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title: Meet Helen Horrocks - Coach at She's Got Game
description: Meet Helen Horrocks, RYA Powerboat Instructor, commercially licensed skipper and obsessive fisher behind She’s Got Game boating & fishing coaching for women.
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# About She's Got Game
#### Hey, I'm Helen - Skipper, Instructor, Lifelong Learner...
I started out as the partner in the passenger seat - I’d get the occasional turn at the helm, but never enough to really feel confident in charge of the boat.
So I bought my own boat, crewed on charters and took any chance I could get to fish with people who knew far more than me.
One thing I learned is that the more time you spend actually doing something, the more useful you become - and the more opportunities tend to come your way.
The problem - especially for women - is getting those first opportunities.
She’s Got Game exists to create more of those chances for women to actually do the things themselves, so they can then give those opportunities to others.
### My coaching style
I’m a qualified instructor, and a calm, patient teacher. I’m not going to grab the wheel because I can do something faster, or overload you with confusing instructions.
I’ll clearly explain, often demonstrate, then give you the space to have a go yourself.
If something doesn’t work, we’ll figure out why and try it again. I’ll ask questions, give you feedback and help you spot things you might have missed. The aim is for you to get confident in your own abilities, and trust your own decisions on the water.
### My credentials
I’m a commercially licensed skipper and qualified powerboat instructor, with more than 20 years’ boating experience including offshore sailing, commercial work and game fishing.
- **MNZ Skipper Restricted Limits (SRL)**
- **RYA Powerboat Instructor**
- **International Certificate for Operators of Pleasure Craft (ICC)**
- **MROC & VHF Operators Certificates**
- **Comprehensive First Aid Certificate**
## How I ended up here...
I grew up in, on and around the water in Scotland - canoeing, sailing, clambering up gorges and jumping off wharves...
I moved to New Zealand in my mid 20s and got into yacht racing, which led to me buying my first boat - a 29ft yacht - and refitting it before sailing it offshore to the Pacific Islands.
Living in the Bay of Islands, it was hard not to get into fishing too. But it wasn't until I fell head-first down the game fishing rabbit hole that I really developed a passion for it.
I've crewed on game fishing charters, worked on a commercial cray boat, fished with some legendary skippers, bought my own trailer boat and soaked up every bit of knowledge I could from those who knew far more than me. Now I'm keen to share that knowledge with other women, because I've seen the passion women have for fishing and boating, but I've also experienced first hand how hard it can be to get opportunities to do more.
That's why I started She's Got Game.
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### What you can expect from me
- **Proven experience** – Qualified powerboat instructor & commercially licensed skipper with years of hands-on skippering and fishing experience.
- **Calm, clear coaching** – from someone who’s patient and supportive, helping you learn without jargon or pressure.
- **Focused on safety** – Your boat, your crew and everyone else on the water stays safe, during our sessions and beyond.
- **Practical approach** – We work on the skills you’ll actually use, in the real conditions you’ll actually face.
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## Enough about me. How about you?
What are your goals?
Do you want to be able to take your mates or the kids fishing?
Are you keen to understand more of the *why*, rather than just winding the fish in?
Do you want the confidence you'd be able to deal with an on-water emergency if it happened?
Let's chat and we can figure out a plan that works for you.
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