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ENGLAND HANDBALL:
COACHING AUDIT 2013
2013 Coaching Audit Data (Handball)
In early 2014, England Handball audited nearly 10,000 coaches, young leaders and teachers who had
qualified to deliver handball since the inception of coach, leader and teacher pathways as introduced by
the NGB. The rationale was to gain a greater understanding of the workforce, where they are being
deployed, what they are doing and what they wish to do going forward.
The responses provide a snapshot of what the coaching and workforce landscape looks like, for handball
in England today.
This document provides key data and context with which coach education and development
programmes will be improved going forward.
For further information, detail or queries; please contact Coaching and Workforce Development
Manager, Liam McCarthy at [email protected].
Meet the ‘typical’ handball coach…
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Male (63%)
White (65%) British (24%)
Would not consider themselves to have a disability (96%)
The NGB Level 1 Coaching Award is their highest level of qualification (59%)
Active within the last 12 months (78%)
Delivering as part of their current job role, e.g. teacher (52%)
Not undertaking any other roles in sport, such as a mentor, coach educator or assessor (79%)
Hold a UKCC coaching qualification in another sport (69%)
Unsure if they would take another award or qualification with England Handball (49%)
Keen to learn using a hybrid method of digital, plus hard-copy resource (52%)
Demographics of handball coaches in England
Age
14-25
26-34
35-49
50+
5%
20%
The handball coaching workforce is young in
comparison with the all sport average across the
UK.
44%
75% of all handball coaches in the country are 34 or
under. This poses both challenge and opportunity,
as research shows coaches under 35 are twice as
likely to drop out of coaching due to major lifestyle
changes.
31%
The opportunity England Handball have is to retain
these coaches through appropriate training and
deployment.
Gender
Female
37%
Male
63%
The number of female coaches has rise from 2012,
by 34%, to 37% which is pleasing and can be linked
directly to the Girls4Gold female leadership
programme. England Handball possess a much
higher percentage of qualified female coaches than
the all sport average of just 18%
Lancashire
Essex
Cheshire
Hampshire
Greater London
West Yorkshire
Greater Manchester
Merseyside
West Midlands
Greater London
North Yorkshire
Hertfordshire
Kent
Nottinghamshire
Bedfordshire
Leicestershire
Lincolnshire
Derbyshire
Somerset
Surrey
West Sussex
Cambridgeshire
Cornwall
County Durham
Oxfordshire
Buckinghamshire
Devon
Dorset
East Sussex
Gloucestershire
Norfolk
Northamptonshire
Wiltshire
Berkshire
East Riding of Yorkshire
Staffordshire
Suffolk
Warwickshire
Worcestershire
Cumbria
South Yorkshire
Tyne and Wear
Isle of Wight
Shropshire
Where are handball coaches from? A national
picture
7.0%
6.0%
5.0%
4.0%
3.0%
2.0%
1.0%
0.0%
Where are handball coaches from? A
local picture
Top 11 counties where handball
coaches live (2013)
7.8%
Top 11 counties where handball
coaches live (2012)
6.5%
6.2%
5.5%
5.0% 5.0%
4.7%
5.2%
4.5%
4.9%
4.4%
3.7% 3.7%
3.2%
3.0% 3.0%
4.2% 4.2%
3.9% 3.9%
3.6%
3.4%
Which the highest level award/qualification a
handball coach has?
1st4sport/EHA Level 2 Handball Coach
Teaching Handball for KS3
Teaching Handball for KS2
Introduction to Teaching Handball
EHA Level 1 Handball Coach
EHA Level 1 Wheelchair Handball Coach
Street Games Community Handball Activator
Girls4Gold Handball Leader
Handball Leader Award
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
The make up of the England Handball coaching workforce is predominately NGB Level 1, although this
doesn’t mean they are novice coaches. Just under 70% of all handball coaches, hold a UKCC coaching
qualification in another sport.
The task facing England Handball is to continue the transfer of coaches to Level 2 in Handball.
Next step for handball coaches in England
EHA Level 1 Award in Refereeing Handball
Street Games Community Handball Activator Award
EHA Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Wheelchair Handball
Introduction to Teaching Handball
Girls4Gold Handball Leadership Award
Handball Leadership Award
1st4sport Level 2 Certificate in Coaching Handball
EHA Level 1 Certificate in Coaching Handball
0.0%
10.0%
20.0%
30.0%
40.0%
50.0%
60.0%
70.0%
Almost 70% of the handball coaching workforce have ambitions to progress to become Level 2
qualified. This trend was seen in the 2012 coaching audit and as a result the number of L2 coaches
increased in 2013. England Handball will work hard to translate this clear interest in to education
opportunities for the learner coaches.
How often are handball coaches coaching?
At least once in the last year
9%
Two times or more per week
18%
At least once every six months
19%
At least once a week
25%
At least once a month
29%
Just under 1 in 5 coaches are
delivering handball twice or more per
week, while over 3 in 5 coaches aim
to be delivering handball twice or
more per week in the next 12
months. There is a desire to be
deployed, the challenge for England
Handball is to ensure these
opportunities exist.
The shift from less frequent delivery
to more frequent delivery of handball
by the coach, in the next 12 months,
is common across every sector.
England Handball need to provide a
range of deployment opportunities to
suit the needs of all coaches.
Where are handball coaches being deployed?
Community handball club
50.0%
National level
45.0%
40.0%
Multi-sport club (where handball is
one of many sports delivered)
35.0%
30.0%
25.0%
20.0%
Regional level
15.0%
Community project/scheme
10.0%
5.0%
0.0%
County level
Primary School
University
Secondary School
College
Delivery is skewed heavily
toward to education setting
which would be expected
due to the increase in school
competition and
continuation of programmes
such as Change4Life and
Sainsbury’s School Games.
Our continued partnership
with Street Games and the
initiation of the Doorstep
Sport Club programme
would account for some of
the rise in handball delivery
within a multi-sport club
setting.
Opportunities exist to
increase the deployment
opportunities within the
HE/FE sector given the
recent increases in
participation.
What elements of their coaching are handball
coaches keen to improve on?
70.0%
60.0%
50.0%
40.0%
30.0%
20.0%
10.0%
0.0%
Delivering
engaging
sessions for
children
Working with Working with
young women hard to reach
and girls in
young people
sport
Engaging
participants
with a
disability
Incorporating
Retaining
Developing the Mentoring
FUNdamentals participants in young talented sports coaches
within your
your sessions
performer
session
None
England Handball are working hard to meet the needs of their coaches and in response to the above, are training
9 coach educators to be able to deliver the sports coach UK workshop ‘Delivering engaging sessions for young
people’. This will become part of England Handball’s core education and training offer from March 2014, to all
clubs and coaches. Meeting the needs of coaches through partnership working will be a theme for 2014.
Level 1, but not a novice coach.
Do you hold a current UKCC coaching qualification in
another sport?
Yes
No
31%
69%
What is your highest level of UKCC
coaching qualification (in any sport)?
1%
6%
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2
39%
54%
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Although the typical handball coach is only at Level 1 on the coaching pathway, this does not men they are a
novice coach. Research tells us that 69% of handball coaches hold a UKCC coaching qualification in another
sport.
For any questions relating to the data, the research
methods or use of the data, please contact Liam
McCarthy, Coaching and Workforce Development lead
at England Handball
[email protected]
01925 246482/3
07875698259