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Voice of the Participant (VOP)
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The 2019 Voice of the Participant Survey continued to show improvement in our participants’ experiences at their Netball centre. Conducted by Sport NZ across 10 sports, more than 3,400 NNZ members took part in the survey. The findings provide a wealth of information for Netball administrators across the county when considering how an individual participates and interacts with our game.
Since the survey’s inception, satisfaction rates across all metrics have increased year on year, a very pleasing and encouraging reflection of the great work being undertaken in our Centres.
Here is a snapshot, with full results available on our website.
100
Nearly 50% of participants are likely to recommend their Centre.
50
38% 40% 47%
2016 2018 2019 100
More than 80% of members intend to re-join next season.
50 78% 79% 82%
2016 2018 2019
100
Six in ten of the respondents perceive value for money.
50 57% 55% 60%
2016 2018 2019
More than 50% of participants are more than satisfied with their Centre experience. 50 100
46% 48% 54%
2016 2018 2019
Netball NZ Affi liated Player Membership
NORTHERN WAIBOP CENTRAL MAINLAND SOUTH TOTAL Yr 1&2 1,598 1,277 2,179 629 662 6,345 Yr 3&4 4,230 2,439 3,688 2,035 1,261 13,653 Yr 5&6 6,498 3,481 4,629 2,670 1,557 18,835 Yr 7&8 7,860 4,170 6,100 3,320 2,150 23,600 JUNIOR TOTAL 20,186 11,367 16,596 8,654 5,630 62,433 Secondary 9,910 4,510 7,110 5,000 2,570 29,100 Senior 5,640 4,570 5,730 3,650 2,450 22,040 TOTAL (excluding Recreational) 35,736 20,447 29,436 17,304 10,650 113,573 Recreational 11,250 1,880 7,200 2,190 1,620 22,520 TOTAL 46,986 22,327 36,636 19,494 12,270 137,713
Coaching
• Each Zone hosted a collaborative Coach Developer Training, involving RSTs, other codes, NNZ and the Zone. Over 100 Coach Developers were trained at these events. • 8 new trainers were developed. • 2,094 coaches attended coach development sessions. • 59 coaches completed their CCA Award.
• The online learning platform for community coaches was launched, with learning modules, tools, templates and resources.
• Five coach workshops have been refreshed to be more practical.
• A new tournament coaching resource was launched.
• Voice of the Participant coach satisfaction rates have increased.
PERFORMANCE COACHING QUALIFICATIONS ( PCQ )
PCQ was under review and has been refreshed. This year, four coaches have completed PCQ around the country.
This year we also piloted the Composite Coaching Qualification with Netball Central Zone. The programme was a success with coaches having an opportunity to learn from the high performance staff, including Waimarama Taumaunu (Central HP Director) and NNZ coaching staff. The programme has been designed for elite athletes transitioning into coaching and for experienced coaches. They were supported throughout the season culminating in a final meeting with their cohort to present insights into the season and planning. Most coaches will now proceed as a cohort to PCQ in the new year.
The Coaching for Success National Roadshow saw a team of experts travelling the country earlier this year running a variety of workshops for community and performance coaches. The roadshow was led by Deb Fuller (Silver Ferns assistant coach) and other experts. The workshops included:
Campaign planning: Deb Fuller
Movement to maximise performance: Sharon Kearney
Optimise performance and minimise risk – keep your players on the court workshop: Nic Kelly
Creating an environment that ignites motivation in youth to excel: Charissa Barham
Umpiring
COMMUNITY UMPIRING
Our umpires, umpire coaches and bench officials continue to support the game at community level. Netball NZ have been working with the Zones to develop our hard-working people. We’ve launched new umpire modules, a new delivery model for umpire coach development linked to Sport New Zealand’s Coach Developer and a review of bench officiating.
2,111 Total Accredited Umpires 537 Total Umpire Coaches 75 Total Number of Bench Offi cials 20 New Umpires
2019 NATIONAL UMPIRE SQUAD
Angela Armstrong-Lush Josh Bowring Lisa Douglas Myron Elkington Gracey Farquharson Gareth Fowler Ann Hay Jess Lea Sasha McLeod Ken Metekingi Zak Middleton Cory Nicholls Kristie Simpson Michelle Stagg
NetballSmart
NetballSmart is Netball NZ’s Official Injury Prevention Programme, funded through ACC. The programme has continued to grow through 2019 with some great connections with the Netball community.
It has been a hugely successful year with ACC Netball injuries on the decline and a 13 percent decrease in ACL injuries since 2016.
HIGH PERFORMANCE UMPIRING HIGHLIGHTS
It was a successful year for the Netball NZ National Umpire Squad. Following a successful ANZ Premiership and Beko Netball League, four umpires from our squad umpired at the Netball World Cup in Liverpool (Angela Armstrong-Lush, Josh Bowring, Lisa Douglas and Gareth Fowler).
In addition, Myron Elkington, Ann Hay, Sasha McLeod, Ken Metekingi, Cory Nicholls and Kristie Simpson umpired internationally.
Fay Meiklejohn was appointed as Umpire Appointments Panel Chair at the Netball World Cup. In addition, Colleen Bond, David Pala’amo and Jan Teesdale were appointed to coaching panels at international events in 2019.
Six umpires with their International Umpire Award and one with their International Talent ID umpired in New Zealand in 2019.
Ken Metekingi achieved his International Umpire Award in 2019. HIGHLIGHTS:
• Qualified and experienced staff have been positioned and are engaging in all five Zones promoting the NetballSmart initiatives, increasing NetballSmart awareness.
• The NetballSmart programme has been developed beyond the NetballSmart Dynamic Warm-Up, with a key focus on jump and land capability, core strength, balance and body weight strengthening. Combining these elements helps to improve player performance and decreases injuries. • Zones have linked closely with Asics, promoting some great messages though social media.
