NEWS_ New Showcase alternatives for coaches & managers – English Ice Hockey Affiliation
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January 12, 2023
The EIHA is as soon as once more recruiting and expressions of curiosity at the moment are being invited from dynamic and versatile coaches and managers at varied ranges to supply assist to a new-look Showcase programme. The Showcase programme is deliberate to renew in February with a tournament-style occasion to be held in Sheffield in Could.
The Showcase Programme types a part of the EIHA’s Elite Participant Pathway and its goal is primarily to establish suitably gifted athletes for the EIHA’s flagship growth programme, the England Nationwide Crew Programme (ENTP).
The purpose of Showcase is to supply a platform for gamers to change into the very best variations of themselves whereas being pushed to new ranges of efficiency and talent in a match surroundings. Final yr the Showcase Match was expanded to incorporate Below-19 groups on the expense of Below-11 groups, and this yr organisers are hoping to determine the same platform for gamers at Below-9 and Below-11 in their very own Showcase occasion. Particulars of the Below-9 and Below-11 programme can be introduced sooner or later.
For now the EIHA Director accountable for Showcase, Gary Apsley, is searching for excessive calibre candidate coaches and managers who’ve the capability and functionality to take ahead a new-look Showcase Programme. Mr Apsley is eager to obtain expressions of curiosity from any EIHA Coach or Supervisor who has accomplished all vital coaching and recertification and who has the time and experience to assist develop a brand-new strategy to the EIHA’s Stage 2 Improvement Programme. He stated:
“We shaped a small Working Group to have a look at how we may carry a brand new degree of vitality and goal to the Showcase occasion. We launched some adjustments final yr that had been properly acquired and set a brand new degree of competitors. The emphasis was much less in regards to the workforce and extra in regards to the growth of particular person gamers and when coupled to the expansion in our Athlete Improvement Crew round off-ice preparation and energy and conditioning for gamers, we imagine we’re taking our Elite Pathway to new ranges.”
With nearly two years away from the sport because of the pandemic it’s straightforward to see that the taking part in programmes have some method to go to meet up with the place they had been. The EIHA has closely invested this yr in Coach and Supervisor growth throughout your entire schooling platform and the work being accomplished by all coaches and managers on the primary stage of the re-development is coming to an finish. The Coach and Supervisor programmes are a part of the EIHA strategic precedence and there’s nonetheless a lot work to do as we ship the enhancements in requirements and efficiency that had been focused again in August 2021.
EIHA Head of Teaching, Ben Pitchley, has welcomed this new recruitment marketing campaign and believes {that a} new-look Showcase programme will present a terrific technical and tactical problem for many coaches, as the brand new ideas being thought-about are in contrast to something that has been accomplished earlier than. He stated:
“I’ve spent many seasons trying ahead to the annual Showcase match, first as an Assistant Coach, then a Crew Coach and latterly as a Regional Head Coach and Coach Mentor normally for the outdated South-East Regional Convention groups. I do know that our gamers and volunteer employees members maintain the occasion within the highest regard and I’m eager to see that assist proceed.”
He continued, “However instances have modified and prices at the moment are a significant factor of the general affordability for participation within the occasion and that is one thing we have now recognised. Not all of our dad and mom can afford the plain expense of Showcase coaching periods on high of the three-nights lodge and related further prices that include an extended weekend away. This recognition was a catalyst for a root-and-branch re-think for the occasion. As well as we needed to seek out new methods to check all members not simply the gamers.”
The brand new-look Showcase will contain new choice occasions, new knowledge capturing programs, new workforce names and a very new match format that’s meant to breathe new life into Showcase. It would additionally present new and thrilling challenges for all members that can take a look at the adaptability of gamers, coaches and managers who might want to carry new ranges of versatility and depth that ought to problem even essentially the most gifted participant.
Apsley added, “We intend to make a significant announcement about Showcase earlier than the top of January with choice occasions being held in February, March and early April. Groups can be introduced in April and the Match occasion can be held at Ice Sheffield in Could.”
The EIHA is now searching for expressions of curiosity from registered and certified coaches and managers for the next roles:
Superior Coach – Senior Lead Coach (Supervisor/Mentor) – 4 posts
Technical Choice Coach – 4 posts
Crew Head Coach – as much as 12 posts
Assistant Coach – as much as 24 posts
Superior Supervisor – Senior Lead Supervisor (Supervisor/Mentor) – 4 posts
Crew Supervisor – as much as 12 posts
Assistant Supervisor – as much as 12 posts
Anybody wishing toput themselves ahead for consideration for appointment to any of the above roles ought to ship an electronic mail to [email protected] within the first occasion and supply the next:
Identify
Most popular Showcase Function
Present Membership
Present Function
Response to the next questions: How can the EIHA set new technical and tactical challenges for gamers in Showcase? How can the EIHA promote and encourage a tradition that respects the sport and people who take part in it? If appointed, what is going to you carry to your most well-liked function that others may not recognise or see within the present recreation?
Be aware: Please use not more than 100 phrases for every response.
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