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Coaching Committee Home Page

This page gives reference to the Coaching Committee's information, including its policies, web pages and other resources on the CA website.

Current Work in Progress

• Coaching Focus
• GC Merit Awards
• GC Coach Levels
• Coach of the Year and Lifetime Coaching Awards process

Reference

CA Strategy and Policy

• Council Standing Orders and Practice Book (defines the committee's bailiwick)
• CA Strategic Aims linked from The CA Constitution - note that "The CA will:
  • Support growth and encourage competitive play
  • Continuously monitor the methods of coaching in use and develop them...
  • Encourage and provide training of Coaches and Officials...
  • Develop methods of persuading and training its individual members to aim to improve to their full potential...
• Growth and Recruitment in the CA (Strategy) - note the Recommendations (for Coaching):
  • Running AC Introduction courses for GC-only players.
  • Especially support recruitment of the type of croquet player who is more likely to be competitive.
• Association Croquet Regeneration
• Mentoring scheme and Bursary scheme

Committee Policy

• Becoming a Coach (Policy and Fixtures Book page)
• Examining Coach (Policy)
• Merit Award (Policy and Fixtures Book page) - CA Merit Award Recipients
• CA Silver Medal (Policy and Recipients)
• Policy for Inclusion of (Coaching) Events in the CA Fixture Book
• Coach of the Year (policy and recipients)
• Lifetime Coaching Award (policy and recipients)

Information

• Committee meeting papers, minutes, etc.
• Members email list
• List of CA-Qualified Coaches
• Federation Coaching Officers guidance
• Coaching Pods (Description and Access)
• International Player Development Squad (Description and Members)
• In the Downloads section:
  • Merit Award Form
  • Coach Assessment Forms

Coaching and Self-Coaching Material

• Coaching sections of the website for Association Croquet and Golf Croquet include:
  • Links to other material
  • Coaching manual (GC/AC respectively)
• Advice for Players /?p=tech/players leading to
  • Practice Routines for AC Beginners
  • Croquet Skills Test
• For completeness: oxfordcroquet.com

Committee's Web Pages

These are the web pages and documents labelled as belonging to the Coaching Committee

'Association Croquet Coaching' /?p=games/association/coaching
'International Player Development Squad' /?p=games/association/coaching/DevelopmentSquad
'International Player Development Squad Programme' /?p=games/association/coaching/DevelopmentSquad/ipdsProgramme
'Examining Coach' /?p=games/association/coaching/ExaminingCoach
'Federation Coaching Officers' /?p=games/association/coaching/fco
'Golf Croquet Coaching' /?p=games/golf/coaching
'Examining Coach' /?p=games/golf/coaching/ExaminingCoach
'Golf Croquet International Performance Development Strategy' /?p=games/golf/coaching/gcipd
'Golf Croquet Croquet Terms (Jargon)' /?p=games/golf/gcJargon
'CA Merit Award Winners' /?p=history/awards/caMeritAwards
'Coach of the Year' /?p=history/awards/CoachOfTheYear
'Lifetime Coaching Award' /?p=history/awards/LifetimeCoachingAward
(last updated 10 May**) 'CA Silver Medal Award Winners' /?p=history/awards/SilverMedal
'Association' /?p=members/DevelopmentPods/association
'Golf' /?p=members/DevelopmentPods/golf
'Coaching Committee Home Page' /?p=members/docs/committees/coaching
'Coach of the Year and Lifetime Coaching Award Process - Working Paper' /?p=members/docs/committees/coaching/coty
'GC Coach Levels - Working Paper' /?p=members/docs/committees/coaching/GcCoachLevels
'GC Merit Awards - Working Document' /?p=members/docs/committees/coaching/gcMeritAwards
'Experiments' /?p=tech/exp
'Croquet Jargon' /?p=tech/other/jargon
'Advice for Players' /?p=tech/players
'AC Skills Test' /?p=tech/players/acSkillsTest
'Etiquette and Customs' /?p=tech/players/etiquette
'Practice Routines for AC Beginners' /?p=tech/players/practice
'A Guide to the Ranking System' /?p=tech/players/RankingGuide
'Protection From the Sun' /?p=tech/players/SunProtection
'Tactics' /?p=tech/players/tactics
'Beating Better Players' /?p=tech/players/tactics/BeatBetter
'Cross Wiring Your Opponent' /?p=tech/players/tactics/CrossWires
'The " Dream Leave"' /?p=tech/players/tactics/DreamLeave
'Duffer Tices' /?p=tech/players/tactics/duffer
'Talking About Fourth Turn Finishes (and a Half!)' /?p=tech/players/tactics/FourthTurnFinish
'Hogan Roll' /?p=tech/players/tactics/hogan
'Jump Shots' /?p=tech/players/tactics/JumpShots
'How Long is a Long Lift?' /?p=tech/players/tactics/LongLift
'Opens 2005' /?p=tech/players/tactics/opens2005
'OSxP' /?p=tech/players/tactics/osxp
'Popping' /?p=tech/players/tactics/popping
'Analysis of the Supershot Opening' /?p=tech/players/tactics/supershot
'The Tea Lady Explained' /?p=tech/players/tactics/TeaLady
'TPOs' /?p=tech/players/tactics/tpo
'TPO Leaves' /?p=tech/players/tactics/tpoLeaves
'Policy for the Inclusion of Coaching Courses in the Fixtures Calendar' /?p=tournament/caCalendar/fbInclusionPolicy

