Nominate a Coach to be the McDonald's Community Coach of the Year 2024

Community coaches are the heroes of football in New Zealand.

McDonald's Community Coach of the Year is back for the 2024 season.

Whether it's a football or futsal coach we want to hear your stories about what makes your coach stand out! 

When you nominate your coach they'll go in the draw to WIN a prize pack of a lifetime of up to $5000 and $3000 for their club. *T's and C's apply. Nominations close midnight Thursday 31st October, 2024.


Nominate a coach for the 2024 McDonald's Community Coach of the Year HERE.

2023 MCDONALD'S COMMUNITY FOOTBALL COACH OF THE YEAR

TOM ZWINNEN - Central Football

My drive is to be a great parent and a good role model within the community. Coaching soccer for my kids and the club was the perfect way to do that. I started coaching my kids’ teams 5 years ago when they were age 5, My focus was to make sure that every child felt safe, had fun, and came back for more, no matter their skill level.

I learned coaching by trial and error and watching online videos. We used the parent messenger page to share videos for upcoming training with the kids so they could see what we would be training. I planned our training based on the previous game’s challenges and opportunities.

I never imagined that it would be so rewarding and that I would look forward to each training and game.​​​​​​​

Key factor was to celebrate the player of day with quotes that matched their strengths, challenges, or achievements.

We made it such a part of our team culture to celebrate every success and every challenge as an opportunity, that the kids (& parents) never really looked or felt like they had lost

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