Hertfordshire Cricket

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ECB Foundation l Coach Award

Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket.

ECB Foundation I Coach is a new coach development programme and qualification that has been created to help more people take their first steps into coaching cricket.

A blend of e-learning and face-to-face modules led by ECB Coach Developers will explore what coaching looks like, the impact you can have as an ECB Foundation I Coach, the skills you can help players to develop and how you can learn from your experiences.

By committing yourself to this programme and becoming a qualified coach you will become an important part of the ECB’s coaching family that works together to help players improve, have fun, be safe and learn at every stage of their development.

Programme Outcomes

This programme has been designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and confidence to coach cricket sessions that are active, purposeful, enjoyable and safe.

An ECB Foundation I Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.

It is now the entry level qualification required to coach cricket. Click in the document section below for a module by module guide.

Content

• Role of an ECB Foundation I Coach
• What does coaching look like?
• icoachcricket
• Coaching fielding, bowling and batting
• Foundation principles – fielding, bowling and batting
• The coaching tools
• Purposeful sessions
• Active sessions
• Safe sessions
• Enjoyable sessions
• Differentiation

Who is it for?

• Anyone aged 17 and over wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire players and make a difference to the game.

Commitment

• 4 face-to-face modules lasting 3 hours each
• 7 bitesize e-learning modules lasting 10-15 minutes each
• 3 observed coaching opportunities during face-to-face modules and an online multiple choice questionnaire

Pre-requisites for certification

• 18 years of age
• Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers
• Valid ECB DBS (must be in place prior to start of course)

The costs of the Course is £150.00 (on-line payment only at time of booking)

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Hertfordshire Cricket Course Dates Spring 2021:

All Courses will take place at the Hertfordshire Sports Village, University of Hertfordshire, de Havilland College, Hatfield, Herts AL10 9EU

Sundays - 9.00am - 5.00pm

Course 1
21st & 28th February 2021
COURSE NOW FULL

Course 2
14th & 28th March 2021
COURSE NOW FULL

Course 3
25th April & 2nd May 2021
COURSE NOW FULL

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Due to Covid-19 Restrictions the courses are limited to 15 candidates per course and are booked on a first come, first served basis - places can not be reserved or held. You must attend both session dates to complete the course (you can not mix and match course dates).

If you are not able to make the above dates, our neighbouring Counties (Cambridgeshire, Cricket East, Essex & Middlesex) are all running courses this winter and may have alternative dates that suit you better. Details can be found on their websites.

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If you need more information then please contact Dominic Chatfield, Hertfordshire Club & Community Manager