Position: Club Captain
Responsible for: Outdoor Senior Development, Coaching/Coach Development and Umpiring Matters
Reportable to: President, Vice-President and BGLHC committee
Appointment term: 2 years
To plan, organise and oversee implantation of outdoor Senior Development programme and to help organise coaches and umpires involved with BGLHC.
Pre Season
· Liaise with outdoor Head coach and plan season ahead.
· Along with outdoor Head Coach, decide on pre-season tournaments to attend and/or along with match secretaries help organise pre-season matches.
· Along with outdoor Head Coach select teams to attend pre-season tournaments/friendly matches.
· Make up outdoor fixture list booklet for all teams and arrange for distribution to club members.
· Meet with outdoor Head Coach along with other outdoor coaches, and select squads for first half of season.
· Forward squad lists to club secretary to then be forwarded to MHU and SHU.
· Ask all outdoor coaches to keep a note of goal scorers in their squad for the season.
· Ask all outdoor coaches to keep a tally of games played by those players in their squad eligible to play for other squads. (To ensure compliance with MHU and SHU bye-laws re movement of players between squads.)
Start of Season
· Along with outdoor Head Coach and other outdoor coaches select squads for league fixtures.
· Attend first Tuesday and Thursday training sessions and communicate plans for season to players.
Ongoing
· Obtain weekly player availability from match secretaries.
· After weekend fixtures discuss with Head Coach team and player performances and then select squads for weekend matches.
· Attend Committee meetings and give feedback on Senior Development and Coaching/Coach development and Umpiring matters.
· Take appropriate action on relevant matters arising from the Minutes of the Committee meetings.
· To assist Indoor Club Captain as appropriate.
Pre Cup Competitions
· Help to select Cup Squads along with outdoor Head coach and other outdoor coaches.
Pre 2nd half of Outdoor Season
· Meet with outdoor Head Coach and other outdoor coaches and review first half of season and plan second half of season.
· Review squad lists and amend if necessary.
· If any amendment to squad lists, send amended squad list(s) to club secretary to then be forwarded to MHU and SHU.
European Competition (if appropriate)
· Select outdoor European Squad of 26 along with outdoor Head Coach.
· Forward outdoor European Squad to outdoor European manager.
· Along with Head Coach select final European team of 16 or 18.
· Work alongside outdoor Head Coach and/or European manager, as required, in relation to outdoor European tournaments.
End of Season
· Write Club Captain Report for AGM.
· Ballot players from all outdoor teams for outdoor players of the year and collate results.
· Collate top outdoor goal scorer results from coaches.
· Along with President, help to organise and present end of season Presentation Evening.