The document summarizes the development of Netball WA's high performance plan. It notes that the plan was prompted by a need for a comprehensive roadmap to guide the organization's performance. An external consultant led consultation that included interviews and working groups. The resulting plan focused on clear measures of success, a high performance working group, evolving WAIS partnerships, and depth charts for talent, coaches, and officials. Outcomes included meeting performance expectations, fitness standards, and competition framework development. Next steps involve linking the plan to strategic plans, operationalizing measurable areas, and continuing to identify gaps and grow performance culture.

1. High Performance
Planning

2. What prompted the review and subsequent changes?
• As an organisation we had never developed a ”comprehensive” high performance plan
• We had clear performance targets but no road map to guide us to performance
• Our thinking has evolved due to the re-structure with West Coast Fever to balance professional
athletes with development athletes
• Very clear in our thinking that the “plan” needed to be inclusive of Players, Coaches and Officials
(umpires and bench officials).

3. What was the process undertaken?
• The NWA Board set in 2016 the strategic priority to deliver a High Performance plan by 2017 which
defined the scope of the project
• Engaged an External Consultant; Trish Heberle to lead the consultation through
• Desktop research
• 1:1 interviews
• Working groups
• At the conclusion of the consultation phase we where presented with key considerations and themes to
underpin the High Performance Plan
• Developed a draft plan which has evolved and been tested and challenged whilst gathering further
feedback before presenting to NWA Board.

4. What have been the outcomes?
• Clear measures of success across our system and partners
• Development of a High Performance Working Group that connected both sides of our business to keep
focused and balanced around performance
• West Coast Fever evolved the WAIS Netball Program (WCF Academy) to shift the leadership of the
program back to the sport whilst retaining our funding and servicing from WAIS and Netball Australia.
• As a result of a review and restructure of our competitions (including WANL) has commenced for
implementation in 2019 to enhance our High Performance Pathway
• Depth chart management of talent from WCF to Emerging Athletes
• Depth chart development for coaches, umpires and officials.

5. What have been the outcomes?
Develop
• Process – HP Advisory Group, review with intent
• Establish robust planning in programs and review
• WAIS transition - WCF Academy
• Competition Framework
• Depth chart process and timeframe – athlete, coach & official
Implement
• Competition Framework
• WCF Academy in partnership with WAIS and NA
• Talent ID and pathway
• Depth chart
• IAP for athletes and IPP for targeted umpires, officials and coaches
Grow
• Talent pipeline
• Results
• People – athletes, coaches and officials
• Capacity
• Research agenda

6. What have been the outcomes?
* 90% of athletes are
annually meeting
their performance
plan expectations
* 80% of athletes
meet minimum
fitness standards
within the IAPP.
17U
19U
ANLWCF
Academy
WCF

7. What have been the outcomes?
• 2017
• Western Sting won our 1st National Championship
• Top 4 finishes for 17U (4th) and 19U (3rd) at National Championships
• 1 x WANL coach achieves High Performance Accreditation
• 1 x WANL coach fast-tracked through Accreditation
• Appointment of WCF Head Coach to Australian Fast5
Athlete Scorecard
Diamonds 2
SSN 9
21U 1
19U 3
17U 2
Talls 1
Indigenous Camp 4

8. What have been the outcomes?
• 2017
• 1 x National High Performance Umpire Coach and same umpire appointed to
UAP for 2018 Commonwealth Games
• 1 x Umpire in National Emerging Umpire Program. Same umpire reserved for
SSN and appointed to ANL (including finals)
• 3 x Umpires appointed to umpire at 17U & 19U National Championships
• NWA High Performance Umpire Program and Umpire Coach
• 6 Bench Officials appointed to various positions for the 2018 Commonwealth
Games
• 12 and 10 Bench Officials allocated to SSN and ANL respectively
• 2 National and 5 State Bench Officials Accreditations

9. PERFORMANCE = Capability + Behaviour
Talent
Have we got the talent?
Willing & Able
Infrastructure
Support Services
Schedule/Facilities
Injury Management
Travel/Media
Performance
Game results
IAP/IPP
Culture
Leadership

10. Next Steps?
• Link High Performance Plan to Netball WA Strategic Plan 2018-2022 and West Coast Fever Strategic Plan
2018-2021;
• Operationalise all areas of the High Performance Plan to be measurable and manage our progress;
• The document needs to live in our day to day operations to drive;
• Review and learning
• Identify gaps leading to solutions
• Grow our partnership to driver performance
• Grow our culture of performance in WCF and share this in our system.

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