Coaching Courses
Objective
To develop more water polo coaches and to get more people involved with the sport the Water Polo Institute Ltd has designed its own introductory coaching course for water polo players, coaches, managers and interested parents who are relatively new to coaching and/or the game. This course is being held dfue to the success of the first course held on May 8th. There are limited spaces so please enrol early.
Structure/Date/Venue/Fees
The course will be held as an interactive work shop at Sacred Heart College (meet at the pool entrance, bottom of gate 4). The next course date is yet to be finalised. We anticipate that it will occur in late term 3. The course is run over one full day with four theory sessions of 1.5 hours each. All sessions will be held at Sacred Heart College, 250 West Tamaki Drive, Glendowie. Registration Fees are $100 per participant.
Content
Main emphasis is on the design and development of water polo specific drills.
- Coaching Principles and methods
- Season and session planning
- Age groups specific training
- Development of water polo specific drills
- Water Polo specific swimming techniques and eggbeater
- Basic ball skill development
- Passing, different shooting techniques
- Game skills development
- Fundamental Tactics
- Defence and offence tactics
- Game coaching