AUT Millennium Approved Athletics Coach

Coach Requirements

As a minimum, ALL coaches are required to have “Community Coach Accreditation” provided through Athletics New Zealand. This ensures police vetting, and completion of child safe-guarding and Drug Free Sport online modules.

While it is not yet compulsory, AUT Millennium strongly recommends that all our coaches become Athletics New Zealand Accredited Coaches.

This is important for the following key reasons:

  1. Ensures Coach Competency
    • Accreditation ensures that coaches have the necessary knowledge, skills, and qualifications to train athletes effectively and safely.
    • It establishes a standardized level of coaching quality, especially important for athlete development and injury prevention.
  1. Promotes Athlete Safety and Well-being
  • Accredited coaches are trained in first aid, safeguarding, and appropriate training loads, reducing the risk of physical or psychological harm.
  • Ensures they understand ethical practices and how to create a positive environment.
  1. Maintains Professional Standards
  • Like any profession, coaching benefits from a code of conduct and accountability.
  • Accreditation often requires ongoing professional development, keeping coaches up to date with latest techniques, science, and rules.
  1. Enhances Credibility and Trust
  • Accredited coaches are more likely to be trusted by athletes, parents, and sports organizations.
  • It’s a way to demonstrate legitimacy, especially important when working with youth or elite-level athletes.
  1. Supports Long-term Athlete Development (LTAD)
  • Properly trained coaches understand the developmental stages of athletes and tailor programs, accordingly, promoting sustainable progress rather than short-term results.

 

  • Coach Facility Access Agreement

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The ability for a coach to provide their services to athletes during Bays Athletics facility hours, requires them to agree to the conditions set out below. This agreement must be strictly adhered to and signed every 12 months.

Coach Requirements

Key coach responsibilities are listed below.

1. Coaches must ensure that all their athletes are approved to use the athletic facilities at AUT Millennium. An athlete database must be kept up to date, for the club to keep track of all approved facility users.

Athletes can gain access to NHBAC training times under three categories:

  1. Registered member of the North Harbour Bays Athletics Club.
  2. Athletics registered to external clubs who have paid a facility feeto North Harbour Bays Athletics Club.
  3. Athletes listed in the Athletics New Zealand MOU (National Training Centre Athlete list).

 

  1. Coaches MUST have a minimum “Athletics New Zealand Community Coach” registration.
  2. After use, NHBAC training equipment must be returned to the designated area and no equipment to be kept in cars or taken off-site, unless approval is given.
  3. It is a privilege to coach Athletics at AUT Millennium and all coaches must make an effort to accommodate other users, during busy training times.

First time Approved AUT Millennium Athletics Coach (APPLY HERE) ((takes to sign up page (to be created))

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