
coaching accreditation suggestion
Coached for 7 years - domestic
Took all teams (4 x boys & 3 x girls) from C & D grade to A grade in 2 years - playing 2 seasons a year
after that concentrated on 1 team (7-8 players only) who went on to win 7 out of 9 A grade finals in 4 1/2 years
Went to 1 Coaches clinic only - no accreditation
Just letting the Players play and rotating evenly and giving advice on opposition strengths and weaknesses to players going on court - worked for me
Never coached Rep - found parents had to many hang ups and expectations
Never want to coach State - found Admin wanted it their way or not at all and that goes against my Let the Players play and the Coaches coach attitude
Great to get accreditation and go to all the different clinics to learn all the different techniques but then being able to pass it on to all players and to get it right = impossible


I went through and got my Level 1, and then after a few years went through and got my level 2, needless to saty I learnt a lot. There is however IMO a lot of work involved in keeping your accreditation and therefore I believe it is cverrated to remain accredited.
Do the course, you will pick up some great tips, tricks and ideas - get the accreditation, but then do not necessarily worry about maintaining your accreditation unless you have aspirations to become a a coach at state or national level.
