Swifts Football Netball Club has announced junior netball coaches for the upcoming season.
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Jorja Folkes will coach under-13s while Briana Close and Amanda McLeod will join forces with the under-15 team.
Erin Freeland will again coach the under-17 team with the assistance of Amy Tulloch.
The 2019 season will be the first time Tulloch has taken on a netball coaching role.
“I’m really excited about the role and in particular working with Erin. She’s a great role model for the younger girls and will be great to work underneath her,” she said.
Tulloch is hoping by working with Freeland and the other junior and senior coaches she will be able to move into a full coaching role in the future.
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“The direction I want to take in netball is through coaching. I want to learn more and develop coaching skills and get the leadership under my belt,” she said.
“I find myself to be leading on the court whilst playing so it’s a natural progression to take in the sport when the time comes and I stop playing again.”
Tulloch was sidelined with a career-ending cracked patella about 10 years ago after playing in mixed social netball.
“I had about an eight-year break whilst recovering from surgery and building the confidence to get back onto the court,” she said.
“I’ve been back playing for two seasons now. I just love the game and it’s great to be back and especially in a club that has been so welcoming.”
Tulloch said the under-17 team in 2019 will be made up of a small number of players from last season and a lot of younger players coming through from the lower age group.
“We’ve had a lot of under-17’s from last season move up into the senior teams so we welcome a lot of the under-15’s. It will be a good side to work with and be able to build for long-term goals as a whole,” she said.
Club netball director Naomi Hoffmann said she was excited to have all the positions in place going into the new year.
“We’ve started training already and with the announcement of all the coaches now locked in for the upcoming season, we will be in a great place come January when training starts again,” she said.
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