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Years ago

average lifespan of a junior coach

anyone got any ideas how longer average time a junior district coach will stay coaching for ?

1-5-10-15 years ?

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Years ago

talking a volunteer not a paid person

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triton58
Years ago

How long's a piece of string?

Some coaches come and go, others like Hunnerup for example coached for years and years at junior level.

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Anonymous
Years ago

Good question. What would be the record for the most years in a row without a break?

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LC
Years ago

I coached juniors from the age of 14 non stop until I was 34...I will also be back!

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Flinders80
Years ago

I coached from 15 to 27, having a break but I'll also be back

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juno44
Years ago

There would be a number of coaches around who have been going for 15 years or more.

Guys like Mesecke, Clarke, Berry, Holland, Laurie would all fit that category I think.

On a related note, I wonder who has coached the same age group for the longest time? Obviously wouldn't be a Sturt coach, because they tend to shift around each year.

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Bluh
Years ago

Damian Weeks U16 girls @ Norwood would be my best guess.

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Achtung Baby
Years ago

Dennis Jones at West Adelaide would have been coaching Junior Boys for 25+ years

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juno44
Years ago

bluh - how long do you reckon Weeks coached 16 girls for @ Norwood?

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Anonymous
Years ago

LC, out of interest what area do you live near?

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DB5
Years ago

To measure an average lifespan, you would have to also take in to account the lifestyle one leads ie ; smoker, drinker etc.

I wouldn't think being a coach would take years off your life though. Unlike your own kids, you send these home after a couple of hours.

Also depends on the country you live in.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_life_expectancy

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Jack Toft
Years ago

A similar study was undertaken in another sport by the governing organisation. The distribution was found to be very skewed. When looking at the data, the "average" can be expressed as either:
Mean: The sum of all the data / the number of events
Median: The 50% percentile
Mode: The most common

They found that the Mode was around 4 years experience, the median was around 6 years and the mean was over 10 years due to the skew and a couple of coaches who had been coaching for over 30 years.

I think you'll find a similar result in basketball. There's a few coaches who have been coaching for years and who are now coaching the kids of the kids they first coached. There would be a group of coaches who see coaching as their outlet and just love it. Then there would be a group, eg young players, who get involved while they are at Uni, then once they start working put their focus into their work, then come back at a later date.

Like all volunteers, I expect that they don't stop because they hate what they do, they just need a break every so often!

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hog12
Years ago

Bluh, Norwood 18 Boys coach has also been in that age group for a long time. Not sure exactly how long but I'm guessing it's close to ten years.

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Libertine
Years ago

Peter Berry joined Norwood to coach U18s in the Summer of 2004-5. He promised to bring 'the scrap' with him from Woodville.

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Libertine
Years ago

Peter Berry joined Norwood to coach U18s in the Summer of 2004-5. He promised to bring 'the scrap' with him from Woodville.

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