after school, 4pm-ish. Possibly with their own training equipment.
Please contact me on email via mary.skeet at btinternet.com, or phone 01405 765347.
Mary Hannan,
YAA Coaching Schools Liaison.
