Association Croquet Coaching


Your local club probably offers coaching for beginners, and possibly beyond into intermediate play.

The CA runs a number of courses:

The Regional Bronze or Improvers Courses concentrate on setting up and maintaining breaks, and positive use of bisques. The National Silver Course and the Silver-Gilt (Introduction to Advanced Play) Course both concentrate on the kind of break management and tactics that naturally lead the player to win the Silver Badge. The National Gold Course is designed to prepare players to achieve the Triple Peel and therefore obtain the Gold Badge. It suggests tactics for the standard triple and the delayed triple, and covers the attacking leaves after the first ball has reached four-back, in order to make the lift shot as difficult as possible for the opponent. A workshop covering the Sextuple Peel was run in August 2004 - going into the mechanics of the usual break required, the leaves required to set up the situation, and the difficulties that may follow if things do not go exactly to plan. Several of the participants have since obtained their Platinum Badge. The workshop will be run again when there is sufficient demand.

Special opportunity for Juniors

CA Junior Members can access the wide-ranging CA Mentoring Scheme to benefit from the experience of leading players.

Association Croquet Coaching Courses in the Fixtures Book

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- 3 Apr Croquet Academy Master Class in the Psychology of Association Croquet info_trans_18x17 CA   Jan 1 Mar 27  
 
- 6-7 Apr Sidmouth Grade 1 Coaches Preparation Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:14-        
- 10-11 Apr East Dorset Bronze Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:10–20     Apr 2  
 
- 17-18 Apr Croquet Academy Silver Coaching Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:6–10   Jan 1 Apr 10  
- 17-18 Apr Croquet Academy Gold Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:4-   Jan 1 Apr 10  
 
- 24-25 Apr Croquet Academy Beginners' and Improvers' Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:18+   Jan 1 Apr 17  
- 24-25 Apr Croquet Academy Introduction to Advanced Play info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:4–8   Jan 1 Apr 18  
 
- 29-30 Apr Croquet Academy Bronze Coaching Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:12–18   Jan 1 Apr 21  
 
- 26-30 Jul Croquet Academy AC Summer School info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:16+   Jan 1 Jul 18  
 
- 5-7 Aug Croquet Academy Triple Peel Course info_trans_18x17 CA H:0–4   Jan 1 Jul 29  
 
- 11-12 Sep Hamptworth Bronze Coaching Course info_trans_18x17 Open CA H:12–18     Aug 27  
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For more information, contact the club, local federation or the CA Office.

Becoming a Coach

Club Coaches

The CA runs courses for those wishing to become club coaches.

Please refer to the fixtures book for more information

Grade I, II and III coaches

If you want to become a graded coach, please contact the chairman of the CA Coaching Committee for more details.

Awards

The CA provides a number of merit awards; these recognise the achievement of certain standards. To qualify for these awards the standard must be achieved in a CA tournament and the player must win the game concerned. The tournament manager will have an application form that you and your opponent must sign and he will countersign. The form is then sent to John Handy who administers the scheme and will send a badge by return of post.

Further information about merit awards, is shown on a separate page. Past awards are in the history section.

Each year the CA recognises one coach who has, in the opinion of the coaching committee, provided outstanding service to croquet. This award is called 'Coach of the Year'. If you have any nominations please pass them to the chairman of the CA Coaching Committee.

Coaching Resources

 


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