Individual's will be ranked against the ANZ Premiership and BEKO Netball League standards as well as other athletes who have applied to the NZEPP.
The selection panel will be comprised of: SKYCITY Mystics Head Coach, Northern STARS Head Coach, Northern Marvels Head Coach, Northern Comets Head Coach and the Northern Zone Performance Manager.
Athletes who are selected for the NZEPP will meet one of the following levels based on their current performance and any relevant historical data. These athletes will be invited to be part of the NZEPP after testing and screening.
Developing Athletes Talented athletes (e.g. shown performance potential in their current netball copetition environment).
Athletes who are not selected will receive their testing data and some key bullet points of information on their performance during the selection process. If, for any reason a selected athlete cannont fulfil the requirements of the NZEPP they will be replaced with a non-selected athlete at the discretion of the selection panel.
In early 2019, there are athletes (who display readiness in the various levels of the NZEPP), returning or relocating to Auckland for work and study. Many of these athletes have already contacted the zone to register for the NZEPP. The zone will work with these individuals on a case by case basis to determine their entry into the NZEPP when they arrive in Auckland.
If you are selected for the NZEPP the commitment is to be at the sessions marked in the NZEPP athlete calendar as well as participate in the strength and conditioning (S&C) programme designed for your level.
If you are placed into a certain level during the investment season it is because we consider it necessary to expose you to a level of training and environment in line with your developmental needs. It does not necessarily mean you will be selected for the teams or campaigns these levels have been compared against, as shown above.