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Allen J
There has been some discussion on this forum re the W A Shield Team
There are 6 level 2 coaches in W A 3 are High Performance 1, the other coach is a High performance 2.
2 days before nominations closed there were no applications for coach, or manager.
Why weren't there applications from the suitably qualified level 2 coach's?
If there were no applications for Coach or Manager received by the nominated closing date, there may not have even been a roll off.
When I found out that there were no nominations for Coach, or Manager, I e-mailed an application for coach.
My Daughter Michele also applied as Manager for the young ladies team. Michele stated that she had no experience as a team Manager, and that she would need some help as she did not know all the procedures and requirements.
I spent a lot of time, and considerable expense, developing a programme. The training programme was photocopied, and put into a display folder, included in the folder was a photocopy, of the rules for the President shield Tournament. None of the team members can say that they do not know the tournament rules. There was a copy of the codes of behaviour obtained from the W A Ministry of sport. Team members including the reserves were given a copy of the programme.
The training programme outlined the training for the next 26 weeks.
The team members were asked to show the programme to their personal coach, and if there was anything in it that he/she were concerned about, to contact me to discuss their concerns. None of the coachs contacted me, so I assumed that they were happy with the programme.
The first 4 to six weeks of training I was focusing on rhythm, timing and balance. Then personal numbers, spare shooting systems, lane conditions and analysis, etc, etc
Week 3 the Australia long day long weekend training was optional, those going away were excused, the others were given the option of training if they wished to. Two bowlers did attend, and I was told that they got a lot out of it.
Yes I did ask the team to decide if they wanted me as coach. There were several underlying reasons as to why this question was asked.
Bowlers not turning up for training, and no notification explaining their absences.
Bowlers arriving late for training, when asked why giggle and walk off.
Week 2 of training I talked about tempo steps and timing. A bowler with a 5-step delivery was adamant that the Push-away is on the first step. I asked him how he did that and he said that was how his coach taught him and that was how he was going to do it. He refused to discuss or try any other options.
2 to 3 of the girls went off the lanes after each bowl talking to their friend’s etc, when asked to stay on the lanes they shrugged their shoulders giggled and continued to leave the lanes. Shows their level of commitment doesn’t it.
(I was told that Alison and Emily were an hour late for the meeting at Cannington)
One of the guys asked about getting more revolutions on the ball, I went through the rotation drills and showed how to control the ball revs using that technique. The following week I asked him how he was going with it. Another of the boys said that his coach told him what I showing them was a load of crap, and rubbish. The other coach (a level 1) did not contact me to discuss any of it.
Adrien you said on this forum that you did not want to travel to Kelmscott, and that you were not taught anything. I showed you some techniques on the second week of training, you didn’t attend training week 3 (optional) or week 4, and did not notify me that you were not coming to training. I cannot follow up or teach you if you are not there can I? Rumour has it that you went to a party or something?
It was getting to the point that the team members were not listening to what I was endeavouring to teach them, although some were. Consistently late or not bothering to attend at all. A programme that was based on Queensland model was treated as rubbish. Three to four weeks into a new programme is hardly enough time too effectively evaluate it. I was being undermined by level 1 coach/s. I felt that I was wasting my time.
Adrien you say that there are 4 coachs ready to fill the void, as stated before there are only 6 suitably qualified coachs in W A.
I dare say this post will cause me some grief, but there were some reasons why the question was asked.
Over the years there have been a lot of issues in WA that, have not been dealt with correctly, or have been swept under the carpet.
I apologise for the length of this post.
Good luck and best wishes to all the teams for President Shield 2004
Allen J
There are 6 level 2 coaches in W A 3 are High Performance 1, the other coach is a High performance 2.
2 days before nominations closed there were no applications for coach, or manager.
Why weren't there applications from the suitably qualified level 2 coach's?
If there were no applications for Coach or Manager received by the nominated closing date, there may not have even been a roll off.
When I found out that there were no nominations for Coach, or Manager, I e-mailed an application for coach.
My Daughter Michele also applied as Manager for the young ladies team. Michele stated that she had no experience as a team Manager, and that she would need some help as she did not know all the procedures and requirements.
I spent a lot of time, and considerable expense, developing a programme. The training programme was photocopied, and put into a display folder, included in the folder was a photocopy, of the rules for the President shield Tournament. None of the team members can say that they do not know the tournament rules. There was a copy of the codes of behaviour obtained from the W A Ministry of sport. Team members including the reserves were given a copy of the programme.
The training programme outlined the training for the next 26 weeks.
The team members were asked to show the programme to their personal coach, and if there was anything in it that he/she were concerned about, to contact me to discuss their concerns. None of the coachs contacted me, so I assumed that they were happy with the programme.
The first 4 to six weeks of training I was focusing on rhythm, timing and balance. Then personal numbers, spare shooting systems, lane conditions and analysis, etc, etc
Week 3 the Australia long day long weekend training was optional, those going away were excused, the others were given the option of training if they wished to. Two bowlers did attend, and I was told that they got a lot out of it.
Yes I did ask the team to decide if they wanted me as coach. There were several underlying reasons as to why this question was asked.
Bowlers not turning up for training, and no notification explaining their absences.
Bowlers arriving late for training, when asked why giggle and walk off.
Week 2 of training I talked about tempo steps and timing. A bowler with a 5-step delivery was adamant that the Push-away is on the first step. I asked him how he did that and he said that was how his coach taught him and that was how he was going to do it. He refused to discuss or try any other options.
2 to 3 of the girls went off the lanes after each bowl talking to their friend’s etc, when asked to stay on the lanes they shrugged their shoulders giggled and continued to leave the lanes. Shows their level of commitment doesn’t it.
(I was told that Alison and Emily were an hour late for the meeting at Cannington)
One of the guys asked about getting more revolutions on the ball, I went through the rotation drills and showed how to control the ball revs using that technique. The following week I asked him how he was going with it. Another of the boys said that his coach told him what I showing them was a load of crap, and rubbish. The other coach (a level 1) did not contact me to discuss any of it.
Adrien you said on this forum that you did not want to travel to Kelmscott, and that you were not taught anything. I showed you some techniques on the second week of training, you didn’t attend training week 3 (optional) or week 4, and did not notify me that you were not coming to training. I cannot follow up or teach you if you are not there can I? Rumour has it that you went to a party or something?
It was getting to the point that the team members were not listening to what I was endeavouring to teach them, although some were. Consistently late or not bothering to attend at all. A programme that was based on Queensland model was treated as rubbish. Three to four weeks into a new programme is hardly enough time too effectively evaluate it. I was being undermined by level 1 coach/s. I felt that I was wasting my time.
Adrien you say that there are 4 coachs ready to fill the void, as stated before there are only 6 suitably qualified coachs in W A.
I dare say this post will cause me some grief, but there were some reasons why the question was asked.
Over the years there have been a lot of issues in WA that, have not been dealt with correctly, or have been swept under the carpet.
I apologise for the length of this post.
Good luck and best wishes to all the teams for President Shield 2004
Allen J
