ECB COACH EDUCATION COURSES INCORPORATING....

THE NEW CERTIFICATES IN CRICKET COACHING

The structure of coaching within the UK is changing and new courses with new syllabuses are coming on line over the next 2/3 years

FOR ALL COURSES AT ALLTHE NEW LEVELS

Every candidate will need to undergo a current CRB check
(Please be aware that ECB no longer accepts any CRB checks from any other organisation. If a candidate is CRB-checked via his / her job outside cricket, he / she will still have to undergo another CRB check to coach cricket.

Every candidate will need to attend a Good Practice Child Protection workshop and a 1st Aid course

Finally every candidate will need to complete a logbook

AGE QUALIFICATIONS FOR CANDIDATES - YCB has now been informed that a candidate MUST be aged 16 at the beginning of a UKCC Level One course and 18 at the beginning of a UKCC Level 2 course.

LEVEL ONE CERTIFICATE IN CRICKET COACHING - The Assistant Coach Award (Click here to be taken to the Pre-Course Information. This includes information on the content of each module)

These courses run over 2 days with a half-day assessment. The course can be run as 5 x 3-hour modules, including an assessment. Candidates have to complete a work-book and a multiple choice questionnaire.

The content of the new Level One Certificate in Cricket Coaching will include the following -

Coaching motives
Role & responsibilities
Warm Ups/Cool Downs
Introduction of “How to Coach” – Instruct & Explain, Organise Groups, Make it Fun
Set up and organise activities & practices
Building relationships (set the scene)
Establishing control and monitoring behaviour
Introduction to modified games
Basic Umpiring & scoring
Introduction to batting, bowling, fielding
How to Coach (Demonstration, make it fun, organise, observe, give feedback
Role of the Assistant Coach
Coaching Styles

Target Audience

Parents helping out at club junior sections
Volunteers working in club junior sections
Adult assisting club coaches on club junior practice nights
Young Players/People
Teachers

LEVEL TWO CERTIFICATE IN CRICKET COACHING - The Coach Award
(Click here to be taken the Pre-Course Information. This includes information on the content of each module)

The new course consists of 8 x 3-hour modules and the content will include the following -

Coaching motives
Role & responsibilities
Differentiation – “How to Coach” “What to Coach”
Risk Assessments
Relationships – Coach/Player
Warm ups/cool downs
Provide Demonstrations, Explanations, Instructions
How to Question, Observe & Analyse, Organise, Generate & Provide Feedback, Make it Fun & Keep it safe
Coaching Children & Young Players through LTAD
Coaching Technical Skills
Group Coaching
Developing Players
Coaching Tactical Play

All candidates for the Level Two Certificate in Cricket Coaching will also need to undergo a period of “Supportive Practice” for 10 hours after they have taken the above 8 modules. Their final assessment will then take place approx 2 months later. It will include a multiple choice questionnaire, demonstrations, Group Coaching, Lesson Plans and a Coaches workbook/logbook.

ECB LEVEL THREE - THIS COURSE REMAINS AVAILABLE UNTIL 2007/08

These are national courses and are aimed at Coaches at a professional or near professional level. They qualify coaches to coach at county representative level and who, after gaining experience, may be selected to undergo Staff Coach Tutor Training

The Yorkshire Cricket Board will nominate to these courses and will invite candidates from the county of a high enough standard

COACH DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOPS

Modules on video performance analysis, net management etc are normally available. Please contact your local YCDO.

REGIONAL SEMINAR

This has now become a very successful and popular annual event, held usually in November at the Yorkshire Cricket Centre.

The latest list of known courses is available by clicking here or here.

Details of forthcoming courses can be obtained from David Tighe, the YCB Coach Education Manager, and from this website.