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• Association Croquet Coaching Manual - Beginners (2025) is ideal for coaching AC beginners, for Short Croquet beginners, and for coaching GC players approaching AC for the first time. It replaces Introducing Association Croquet - Manual for Coaches (2022).
• AC Coaching Manual (2006) is still useful when coaching more experienced players (improvers, Bronze, Silver, Gold).
• Practice Routines for AC Beginners
• Strokes Crib - pocket-reference card for coaches
• Croquet Skills Tests and Croquet Skills Tests Record Card
• AC Topics - a grouping of intermediate and advanced level coaching topics
• For tactics for beginners to experts, see Oxford Croquet
• Coaching the AC half roll
• Coaching the AC half bisque
• Tactics for low handicap and expert players
• AC Laws Quiz

• GC Coaching Manual
• GC Skills Assessment
• Stephen Mulliner's GC Tactics Decision Tree
• GC warm-up and practice routines
• Coaching GC Extra Strokes
• GC terms and jargon
• GC Rules Quiz

• How to turn a full lawn into two short lawns
• Short Croquet game strategy
• Pilot and two pioneers in Short Croquet

• Index to Croquet Gazette coaching articles
• See the Player Support page
• The shop supplies books and DVDs
• AC: Laws, refereeing, handicapping, rankings
• GC: Rules, refereeing, handicapping, rankings
• Your Federation Coaching Officer's role explained
• Understand the lingo with our Jargon-Buster for AC and GC
• A guide to behaviour and etiquette
• How is coaching different from teaching, instructing, training?
• Coaching the mental approach to croquet
• Read details of Croquet England's insurance coverage for Coaches
• Table Top Lawn (croquet lawn diagram for printing)

• 4-Back and Peg
• 4-Back Peel Decision Making
• 4-Ball Break Extension
• 4-Ball Breaks
• Croquet Skills
• Know The Laws
• Lift Leave Making
• Lines of Play
• Openings
• Peeling and Lining Up
• Playing and Developing 4-Ball Breaks
• Practice
• Sextuple Peel
• Straight Peels
• Super-Advanced
• The Second Break-R2

• Coaching for young players: Mentoring Scheme and Bursary Scheme
• Coaching for players aspiring to international standard: AC Development Squad and GC Development Squad
• Awards to encourage players developing their skills: Bronze, Silver, Gold & Platinum Merit Awards
• Awards you can win as a coach: Coach of the Year Award and Lifetime Coaching Award

• Become a coach or upgrade your coaching qualification
• Framework for Croquet England coaching qualifications
• About Club-Level Coaches
• How to complete your Club-Level Coach qualification
• Club-Level Coach Pre-course Study Pack
• Coaching Children Safely
• Code of Conduct for Coaches
• About Federation Coaching Officers
• About the Coaching Committee
• Proposal form for Club-Level Coach status
• Guidance for coaches on insurance

• Upgrade your coaching qualification
• Framework for Croquet England coaching qualifications
• About Graded Coaches
• About Examining Coaches
• Coaching Children Safely
• Code of Conduct for Coaches
• About Federation Coaching Officers
• About the Coaching Committee
• Proposal form for Graded Coach status
• Proposal form for Examining Coach status
• Guidance for coaches on insurance

All Graded Coach appointments are made by the Coaching Committee following a formal recommendation, and will be for either an AC Coaching qualification or a GC Coaching qualification as appropriate. In each case, only Croquet England subscribers are eligible to be entered into the Croquet England Coach register of coaches and to wear the appropriate coaches' badge.

Association Croquet Graded Coaches Qualification Criteria
Prospective AC Graded Coaches should meet the criteria shown below for each Grade. A prospective higher-grade coach is not required to hold the lower qualification. The Framework for Croquet England Coaching Qualifications sets out the criteria in more detail.
Grade 1:
have, or have held at one time, a handicap of 12 or below
be able to demonstrate appropriate technical knowledge, coaching ability, and skill level by for example having won an AC Bronze Merit Award
be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the Laws of Association Croquet
Grade 2:
have, or have held at one time, a handicap of 6 or below
be able to demonstrate appropriate technical knowledge, coaching ability, and skill level by for example having won an AC Silver Merit Award
be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the Association Croquet Laws to Assistant Referee standard
Grade 3:
have, or have held at one time, a handicap of 0 or below
be able to demonstrate appropriate technical knowledge, coaching ability, and skill level by for example having won an AC Gold Merit Award
have an AC Referee's qualification.

Golf Croquet Graded Coaches Qualification Criteria
Prospective GC Graded Coaches should meet the criteria shown below for each Grade. A prospective higher-grade coach is not required to hold the lower qualification. The Framework for Croquet England Coaching Qualifications sets out the criteria in more detail.

Grade 1:
have, or have held at one time, a handicap of 6 or below
be playing at B-class level or better
be able to demonstrate appropriate technical knowledge, coaching ability, and skill level by for example having won a GC Bronze Merit Award
be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the Rules of Golf Croquet
Grade 2:
have, or have held at one time, a handicap of 3 or below
have experience of playing at A/B-class level or better
be able to demonstrate appropriate technical knowledge, coaching ability, and skill level by for example having won a GC Silver Merit Award
be able to demonstrate a sound working knowledge of the Golf Croquet Rules
Grade 3:
have, or have held at one time, a minus handicap
have experience of playing at A-class level
be able to demonstrate appropriate technical knowledge, coaching ability, and skill level by for example having won a GC Gold Merit Award
have a GC Referee's qualification.

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