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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

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

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

'CA Silver Medal Award Winners'

/?p=history/awards/SilverMedal

'Association'

/?p=members/CoachingPods/association

'Golf'

/?p=members/CoachingPods/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