Wiltshire Cricket launches new ECB Foundation 1 course this Spring!

Wiltshire Cricket is delighted to announce that we will be running the new ECB Foundation 1 Coach course with details of our first course are given below:

Venue:

Dates:

 

Times:

Dauntsey’s School, West Lavington, Devizes, SN10 4HE

Sunday 29th March 2020

Sunday 12th April 2020

9am to 4pm both days

ECB Foundation 1 Coach – please click here to register

Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket. The 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 an ECB Foundation I Coach can have, the skills they can help players to develop and how they can learn from their experiences. By committing to this programme and becoming a qualified coach they 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 1 Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.
  • It is now the entry level qualification required to coach cricket.

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 fact-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
  • Cost £150

Pre-requisites for certification

  • 18 years if age
  • Valid safeguarding training – Safeguarding Young Cricketers
  • ECB DBS