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Accountability in team sports is crucial as it fosters trust, cohesion, and ultimately, success. As Michael Jordan famously said, “Talent wins games, but teamwork and intelligence win championships.” When each player takes responsibility for their actions and performance, the entire team benefits. This accountability extends beyond the field or court; it encompasses preparation, discipline, and commitment to the team’s goals.

A team player embodies characteristics such as selflessness, dedication, and resilience. Accountability inspires greatness, pushing individuals to strive for excellence not just for themselves but for the entire team.

Our coaches play a pivotal role in fostering a culture of accountability within their teams. Here are several strategies they can employ:

• Set clear expectations: Establish clear standards of behaviour, performance and conduct from the outset. Ensure that every team member understands their role and responsibilities within the team.
• Lead by example: Coaches must model the behaviour they expect from their players. Demonstrating accountability in their own actions and decisions sets a powerful example for the team to follow.
• Provide feedback: Regular feedback, both positive and constructive, helps players understand where they stand and how they can improve. Encourage open communication and dialogue between coaches and players to address any issues or concerns.
• Encourage ownership: Empower players to take ownership of their actions and performance. Encourage them to set personal goals and hold themselves accountable for achieving them.
• Foster teamwork: Emphasise the importance of teamwork and collaboration. Encourage players to support and hold each other accountable, fostering a sense of camaraderie and shared responsibility.
• Establish consequences: Clearly communicate the consequences of not meeting expectations or failing to uphold team standards. Consistently enforce these consequences to reinforce accountability.
• Celebrate success: Acknowledge and celebrate individual and team achievements. Positive reinforcement reinforces accountability and motivates players to continue striving for excellence.

By implementing these strategies, coaches can create a culture of accountability that empowers players to take ownership of their actions and performance, ultimately leading to greater success on and off the field

“Don’t measure yourself by what you have accomplished, but by what you should have accomplished with your ability.”

John Wooden

ISA Strategic Review of Sport

As part of the ISA (Independent Sporting Association) Strategic Review of Sport, the ISA has engaged an independent consultant to prepare a survey covering themes such as your satisfaction, expectations, and sentiment toward various elements of ISA, with key demographic questions also included. Students will also be surveyed. The survey will take 5-10 minutes to complete and all responses are anonymous. Parent and carer feedback is valued by the ISA and will be used to guide ISA into the future. Below are the survey links. Please note the survey will close at 4pm Friday 12 April.

• Student survey link: here
• Parent survey link here

Redlands Secondary Sports Calendar

• SACS CUP – Football – Wednesday 17 April to Friday 19 April (selected teams)
• Holiday Training Sessions -Junior Football -Thursday 18 April & Friday 19 April
• Junior Netball – Wednesday 17 April & Thursday 18 April

Athletics

Basketball

Norths Basketball Holiday Camp Information

• Hoops Camp 1 – Monday 15 April & Tuesday 16 April 9:30am-3:30pm
• Hoops Camp 2 – Thursday 18 April & Friday 19 April 9:30am-3:30pm
• Hoops Camp 3 – Monday 22 April & Tuesday 23 April 9:30am-3:30pm
• Girls only Camp – Wednesday 24 April 9:30am-12:30pm
• High Performance Camp – Wednesday 24 April 9:30am-3:30pm

If you would like to know more about our Holiday programs, please email Molly – development@nsba.com.au

Bears Shooting Factory

• Mondays: 4:00pm-5:20pm (Ages 11-13)
• Thursdays: 4:00pm-5:20pm (Ages 14-17)

Bears Shooting Factory is a 10-week program designed for young basketball players who are serious about improving their shooting efficiency. The program works foundational shooting techniques from the feet up to the hands and is coached by Norths High Performance Coaches, brick by brick. The young athletes will have weekly homework, be able to track their shots through Google Docs and enjoy exclusive access to Norths shooting machines.

Fitness Centre

Changes to the Fitness Centre:

ALL students interested in attending Open Gym in the mornings must sign up. Please refer to the sign-up button on Pulse and ensure you sign up with your preferred days.

Session times are staggered to provide more students access each morning with safe and effective coaching.

• Year 11-12: Latest Arrival/Start Time 6:30-6:45am
• Year 9-10: Start Time 6:45am
• Year 7/8: Start time Monday 7:10am

Afternoon sessions are reserved for Rep Sports

Hockey

2024 Hockey Season Launch will be on Thursday 11 April at 3pm in the Lang Gym. Friends of Hockey will be supplying pizzas, drinks and Hockey pins for all new Redlands Hockey players. This will be a student only event and a great opportunity for Hockey players to come together and get excited for 2024 ISA Winter season. The ISA draw and all information for the upcoming season will be uploaded to the Hockey Pulse page.

