STATE TEAMS - 2022 Hockey NSW Independent Selector - Application

What is your current / most recent employment?*

Please include your position title and organisation.

Please list at least 1 employment reference.

Include their Name, Contact Number & Position Title

Please list at least 1 sporting reference.*

Include their Name, Contact Number & Position Title

Have you completed the Safe Hockey for Rep Coaching Teams module?*

If Yes, please email certificate or screen shot of completion to james.p@hockeynsw.com.au

What are 3 things you would do if an athlete in your team told you they were unsafe in their home?*

Stay calm and reassure them

Escalate it to your state/territory association immediately

Call police if there was immediate danger

Drive them to their house to see if it is true

Nothing – what happens at their home is not my responsibility

What are 3 things you would do if an athlete in your team told you they had been repeatedly harassed by another athlete?*

Invite them and their parents or another support person to meet with you privately to discuss their experience

Tell them to sort it out with the other athlete themselves

Reassure them that they did the right thing letting you know

Check their immediate safety and well being

Call over the other athlete and try and sort it out then and there while you have them both present

What are 3 things you would do if an athlete in your team told you either of the above but then asked you not to tell anyone?*

Explain that you have obligations to keep them safe and that means you have to report their concerns so they can be addressed

Agree not to tell anyone unless it gets worse

Reassure them that they have done the right thing talking to you

Promise not to report it after all it is their information and their right to keep it to themselves

Ask them who else they would be comfortable speaking to or who they could call for support

1.What are 3 things you would do when initially approach the situation and the athlete?*

Understand what you’re comfortable doing and what you’re not comfortable doing

Ask the athlete in front of the team what is wrong

Engage them in conversation and in doing so remaining calm yourself — maintain calm body language and tone of voice

Ignore the problem as nothing has happened yet

Listen to the athlete without judgement. Allow him/her to express his/her thoughts. Provide him/her a forum in which he/she can be heard

2. What are 2 things you would do if the athlete discloses that they have performance anxiety, what would you do?*

Sit them out for the next match

Provide unconditional support. You do not have to solve his/her problem. Depending on the matter they raise normalise the athlete’s experience and offer options which could include support from external sources

Referring the matter to the Wellbeing Manager who could provide options depending on the severity of the anxiety the athlete is feeling

Tell the athlete to get over it it's only a game

3.What are 3 things you would do if the athlete tells you they are ok, but you believe that they are masking a mental health issue what would you do?*

Reassure the athlete that by opening up about their situation it can be resolved leading to a positive overall feeling

Tell them you think they're lying and that they are not ok

Without disclosing their name and details speak with the sports Wellbeing Manager on how to engage the athlete so they feel safe in opening up about issues

Continue to communicate with the athlete to make sure that he/she feels confidence and trust that they can come to you when they feel they can open up

You have an athlete who comes into camp where you initially notice that they seem withdrawn and disengaged.