Performance Coaches

Coaches Korero – August 2024

May 2024 Issue No. 12

Kia ora koutou ngā matanga nō te ao hākinakina, tēnā kotuou.
Welcome to the twelfth edition of Coaches Kōrero.

Coaches Kōrero has been established to recognise and celebrate our Performance Coaching community in New Zealand.

In this issue, we profile surfing NZ’s Head Coach, Matt Scorringe, who is currently in Tahiti coaching Safi Vette and Billy Stairmand at the Olympics, and Mel Bosman, a former Black Ferns rugby player turned International Rugby Coach.

Andy Longley also profiles our bespoke Wellbeing programme.

Te-Korowai Membership

We also launched our Membership Programme last month, and we are delighted to say we already have 17 paid-up members, with plenty more on the horizon.

To be an independent, sustainable representative body that offers value-adding services, we need to build our own revenue streams. A key element will be the membership model, so I encourage you to sign up and join!

The annual membership fee is $360.00 per year ($30 per month or $1 per day)—basically a coffee a week!

In return for becoming a member, you will immediately join a special community and gain access to a range of advisory services, including the bespoke well-being programme tailored especially for us. Andy Longley, who is leading this programme, provides further details in the newsletter.

We believe we are building a compelling, value-adding membership programme, and we encourage you to sign up.

If you have queries, you can contact us at
[email protected]


We also celebrate and recognise our Olympic Coaches. Congratulations to those who support our athletes on the world stage!

I wish you all the very best with the final preparations for Paris 2024. Be sure to look after yourselves to support peak coaching/performance when it counts!

Ngā mihi,

Tom Willmott
Chair

We would like to extend a warm welcome to the following new Te Korowai members.

Tony ReadingsFootballSimon KentWeightlifting
Richard PottsAthleticsCallan HelmsWeightlifting
Mike HessonCricket

Pinnacle events: the highs and lows as a coach

As we all sit on the edge of our seats watching the Olympics we typically focus on the athletes and their efforts chasing their dreams trying to make Aotearoa proud. However, I’d love to draw your attention to those dedicated folks behind the athletes, their coaches. As coaches we know that a pinnacle event like the Olympics is a career highlight and has the same weight of expectations as it does for the athletes. The years of dedication to our coaching craft, the highs and lows along the way, the countless hours away from our friends and families, the need to test ourselves against the best, and the huge public and media expectation all contribute to pinnacle events like an Olympics bringing a lot of stress, fear, uncertainty and sleepless nights.

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Matt Scorringe

For so long the primary perception of surfing has been romanticized as a recreational lifestyle activity for the adventurous and carefree. However, there is a growing mindset shift and appreciation of surfing as a serious sport that requires dedication, training and respect for the ocean.

Growing up on the Whangamata beach front, Matt Scorringe was destined to surf and live a life connected to the ocean.

From the age of two, Scorringe was on a surf board riding waves, and now he coaches Olympic-level surfers.

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Melodie Bosman

Melodie Bosman knows how to turn a challenge into an opportunity.

Remote coaching during Super Rugby Aupiki was a big change from what Bosman was used to, valuing face-to- face interaction. But the lessons she learnt from it have helped her greatly in her role as assistant coach for the USA women’s team.

Bosman is Black Fern #119, winning two Rugby World Cups during her time in the black jersey.

She started coaching in her playing days, wanting to give back to the sport that gave so much to her.

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Coach at the Paris Olympics

ARTISTIC SWIMMING

  • Maryna Kholod

ATHLETICS

  • Kirsten Hellier – throws
  • Scott Simpson – pole vault lead
  • James Mortimer – sprint
  • Craig Kirkwood – middle-distance
  • James Sandilands – high jump
  • Hayden Hall – shot put
  • James Steyn – pole vault support
  • Terry Lomax – triple jump and coach support

CANOE SLALOM

  • Aaron Osborne

CANOE SPRINT

  • Gordon Walker
  • Chris Mehak
  • Craig Mustad

CYCLING – TRACK

  • Paul Mannering
  • Adrian Hegyvary
  • Jon Andrews

DIVING

  • James Hardaker

EQUESTRIAN – EVENTING

  • Sam Griffiths – Chef de Equipe
  • Luis Alvarez – Show Jumping
  • Gareth Hughes – Dressage

FOOTBALL – MEN

  • Darren Bazeley – Head Coach Tony Readings
  • Simon Elliott
  • Paul Gothard

FOOTBALL – WOMEN

  • Michael Mayne – Head Coach
  • Natalie Lawrence
  • Keri Sarver
  • Duncan Reed

GYMNASTICS – ARTISTIC

  • Rian Reza

GYMNASTICS – TRAMPOLINE

  • Angie Dougal
  • Alexandr Nilov

HOCKEY – MEN

  • Greg Nicol – Head Coach
  • Shea McAleese
  • Mike Delany
  • Gregg Clark

JUDO

  • Jason Koster

ROWING

  • Mike Rodger – W1x, M4-
  • Gary Roberts – M1x, M2x
  • James Coote – W2x, LW2x
  • Tom Stannard – W4-
  • Malcom McIntyre – M2-
  • Nick Barton W2-

RUGBY SEVENS – MEN

  • Tomasi Cama – Head Coach
  • Euan McIntosh
  • Rodney Gibbs

RUGBY SEVENS – WOMEN

  • Cory Sweeney – Head Coach
  • Ed Coker
  • Stu Ross

SAILING

  • Nathan Handley – Men’s Windfoiling
  • Mike Bullot – Mens Dinghy (ILCA7) Matt Steven – Mens Skiff
  • Anton Paz – mixed multihull
  • Paul Snow Hansen – Womens Windfoiling
  • Javi Torres – Womens Skiff
  • Mark Howard – Womens Dinghy (ILCA6)
  • Antonio Cozzilino – Men’s & Women’s Kite

SHOOTING

  • Chris Robinson Gavin Paton

SPORT CLIMBING

  • Rob Moore

SURFING

  • Matt Scorringe

SWIMMING

  • Lars Humer
  • Mitch Nairn
  • Michael Weston
  • David Lyles

TENNIS

  • Neil Carter

TRIATHLON

  • Stephen Sheldrake
  • Bruce Hunter
  • Craig Kirkwood

WEIGHTLIFTING

  • Tina Ball
  • James Granger

WRESTLING

  • Pete Pouri Lane