NZAFF 2019 Coaches & Officials Conference

NZAFF are pelased to announce that the inaugural Coaches & Officials conference will be held on the 3rd & 4th of August.
 
The venue will be:           Pulman Lodge,
                                           Bruce Pulman Park
                                           Te Aparangi Rd,               
                                           Takanini
 
The primary presenters will be Paul Manera, for coaching, and Miles Newman, for Officials.
 
The Conference is being held to provide a forum to share good coaching ideas and methods and to help Officials to develop their skills and will be valuable to both sets of members as we prepare for the coming season.
 
The program will include the following:

• Tea and coffee all day
• Morning Tea each day
• Lunch on Saturday
• Afternoon tea on Saturday
• 16 Presentations/sessions/workshops
  • At least 6 each for the Coaches and Officials
  • 2 or 3 shared sessions.

Times:

• Arrive at 9:30 for a 10:00am start both days.
• Saturday will finish approximately 6:00pm
• Sunday will finish approximately 1:30pm.

 
The cost of attending:

• Free to those Coaches and Officials that have completed their on-line Coach and Officials Development to level 1.
• For those coaches and Officials that have not completed level 1 the cost is $50.

If you are not sure of your qualifications contact Russell – gm@nzaff.co.nz
 
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE HERE.
 
COACHING TOPICS
As this is the first we have held we want to make sure that we are offering topics that are of interest to our members.
For that reason we are asking for feedback on a range of topics in coaching.
To get the best information back we want members to rank the following topics on the feedback form.

The coaching topic feedback is part of the registration form and further details can be found here.
We suggest coaches read the details document prior to filling the registration form so that they have sufficient information to be able to rank the topics
 
These are headings for the Coaching topics we are considering and require feedback on:

1. Planning
2. Leadership
3. Coaching Ethics
4. Risk Management for Coaches
5. Positional Technique
6. Football Systems - Offensive X's and O's
7. Football Systems - Defensive X's and O's
8. Football Communication
9. Scouting Opponents
10. Coaching Accreditation

  
OFFICIALS SESSIONS
The Officiating sessions may include the following:

1. Philosophy of the Rules Enforcement - MOFO Section 3.
2. Our Biggest Challenge: Concussion and Head Safety - the rules we must enforce.
3. Mechanics Crew of 5.
4. So You Want To be a Referee? Introduction for new Referees.
5. Referee and Umpire the key combo.
6. Working the Wings.
7. IFAF Rules Changes 2019 also Differences between IFAF and NCAA.
8. Pass Interference - Offensive and Defensive.
9. Holding and Blocking.

 
 
REGISTER FOR THE CONFERENCE HERE.
 
If you have any questions please contact Russell – gm@nzaff.co.nz

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