Netball

A reminder on the ISA season netball dates for your diary

ISA Netball Round Dates

• Round 1: Saturday 4 May (Term 2, Week 1)
• Round 2: Saturday 11 May (Term 2, Week 2)
• Round 3: Saturday 18 May (Term 2, Week 3)
• Round 4: Saturday 25 May (Term 2, Week 4)
• Round 5: Saturday 1 June (Term 2, Week 5)
• Saturday 7 June – King’s Birthday Long Weekend (no games)
• Round 6: Saturday 15  June (Term 2, Week 8)
• Round 7: Saturday 22  June (Term 2, Week 9)
• Holiday Break – Friday 21 June – Monday July 22  July
• Round 8: Saturday 27 July (Term 3, Week 1)
• Round 9: Saturday 3 August (Term 3, Week 2)
• Round 10: Saturday 10 August (Term 3, Wk 3)
• Semi Finals: Saturday 17 August (semi-finalist teams only) (Term 3, Week 4)
• Finals: Saturday 24 August (finalists team only) (Term 3, Week 5)

Rugby

Please see below for an update on the coming season. 

Program for 2024; 

• Barbarian Teams with SACS (St Andrew’s Cathedral school)  & BMGS (Blue Mountains Grammar School)
• Tuesday training will be with SACS & BMGS at Primrose Park from Term 2. 
• Thursday training will be skill development trainings (Redlands only) 
• Calendars have been updated and you should be able to view the schedule now

Format: 

• ISA Division 1 & Division 2 are merged
• This year there is just ISA Rugby with 5 lines (A/B/C/D/E teams) within. 
• Term 2 will have unmatched fixtures (pre season games) against GPS, CAS & ISA Teams
• 15 ISA Rugby season starts on Saturday June (7 rounds, no finals)

Teams Combination/ Merge:

REDLANDS/ BMGS/ SACS players will join together to create a Barbarian style team. The numbers post merge result in the following teams being entered from our Barbarian playing group/team. 

Fixtures: Draw to be shared shortly, however dates for each round are below:

Looking forward to plenty of games this season. Further information including draws & holiday training to be shared over coming days.

To kick start your school holidays see below for FREE WARATAHS TICKETS: 

To access the free tickets you can follow the below game link, which is specific to our school.  Please be respectful of that, if it became public and people were taking the link for free tickets that are not your school kids that would ruin our ability to do this in the future.

Free tickets

FRIDAY 12 APRIL @ ALLIANZ STADIUM

• Waratahs Women v Reds Women – 5.05pm
• Waratahs v Crusaders – 7.30pm

Snowsports

Upcoming SnowSports Events:

• Thursday 9 May – 6.00pm to 10.00pm – Redlands SnowSports Icebreaker @ Middle Harbour 16 FT Skiff Sailing Club
• Sunday 19 May – 1.00pm to 3.00pm – Second Hand Snowsports Sale
• Friday 5 July to Wednesday 10 July – Development Program @ HCC/ Thredbo
• Thursday 11 July to Saturday 20 July – Racers Camp @ HCC/ Thredbo
• Sunday 14 July – Redlands Cup

Icebreaker

Second Hand Snowsports Sale

Redlands Snowsports Bookings

Snowsports bookings are now live for all camps, season passes, race training, interschools and Redlands Cup. Please register for Redlands snowsports.

Tennis

We hope all players have had a great term of Summer Tennis – we had 9 teams make the Finals and we are looking forward to a fantastic Winter Tennis season.

It has been great to have the new courts in Mosman for training and home matches and we will be running holiday training camps at the Mosman courts.

We encourage all students to sign up to the holiday training camp to continue their training before Term 2 and the Winter Tennis season.

HOLIDAY TRAINING CAMPS

• Training squads 1, 2 and 3 – Mon 22 April, Wed 24 April, Friday 26 April – 3-5pm

REGISTER HERE

• Training squads 4, 5 and 6 – Friday 26 April – 3-5pm

REGISTER HERE

We hope you all have a relaxing and safe holiday break.

Touch Football

Please see the information below to close out our wonderful season.

