COURCEY ROVERS UNDERAGE PLAYER - PowerPoint Presentation

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COURCEY ROVERS UNDERAGE PLAYER

POLICY

Jan 1

st

2017Slide2

REVIEW COMMITTE

DAVID HAYES

DECLAN WALSH

GER SWEETNAM

LIAM TWOMEY

LISA MURPHY*

GARY MOLONEY

* - Due to family reasons Lisa withdrew from committee in SeptSlide3

POLICY OBJECTIVES

To be fair to every player, both weak and strong

Give guidance to Coaches

Give guidance/protection to the Club

Be in line with the ambition of the Club

Be in line with Best Practices in youth sport (Our Games Our Code)

Be able to deal with increasing numbers of underage playersSlide4

AREAS POLICY WILL NOT DEAL WITH

Coaching – Standards, methods, etc.

Grades at which teams should play

CompetitionsSlide5

POINTS TO REMEMBER

This can be a very emotive issue

There is no “Silver bullet” policy

Common sense must be applied to all policiesSlide6

BACKGROUND

Looked at other clubs policies

Looked at various documents from the GAA

Met with the Cork coaching officer Kevin O’DonovanSlide7

AMBITION OF THE CLUB

Keep up with best practice

Increase Juvenile playing numbers

Give all players the opportunity to reach full potential

Reduce drop out

Pass to adult club a steady flow of high performing players

Develop (up skill) and become a team of coaches

To see a healthy successful Courceys in the long term

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Source: Courcey Rovers Coaching PlanSlide8

OBJECTIVES FOR PLAYERS

Players aged 6–11 Play to learn

Players aged 12–17 Learn to Compete

Players aged 18 + Compete to win

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Coach 10 – GAA Coaching modelSlide9

STRUCTURE OF THE POLICY

THE POLICY CONSISTS OF THREE MAIN POINTS

THE NEXT SLIDES FOLLOW THE FOLLOWING FORMAT

FORMULATING EACH POINT

INTRODUCE THE POINT

CONSIDERATIONSSlide10

FORMULATING OUR POLICY

-POINT 1

What are the reasons for an underage player to join a GAA club?

What do players/parents of players expect when they join a GAA Club?

What are we as a club offering/promising them?Slide11

UNDERAGE PLAYERS POLICY

- POINT 1

All players who are registered with Courcey Rovers and who regularly attend training sessions are entitled to regular meaningful games (RMG)Slide12

CONSIDERATIONS

This point is extremely hard to argue against

We recommend that coaches keep a log of attendance for all training sessions and matchesSlide13

FORMULATING

OUR POLICY

-POINT

2

What team/age group takes priority for a player playing for more than one team or age group?

How is this decided?

Who decides this?Slide14

UNDERAGE

PLAYERS

POLICY

-POINT 2

2.

All players must train and play with their own age group first.

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CONSIDERATIONS

- POINT 2

Children want to play with their friends/peers/classmates

In the GAA players are grouped by the year of their birth

The majority of children will start school in the September of the year that they are going to be 5 – All of these children will be born in the same year

Some children will start school in the September of the year that they are 4 – These children will be born in a different year than the majority of their classmatesSlide16

UNDERAGE

PLAYERS

POLICY

- POINT 2

2. All players must train and play with their own age group first.

- However, if the club coaching officer considers it more appropriate in developmental or player retention terms for a boy (6-12) to play with his primary school classmates in an older group, they may do so.

- Players in the above scenario can not revert to a younger age

group

for blitzes/matches unless the

Coaching Development Group deems

it beneficial

for the player and teams/age groups involved.Slide17

FORMULATING

THE

POLICY

- POINT 3

What happens when

p

layers are required by an older group(s)?

Who decides what/when/who?Slide18

UNDERAGE PLAYERS POLICY

- POINT 3

If players are required by an older age group, the

Club Coaching Development Group is

first consulted and then the coach of the younger team is informed before any players are notified

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CONSIDERATIONS

POINT 3

How do you satisfy the clubs ambition of being successful and developing all players?

How do you manage team selection/game time to achieve these goalsSlide20

UNDERAGE PLAYERS POLICY

-

POINT

3

3.

If

players are required by an older age group, the

Club Coaching Development Group

is first

consulted

and then the coach

of

the younger team is informed before any

players are

notified

3a. All players form Under 10 downwards, who regularly attend training, will be provided with Equal Game Time

3b. At U11 and U12 players who attend training regularly will be provided with meaningful game time,

3c. At U14, U16 and U18, a principle of playing players on the age where possible will be established, with due consideration given to the varying importance between league and championship games.Slide21

DEALING WITH ISSUES

As issues may arise during the course of a playing season, the first point of contact for the resolution of such issues is the

Coaching Development Group. Slide22

UNDERAGE PLAYERS POLICY

All players who are registered with Courcey Rovers and regularly attend training sessions are entitled to regular, meaningful games.

All players must train and play with their own age group first.

- However, if the club

C

oaching Development Group

considers it more

appropriate

in developmental or player retention terms for a boy (6-12) to play with

his

primary school classmates in an older group, they may do so.

- Players in the above scenario can not revert to a younger age group for blitzes/matches unless the coaching officer deems it beneficial for the player and teams/age groups involved

.

3.

If players are required by an older age group, the

coaching Development Group

is first consulted and then the coach of the younger team is informed before any

players are notified.

3a.

All players form Under 10 downwards, who regularly attend

training

, will be

provided

with

Equal

Game Time

3b.

At

U11 and U12 players who attend training regularly will be

provided

with

meaningful game

time,

3c

.

At U14, U16 and U18, a principle of playing players on the age where possible will

be established

, with due consideration given to the varying importance between

league

and

championship

games.