• Staff have attended international, national and community events promoting the importance of being NetballSmart throughout the year. • NetballSmart Ambassadors have been widely used at multiple events to promote key NetballSmart messages.
• The comprehensive NetballSmart resources have continued to grow, helping to educate coaches players, parents and umpires. • 65 percent of respondents in the Sport NZ 2019 Voice of the Participant survey have heard of the NetballSmart Dynamic Warm-Up and have used it, a 15 percent increase from 2018.
Mother Earth futureFERNS
Our primary- and intermediate-aged participants are the most satisfied age group according to the 2019 Voice of the Participant survey with 86 percent likely to re-join in 2020, which has increased by 6 percent since 2018.
The focus of the Mother Earth futureFERNS programme is to have fun and to learn fundamental Netball skills. It’s great to see that we align with what our participants want.
– Year 6 futureFERNS participant
At the beginning of the year, Mother Earth futureFERNS completed a marketing campaign with an overall reach of 370,750. As part of this campaign, 20 primary schools received a Netball bag with equipment. The Mother Earth futureFERNS website was updated to make it easier to find out how to play, and 40 videos for the Year 5-8 Netball sessions were added to the online coaching portal.
There were 3,831 coaches who attended a Mother Earth futureFERNS workshop. Our coaches are integral to providing a quality experience for our players, so it is great to see so many involved in the workshops.
Five Zone Festival Days were held across the country and, as always, were supported by our great sponsor Mother Earth.
Muffin Break Year 7 & 8 Player Development Programme (PDP) continued into its second year in 2019 with 43 Centres participating, an increase from 27 in 2018.
The aim of Muffin Break PDP is to provide greater opportunities for players in this age group. The programme continues to focus on a player’s fundamental movement skills as well as a player’s overall wellness.
Due to the flexible nature of the Muffin Break PDP, it has been delivered in a variety of ways throughout the country, this year including holiday programmes, overnight camps and six-week blocks.
– Year 7 & 8 participant
Muffin Break PDP also offers the opportunity for coach development and for coaches to work as a community so they can learn and support each other. NNZ will continue to look at ways to upskill coaches participating in this programme.
“Benefits of the PDP is they (players) are getting the additional coaching, new ideas and just being with a different group of girls, it really is great for them. It is also a great way to learn how to coach. PDP isn’t just player development, it’s coach development and umpire development.” – Year 7 & 8 PDP coach
Centres have really committed to embedding this programme into their communities, and we are already starting to see the benefit with more people having the opportunity to participate in Netball.
Youth Volunteering
This year saw the launch of the Youth Engagement and Retention Strategy (YERS) which came after six months of consultation through online surveys, focus groups and surveys at various tournaments and schools. Combining the insights from the Voice of the Participant survey, Sport New Zealand’s Secondary School review, consultation with the community and the contribution of the working party, the YERS was developed. The YERS is a guiding document that provides resources and systems to support the delivery of youth Netball to meet the needs of youth in local communities.
RESPOND TO THE LOCAL NEEDS OF YOUTH
Ko te ahurei o te tamaiti ka ārahi i ā tātou mahi. Let the uniqueness of the child guide our work.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Student Coach Pilot: One hundred student coaches across the country had access to resources to support their journey. The learnings from these student coaches now shape the next phase of Student Coach Support. Schools that contributed to these learnings were Epsom Girls’ Grammar, Cambridge High School, Napier Girls’ High School, Hastings Girls’ High School, St Hilda’s Collegiate School.
• Netball Leaders: Netball Northern have helped to develop, pilot and implement this resource alongside Sue Emerson (AUT) over the last two years. The next step was to offer this resource to the rest of Aotearoa.
• The Netball Leaders Developer Workshops have been piloted in Central and Mainland Zones.
• Youth Advisory Group (YAG): The NNZ YAG is being developed. Youth have been identified and have become a part of the group to co-design the YAG, it’s name, purpose, roles and structure.
• Opportunities for males to participate at secondary school: Netball Manawatu ran a successful tournament and Hawke’s Bay Netball championed different approaches for the inclusion of males.
SUPPORT YOUTH FROM A SHARED VISION
Ehara taku toa, he takitahi, he toa takitini. My success should not be bestowed onto me alone, as it was not individual success but success of a collective. In 2019, we were delighted to welcome Cadbury as the Official Volunteer Partner of Netball NZ.
As a result, the NNZ Volunteer Strategy has been developed and released with a vision to ‘Value and Support our Volunteers’.
He wahi mōhou hei tūao. There is a place for you to volunteer.
Netball relies on volunteers to enable participants to play and have a quality Netball experience. Therefore, the strategy aims to make volunteering easier and places the volunteer at the centre of everything we do. Retaining and acknowledging Netball volunteers is paramount while creating an environment where others want to join in. Sharing the benefits of volunteering and the effect it has on connecting communities and on an individual’s hauora (health and wellbeing) is also a key aspect.
HIGHLIGHTS:
• Centres said thanks to their volunteers with over 43,000 Cadbury thanks-packs distributed nationally.
• Cadbury activations held at 17 Centres gave participants the opportunity to say thanks to their volunteer champions. • The Cadbury Volunteer of the Month acknowledgment initiative ran from June to September with 204 nominations from 45 Centres and four volunteer feature stories on NNZ communication channels.
• Five volunteers awarded in the annual Cadbury Volunteer Awards across the categories of Coach, Administrator, Official, Youth and Community Champion. Winners were presented and hosted at the NZ Netball Awards.
Thank you to all our Netball volunteers in 2019 who contribute countless hours across a variety of roles to support the game and its participants. The impact you have on all involved is huge and very much appreciated!