• Please fill out the following feedback form to help us continue to improve our sport. 
• All wonderful photos from the season can be viewed and purchased through the following link 
• Please keep an eye out for optional off season training opportunities in Term 2. There will be various events for play offered to selected students in Term 2 & 3.
• If you are interested in pathways to play touch football outside of school. Please see the Norths Touch website. There is currently an expression of interest open for the Winter Representative program (Vawdon Cup). Any students wanting more information on this can come and ask questions during lunch times in the Fitness Centre.

Thank you for a commitment this summer.

Water Polo

Students should be familiar with how and where to view their weekly sessions. Sessions are outlined for Term 2.

Water Polo requirements:

• 2 Training Sessions per week & 1x Game
• 1x Pool session on Thursday for all ages
• 1x Gym session Tuesday afternoons (Opens Girls) 3.30-4.30pm
• 1x morning gym session (any morning for juniors) 6.45-8am

 If parents wish grant permission for students to be picked up/leave from the training venue, this is to be communicated via email to jparsonage@redlands.nsw.edu.au

All student absences (training and games) need to be recorded through the Sport Absence Form on Pulse.
Notice from NBA Water Polo regarding the draw:

• We have changed the start date for the Opens competition, and we will now commence on Friday 3 May 2024 and run through to Friday 28 June 2024 – 8 round games and 1 Grand final round.
• The Inters competition will commence on Monday 6 May 2024

General Sport Information

Fixtures

• All student training and fixture details will be available to families under My Schedule on Redlands Pulse. Additionally, the weekly Fixtures (The Redlands Rhino) can be found on the Secondary School Sport page on Redlands Pulse from Wednesday each week. Please ensure you check Redlands Pulse Friday afternoon to ensure you have the latest fixture information.

Uniform

• The Redlands sports uniform should be worn to all trainings and matches (students are not permitted to wear any non-Redlands branded clothing). In the event of inclement weather students should wear their Redlands fleece or sports tracksuit.
• Students must wear trainer style sneakers that are preferably white with non-marking soles. It is part of our shared responsibility to ensure that students wear footwear that aligns with the activity to be undertaken. High top sneakers, Vans, Converse etc. are not appropriate for School Sport.

Saturday Sport Absences

• Parents are required to log an absence via Clipboard prior to missing any training session.
• Any student unable to attend a Saturday fixture due to illness, is required to submit a Medical Certificate to their Sports administrator by the Monday morning following the missed fixture.
• Injured students are required to attend all training sessions and Saturday fixtures.
• Failure to do any of the above will jeopardise a student’s eligibility for Colours, Pockets, and Awards and result in school disciplinary action.
• Please refer to the Student Planner 2024 for full details on requirements for participating in a Representative Sport.
• Bus Transport
  • When travelling on Redlands transport the Redlands school rules are in place and students should be always upholding the values of the school:
• Have good behaviour, safe behaviour and appropriate language at all times.
• Follow the driver (and supervising staff) instructions at all times.
• Obey the transport rules and regulations at all times (seat belts must be worn at all times).
• Leave the bus how they found it (no rubbish, no mess).

Students who fail to meet the standards of the above will face school disciplinary action.

Wet Weather

• We have been lucky enough to have a relatively dry winter and to start the summer season, we use a number of fields that are multi-purpose and all weather.
• Unless communicated differently or in the morning of the session (via Redlands Pulse & Clipboard), all training sessions are to be deemed ‘on’.
• Students should bring with them a change of Redlands Sport Uniform (Thursdays only) or their school uniform (Tuesday) if there are light showers during training.

Summer Sport

A reminder that all key information for the season has been uploaded onto the Secondary School Sport page of Redlands Pulse, if you have any additional questions, please reach out to the appropriate Sports Administrator listed at the bottom of this page.

Sports Photos

All Sports Photos are available for parents to view / purchase on the SPA Images Website 

Photo Library >> Schoolsports 2022-24 >> select your sport

Password (redlands2024) Redlands has an agreement with SPA Images that we will only use the images for marketing purposes.

Melba has finalised all photos taken of sport teams and co-curricular activities and they are now available for parents to view and purchase. Please visit the Melba Studios website, Select the ‘Schools’ icon. The password for access is winnie.

Concussion Protocols

Parents and Carers last week received an email containing the Redlands Concussion Protocols, which can also be found in the Key Documents section of Redlands Pulse – Secondary School Sport. A reminder to all that these protocols are for both a return to school and a return to sport. Students who have a suspected concussion are asked to seek medical attention at their earliest convenience.

Winter Sport – Key Contacts