Coach development and scholarships

The NTIS Coach Development Program (CDP) is focused on enhancing the quality of coaching by developing, supporting and challenging coaches to improve their knowledge and skills to provide positive and effective sport experiences for all participants and reduce the current high drop-out rates in sport.

The Coach Development Program is tailored to all levels and provides mentoring/coaching by some of Australia’s most influential, experienced and qualified sport personnel who openly engage in observation and practise with coaches and athletes in a highly supportive environment. The program is designed to encourage participants to apply and align their own learning, theories and methods with the program’s 5 pillars of athletic development: Guiding the Journey; Skill Mastery; Mental Toughness; Physical Competence; and Running Technique and Speed.

Coaches of junior and teenage athletes (6 to 19 years of age) from every sport across the Northern Territory are invited to actively develop their knowledge, skills and experience. Involvement is also open to sports administrators, teachers, parents, and other family members.

Coach Scholarships

NTIS Coach Scholarships are awarded to coaches (or administrators, teachers, parents) by agreement with NTIS staff for continued ongoing learning and engagement in the NTIS Coach Development Program. It requires additional accountabilities and expectations.

To aid the development of the coach an individual coach learning agreement will be prepared.

Note: coach scholarships are not exclusively awarded to those working with academy or state representative level athletes and teams. Scholarships run from July 1 to June 30 and include financial support.

Current Coach Scholarship holders

Below are the 2017-18 Coach Scholarship holders.

Other programs and services

In addition to the NTIS Coach Development Program and NTIS Coaching Scholarships, the NTIS coordinates a number of programs, and services to:

• Support NT Peak Sporting Bodies (PSB's) to facilitate the development of NT Coaches through best practice processes & opportunities to perform at all levels of the sport pathway (from beginner to elite)
• Promote achievement as well as the importance and value of coaching to the greater community
• Develop coach developers / mentors / coordinators
• Establish coaching networks across the NT.

Physical Competency Workshops and Practical Seminars February to April 2019

An invitation is extended to coaches, officials and parents at all levels of the sporting pathway to attend Physical Competency Workshops and Practical Seminars delivered by the Northern Territory Institute of Sport, from 11 February 2019 to 2 April 2019.

The 16 workshops are held over an 8 week block on Monday and Tuesday evenings from 6.30 to 8pm. All sessions take place at the Arafura Stadium Athletics Track, ground floor conference room Marrara.

Workshops and practical sessions are provided free of charge.

Registration is essential. Use the links on each date in the workshops and practical sessions (313.7 kb) PDF (101.8 KB) spreadsheet to register.

More information

For more information on how to be involved in the Coach Development and Coach Scholarship programs contact:

Peter Gahan
Phone: (08) 8922 6826
Email: peter.gahan@nt.gov.au

Anthony Judd
Phone: (08) 89226831
Email: tony.judd@nt.gov.au