Coach of the Year & Lifetime Coaching Award

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12th September 2022 (CqE Official News)

Coach of the Year 2022

We are looking for an established coach who has made a significant contribution to coaching our sport.

Someone who is dedicated, enthusiastic and has helped players improve.

A coach who always seems to go that 'extra mile'

The Lifetime Coaching Award

This award is for that someone really special who has made a significant contribution to coaching our sport over a long period of time.

For further details please go to the following link:

https://www.croquet.org.uk/?p=games/coaching/coty

The Coaching Committee will be considering all nominations at their next meeting.

If you know of a coach you consider worthy of either of these awards, please send their name together with a suitable citation to Paul Francis.

Nominations close on 31 October 2022.

Paul Francis
CA Coaching Committee

paulwfrancis#icloud.com

The Coach of the Year and the Lifetime Coaching Award are prestigious awards that are made to CA Graded Coaches who have shown a significant and above normal contribution to coaching. Guidance criteria include:

• Has shown dedication, innovation and enthusiasm in expanding knowledge and skills of the game.
• Carries an endorsement from Federation Officials, National/International players, or club committees.
• Has a significant length of service as a coach.
• Has made a particular contribution within the relevant playing season.
• Is recognised as helping individual players, a group of players or a team achieve significant success.
• Has led a successful reorganisation or development of coaching that has reached a number of players.
• Has dedicated significant time and expertise to producing a widely-used CA coaching asset, such as a manual or technique.

The Lifetime Coaching Award is awarded only once to anyone, whereas Coach of the Year may be awarded again after at least five years have passed.

The Lifetime Coaching Award encompasses additionally:

• A sustained contribution over a number of years.
• The candidate is widely recognised as having made a significant contribution to coaching in the domain throughout that time.

These criteria are for guidance and the candidate would not necessarily have to fulfil all of them.