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RANGI RURU BASKETBALL HEAD COACH

Position Title:

Rangi Ruru Basketball Head Coach

Reports to:

Director of Sport/Rangi Ruru Senior and


Intermediate A Basketball Convenor

Relationships with:

Director of Sport
Senior and Intermediate A Basketball Convenor
Rangi Ruru Basketball Coaches, players and parent community

Employment Status:

Contracted position

Primary Purpose of Position


To develop and implement a quality Secondary School coaching programme that will
prepare the Rangi Ruru Senior A Basketball team for success in the secondary school in
New Zealand.
The Rangi Ruru Basketball Head Coach is a key contributor to the overall development and
implementation of the Rangi Ruru Basketball Program.

RANGI RURU BASKETBALL VISION


Achieving Basketball excellence
KEY GOALS RANGI RURU BASKETBALL
Current Basketball programme includes the following:

Strength and conditioning compulsory for Senior A and Intermediate A teams.


Optional for other teams
Pre-season and in-season development opportunities
Student coach development and mentoring
Experienced coaches in key positions.

Short-term goal
Experienced coach to lead the Senior A Basketball team and oversee the school Basketball
program.

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Long-term key goals


The Rangi Ruru Basketball Program has the following long term key goals:

Re-establish Rangi Ruru as a top performing Basketball school with strength across
all key teams in the Christchurch School and Club competition

Targeted development of Year 9 -10 players and quality coaching at Junior levels to
develop depth in Rangi Ruru Basketball

Consistently make the top four at South Island Secondary Schools Senior and Junior
tournaments

More Rangi Ruru players making representative trials and representative teams

Rangi Ruru players are better prepared to play at a competitive level when leaving
school

Coaches are supported to offer quality coaching to Rangi Ruru teams

Student refereeing is encouraged, supported and acknowledged.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Create and implement an effective team training programme to ensure individual


players and the Senior A team are able to perform technically, physically and
mentally in relevant competitions. In 2015, these include:
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Qualifying for Premier division of the Canterbury Secondary Schools Friday


night competition

Canterbury Secondary Schools Friday night competition

SISS Tournament, September 2015

NZSS Tournament, October 2015.

Lead the trial and team selection processes for the Senior and Intermediate A teams,
in consultation with the Basketball Convenor and other relevant coaches
Maintain knowledge of current coaching developments and techniques applicable to
secondary school students
Work with the Conditioning coach to identify individual and team conditioning needs,
to enhance performance and build on existing programme structure
Work collaboratively with other Rangi Ruru Basketball personnel (Convenor, Director
of Sport and Coaches) to share ideas, best practice and identify development needs
of players
Present an experienced, positive and professional image to the Rangi Ruru
Basketball and parent community
Provide regular updates to Rangi Ruru Basketball personnel on team and individual
players performances throughout the season
Develop and lead appropriate individual and team debriefs and reviews at key points
throughout season, along with debrief at completion of season.

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