21st November 2019
| Mallory Gray
ECB FOUNDATION 1 COURSE
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.
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.
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
· £150.00
Pre-requisites for certification
· 18 years of age
· Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers
· ECB DBS
Foundation One modules
South East Wales
VENUE: Duffryn Community Sports Centre
DAY ONE: Saturday 14th March 2020
DAY TWO: Saturday 28th March 2020
TIMES: 9.30am until 4.00pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/8hqy8y
VENUE: Ebbw Vale Indoor Cricket School
DAY ONE: Sunday 5th April 2020
DAY TWO: Sunday 19th April 2020
TIMES: 9.30am until 4.00pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/chq6g1
Venue : Cowbridge Comprehensive School
DAY ONE: Saturday 4th April 2020
DAY TWO: Saturday 18th April 2020
TIMES: 9.30am until 4.00pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/6nq7jz
North Wales
Venue: Newtown: Maldwyn Leisure Centre
DAY ONE: Saturday 15th February 2020
DAY TWO: Saturday 29th February 2020
TIMES: 9.30am until 3:30pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/vhq6g0
Venue: St Asaph: St Asaph Leisure Centre
DAY ONE: Saturday 7TH March 2020
DAY TWO: Saturday 21st March 2020
TIMES: 9.30am until 3:30pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/khq6h1
South West
VENUE: Llandarcy Sports Centre
DAY ONE: Saturday 28th March 2020
DAY TWO: Saturday 4th April 2020
TIMES: 11am until 5:30pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/thqhwz
VENUE: Neyland (new) Sports Centre
DAY ONE: Sunday 19th April 2020
DAY TWO: Saturday 25th April 2020
TIMES: 9.30am until 4.00pm both days
LINK: http://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/9hqy8h