Redbacks appoint Assistant Coach and Talent Manager

07 May 2009 - General News, Redbacks

 

SACA High Performance Manager, Jamie Cox has today announced the appointments of Jeff Vaughan as the Redbacks’ Assistant Coach and Ashley Ross as the state’s cricket Talent Manager.

“I have made it no secret that a restructure was on the way”, Jamie Cox said.

“In my view state level high performance cricket is all about developing cricketers with the capacity to play for Australia and that’s what the creation of these new roles is all about.

“Australian players are developed in an environment that enables individuals to invest optimum time and energy in their development. The support of a generalist Assistant Coach doubled with tailored specialist coaching is the best way of achieving this.

“Jeff is an ideal generalist. He has a long association with cricket both as a player, administrator and coach. He had a successful Grade career at Prospect and since 2007 he has coached the South Australian country team and managed SACA’s country cricket elite programs.

“Australian players are also found by vigorously searching for and identifying talented cricketers from across the country and Ashley will be charged with doing this in his capacity of Talent Manager.

“He will join SACA direct from Cricket Australia’s elite coach development program where he was a member of the national batting program committee, a mentor coach for Cricket Australia Level III and a coaching consultant for the Centre of Excellence.

“This new system more closely mirrors those adopted in other states but it exceeds them by providing expert consultant knowledge and focusing on strategically addressing contract list deficiencies.”

 

State team Assistant Coach – key responsibilities:

• Assisting in the development of international ready cricketers.
• Assisting the State Head Coach to prepare the team for competition.
• Coaching the Cricket Australia Cup (State Second XI competition).
• Maintaining training standards during interstate competition.
• Regular liaison with Head Coach, High Performance Manager and other state team support staff.
• Providing a link between Grade Cricket coaches/players/clubs and SACA High Performance.
• Identifying best practice opportunities through sports science and other sports and coaching specialists.
• Maximising the use of cricket specific software such as the Fairplay system.  

Talent Manager key responsibilities:

• Developing and managing the player leadership model and mentoring program, and managing player relationships.
• Establishing and maintaining interstate and intrastate recruiting networks.
• Developing succession plans to identify and assess future talent needs.
• Assisting the High Performance staff manage the requirements of the Redbacks’ senior list.
• Developing talent analysis systems and databases, together with the preparation of talent ID reports.
• Coordinating the medical screening of potential High Performance recruits.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of career action plans for elite youth squad cricketers, focusing on athlete/life balance.
• Ensuring the effective induction/relocation of new recruits.

 

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