Coaching Scheme

Waikato Times, Volume 125, Issue 20995, 23 December 1939, Page 20 (Supplement)

Coaching Scheme

PHYSICAL WELFARE WORK The first shot in the campaign instituted by the physical welfare branch for assistance to the sports bodies in promoting coaching activities was fired recently when Mr Roy Howe, the present .Wellington Easter Tennis champion toured the Wairarapa in company with the Wellington Recreation Officer of the branch. The cooperation of the Wairarapa Lawn Tennis Association and the individual clubs made this venture so successful that in five days Mr Howe coached 300 juniors and 50 seniors, gave eight demonstration talks and played two exhibition matches with W. Hawkesworth, the North Island champion. The same idea will be extended elsewhere. Already there is promise of considerable activity in the way of golf coaching during the coming golfing season. Mr

G. O. Sutton, the secretary of the New Zealand Golf Council, which has a scheme for providing its golf coaches to clubs, was interviewed recently by an officer of the Physical Welfare branch and said that if the area officers of the branch by personal contacts with the clubs increased the demand for these professionals, this would be of inestimable value to the sport, and if necessary the council would no doubt make further arrangements to cope with the increased demand.

“Leisure time provided opportunity for one of life’s most enriching experiences—the making of friends. A beautiful sight or experience is twice as beautiful when shared with a friend. On the streets, in the factories, in the rooming houses, in the schoolroom and even in the church many lonely people may be found. Being a friend is one of the finest leisure time activities.”—From “Youth Action in the Use of Leisure Time.”