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ENGLAND NETBALL COMPETITION STRUCTURE

ENGLAND NETBALL COMPETITION STRUCTURE. Quality experience, accessible for all. England Netball wants: Better opportunity for more people Appropriate netball competition fitting with LTAD and player pathway To grow netball - club emphasis with school base

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ENGLAND NETBALL COMPETITION STRUCTURE

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  1. ENGLAND NETBALLCOMPETITION STRUCTURE

  2. Quality experience, accessible for all England Netball wants: • Better opportunity for more people • Appropriate netball competition fitting with LTAD and player pathway • To grow netball - club emphasis with school base • Develop skills of young athlete, therefore need more clubs for them to go into so there is more appropriate competition • Further develop coach, umpires, officials, volunteers to support new structure

  3. LTAD Principles • Concerns with current sport systems: • Young athletes under-train & over-compete • Inappropriate competition schedule is superimposed on young athletes • 5 Reasons EN introduced LTAD: • Guide planning for optimal performance of athletes in order for England Netballers to be the best they can be • Eliminate gaps in the current Netball development pathway • Establish a clear Netball development pathway • Realign and integrate the programmes for developing Netball athletes and Netball in England • Provide a planning tool, based on scientific research and empirical evidence for coaches and administrators

  4. England NetballAthlete Development ModelIncorporating LTAD

  5. Change of focus from counties • Every child attends school, so we need to invest in schools competition framework • Sporting ethos towards club development; underpinned by Sport England Funding • EN Senior competition structure is clubs based, junior structure needs to mirror it • LTAD principles vital for young players to achieve their potential • County competition was too much on top of school & club • Aim for league competition with longer matches, rather than short tournament matches

  6. Senior Competition Structure Super League Premier Divisions 1 & 2 9 x Regional Leagues Area / County Leagues District / Local Leagues

  7. National Schools Competition Framework • September 2005 - 20 SSP with Competition Managers [not teacher], in 5 CSP, to facilitate running of sport competition • Netball is 1st year focus sport in all 20 SSP [all 31 sports have signed up to this] • Netball’s new structure reflects the national schools competition structure which is why it has been chosen as a pilot sport

  8. Primary Education • Emphasis on delivery of FUNdamental stage: • Ages 5 – 7: multiskill activity / festivals • Ages 7 – 9: multsikill / multisport activity / festivals • Ages 9 – 11: High Five netball leagues • Focus delivery on the state sector, through School Sport Partnerships to include Independent schools • Menu of options for delivery, and resource support • County Netball Coordinators / CSPs to support • High Five compulsory in clubs for CAPS accreditation

  9. Secondary Education • Principal objective: to ensure a high-quality, exciting and appropriate experience • Emphasis on: • Ongoing local competition, culminating in festivals or tournaments • Intra-school netball from Year 7 upwards • Retain 2 x National Schools tournaments, for Years 8 / 9 and Years 10 / 11 • Create a single National Under-18 tournament for schools, college and club teams

  10. Secondary Education

  11. Junior & Youth Club competition

  12. Academies/RTDP • Satellite and County academies to run in every county to provide individual training • Regional Talent Development Programme being set-up in each Region, as the next stage of talent development • RHS selects from nominations from academies/schools/clubs • Coaches/teachers attend PSW to nominate

  13. Talent Programme for Youth Aspiring for better competition and training for all players at all levels

  14. University & College Netball • As currently, through BUSA • England Netball to establish BUSA Sports Management Group to drive forward: • Support structures for university clubs, e.g., coaching, umpiring, leadership • Provision of competitive opportunities for players not selected for BUSA teams • Encouragement of intra-mural netball • Similarly with British Colleges Sports Association

  15. Implementation - timescales

  16. Organisation - by whom? • Schools • High 5 leagues/festivals • School leagues • Put schools forward for county round of National schools • Clubs • Play in local leagues • Can progress through: • county, regional/area, premier leagues • County Netball Association: • County round of National schools • County leagues (determine own structure)

  17. Organisation - by whom? • TSG (or separate region committees): • Regional round of National schools • Regional leagues (determine own structure) • Regional Talent Development Programme • Regional Screening Days (RHS and qualified coaches/teachers) • England Netball • Will produce guidelines on best practise by autumn 2005. Setting up National Group to decide - all regions having input

  18. Questions

  19. These next slides are for backup in case you get questions about them

  20. Club Development Model

  21. Franchises • Elite Competition • Home Training • Development of players, coaches & umpires • Junior elite teams aspiring to high level play

  22. Practical application • 10yr old- H5 in SSP league and/or club. • U14 county player in club competition & Academies for individual skills’ training • U16 player in club competition & Academy or RTDP • U18 player in open club competition or age group • Requires good club development within County & Region so good competition available • Good clubs – CAPS club – provide mentoring & support to develop other strong clubs to provide regular good competition. (Counties not always able to provide good competition at present)

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