Title	Filename	Link URL	Uploaded
4-Back and Peg	4-BackAndPeg	/?d=1791	11 Apr 2017
4-Back Peel Decision Making	4-BackPeelDecisionMaking	/?d=1792	11 Apr 2017
4-Ball Break Extension	4-BallBreakExtension	/?d=1793	11 Apr 2017
4-Ball Breaks	4-BallBreaks	/?d=1794	11 Apr 2017
Association Croquet Coaching Manual	ACCoachingManual	/?d=349	28 Nov 2010
Coaching Course - Subsidy Claim Form-R2	CoachingCourse-SubsidyClaimFor	/?d=2039	23 Mar 2018
Coaching Pod - Lines of Play	CoachingPod-LinesOfPlay	/?d=1809	10 May 2017
Croquet Skills	CroquetSkills	/?d=1795	11 Apr 2017
Golf Coach Assessment Form	golfCoachAss	/?d=326	01 Nov 2010
Golf Croquet Coaching Manual-R3	gcCoachingManual	/?d=1218	28 Jan 2016
Grade 1 Coach Assessment Form	g1CoachAss	/?d=329	01 Nov 2010
Grade 2 Coach Assessment Form	g2CoachAss	/?d=328	01 Nov 2010
Grade 3 Coach Assessment Form	g3CoachAss	/?d=327	01 Nov 2010
Know The Laws	KnowTheLaws	/?d=1796	11 Apr 2017
Lift Leave Making	LiftLeaveMaking	/?d=1797	11 Apr 2017
Openings	openings	/?d=1798	11 Apr 2017
Peeling and Lining Up	PeelingAndLiningUp	/?d=1799	11 Apr 2017
Pegged-Out Endgames - Pete Trimmer-R2	Pegged-OutEndgames-PeteTrimme...	/?d=988	01 Apr 2014
Playing and Developing 4-Ball Breaks	PlayingAndDeveloping4-BallBreaks	/?d=1800	11 Apr 2017
Practice	CoachingPod-Practice	/?d=1811	23 May 2017
Sextuple Peel	CoachingPod-SextuplePeel	/?d=1810	23 May 2017
Straight Peels	StraightPeels	/?d=1801	11 Apr 2017
Super-Advanced	Super-Advanced	/?d=1802	11 Apr 2017
The Second Break	TheSecondBreak	/?d=1803	11 Apr 2017