Coaching Resources

As part of your coaching role, there are a number of requirements that you should fulfill on behalf of the Club and Netball Australia.

Sandy Starlets requests that you:

• Have a current Working with Children Check (if over 18).

• Attend all training sessions and games.

• Arrive at games 15 minutes before start time to warm the players up and assign positions.

• Plan and facilitate training sessions.

• Plan player positions in games and, up to lower age U13, to rotate players evenly through all netball positions.

• Develop player skills through positive reinforcement.

• Monitor and record player attendance at training and games. 

Netball Australia outlines behaviours that are expected of every person involved in netball: spectators, players, parents/guardians, officials, administrators, coaches.  Sandy Starlets adopts and supports the Netball Australia National Codes of Behaviour and as the Coach you are expected to adhere to the Coaches Code of Conduct detailed herein.

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Player behaviour.

When registering, the players and parents have accepted the Code of Conduct but to ensure that it is read and understood, we ask you to go through the Player Code of Conduct with your team members at the first training session and arrange for them to sign and accept it.

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Team Selection and Rotations.

• You need to do the game day positions each week and keep a record of these.

• There are four quarters and there is a straight changeover at the first and third quarters with a longer break at half time. Non-players should not go onto the court at quarter and 3 quarter time.

• U/9 and U/11 players are to be rotated through each position on the court.  All coaches are to keep a record of this in their exercise book. Try to leave a player in one of their positions for at least 2 quarters during the game so they get a better feel for the position.

• It may become necessary to demonstrate you have complied with the rotation policy so please ensure each week’s games are recorded in the exercise book we have provided and I suggest you keep a soft copy for ease of use (refer to the example I have provided).  Sometimes the players (and perhaps parents) need to be shown that there has been a fair rotation so the summary in the example was very useful.

• U/13 teams are to be rotated for the first ½ of the season.  Coaches may then place players through a range of their strongest positions.

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 Important BDNA rules if you are short players.

• There must be a minimum of 5 players for a team to take the court. There must be at least 4 of the original team on the court. 

• If you are short players, you are able to borrow a player from another team at the same or lower grade or lower age level than your team. However there must be a minimum of four players from the original team

• You cannot have a non-permanent player in the team if you have 7 players available unless there is an injury to a permanent player during the game.

• Players may play up a maximum of three (3) games in a team.  If you use that player again, they need to permanently join your team so ensure you do not do so.  SDNA keeps a record of this on the boards in the foyer so you can easily check.

• Players cannot play more than 2 games on the one day (in other words, a player can only play in their home team and play up once on the one day).

Finals.

• In finals, it is expected that all team members will play.  They have all contributed to the team’s success.  If there is a reason you may wish to schedule a player off for more than one quarter, you need to discuss and agree this well before finals with:

  • The coaching co-ordinator and/or the SSNC president; and

  • The team.

It should not come as a surprise on finals day as it can be upsetting for the player(s) involved.

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