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Former Muratti footballer Colin Fallaize, who has coached the men's senior island team as well as at various local clubs, will guide up to five coaches at any one time across the Commission's member sports.
It follows the Sports Commission launching a mentoring scheme for newly-qualified coaches.
He will meet each of the coaches four times a year to advise them and help develop their skills and learn from their experiences.
"Colin has more than 40 years of local coaching experience and this initiative will be to assist newly-qualified coaches and build their confidence working within their individual sports," said Steve Sharman, the Commission’s Relationship Director.
"We’re aiming for Colin to work with a maximum of five coaches at a time and these will be identified by those sports that have or are working towards SportsMark and who have coaches who have either completed the Multi-Skills Level 2 course or their own National Governing Body Level 1 or Level 2 coaching qualification."
Mr Sharman said the scheme "supports the Commission’s objective to continue developing a qualified, well-trained and effective workforce".
Pictured: Colin Fallaize (left), widely known as 'Big Fal' in the sporting community, with Josh Martel, a volleyball coach who is among the first cohort of coaches being supported through the Sports Commission's new mentoring scheme.
"We hope Colin will be able to share his own expertise and support these individuals to understand the context of being a coach in Guernsey as well as helping them to improve their communication, planning, self-reflection and generally understanding the challenges of working across different age and ability groups," he said.
"We want these new coaches to have a firm understanding of what success looks like and we know that Colin has all the skills and experience to help them be the best they can be."
The new scheme was made possible through a partnership between the Commission and Ravenscroft.
"The Sports Commission is doing a fantastic job in ensuring that coaches across all sports have the right skills they need," said Ravenscroft's Group Managing Director, Mark Bousfield.
"The majority of players become coaches because they love their sport and want to share their enjoyment with others. They have the passion and the enthusiasm, but it can be difficult to channel that in the right way.
"Ravenscroft has been working with Colin over the last year and it is very obvious that he has the right experience to mentor the next generation of coaches."
Pictured top: Colin Fallaize.
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