If you are not quite sure which course is for you then please take a look at the ECB course selector: http://www.ecb.co.uk/coaching/courses
If you would like to look at the pathway in a PDF format please click on this link: ECB_Course_and_Workshop_Guide
The new pathway is split in to Coach Environments and includes the following courses:
1) Coach Support Environment
- - ECB Cricket Activator
- - ECB Coach Suport Worker
2) Coaching Children Environment
- - ECB Certifcate in Coaching Children (UKC2)
3) Coaching Young People & Adults Environment
- ECB Certifcate in Coaching Young People & Adults (UKC2)
For more information on any of the Coach Education Courses please contact [email protected]
Cricket Activator
The Cricket Activator (CA) course looks to identify and understand the various roles that make cricket happen, understand the expectations of people in these roles, and understand how to promote cricket to get more people playing more often. It will also signpost attendees to further opportunities to progress as part of the cricket workforce.
Who should attend?
People wishing to volunteer in any way at all in getting cricket played and played more often. Open to all, no upper or lower age limit.
Commitment
Attend a 6 Hour Workshop.
10 hours of volunteering - complete after the course date, once completed you can be awarded the CA Certificate.
For more information on Cricket Activator Courses please contact [email protected]
Coach Support Worker
Who Should Attend?
Individuals wishing to assist under the direct supervision of ECB qualified coaches in the delivery of high quality practical cricket coaching sessions within a club environment.
Commitment
- Attend a 6 hour workshop
- Safeguarding Young Cricketers
Pre-Requisites for Certification
- Aged 16 years at least to begin the course.
- Current DBS
For more information on Coach Support Worker Courses please contact [email protected]
Certificate in Coaching Children
Coaching children is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within the coaching pathway. Players need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development; this course is designed with your players’ needs at its core.
In turn, the experiences, tasks, practices and sharing of ideas which you experience during the course are design to help equip you with the tools you need to meet your players’ needs. Just as players learn quickly, so do coaches. The challenge for all coaches is to learn as they develop, just as players do.
ECB Certificate in Coaching Children’s Cricket (CCC)
Who Should Attend?
Coaches who are going to Coach Children from 6 to 13 years of age. They may be new coaches, existing UKCC1/ECB L1 or Young Person and Adult coaches who wish to access ‘child specific’ content
Commitment
Coaches will be required to attend 8 x 3 Hour Modules, complete ‘off-course’ home-study ‘online E-modules’ tasks in between modules and six sessions of supported practice usually in your own Club Coaching environment.
Pre-requisites for Certification
- Current DBS
- Safeguarding Young Cricketers
- Emergency 1st Aid Certificate
- Aged 18 years on the Assessment
For more information on Coaching Childrens Courses please contact [email protected]
Certificate in coaching young people and adults
Coaching young people and adults is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within the coaching pathway. Players need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development; this course is designed with your player’s needs at its core.
In turn, the experiences, tasks, practices and sharing of ideas which you experience during the course are design to help equip you with the tools you need to meet your players’ needs. Just as players learn quickly, so do coaches. The challenge for all coaches is to learn as they develop, just as players do.
ECB Certificate in Coaching Young People and Adults’ Cricket (YPA)
Who Should Attend?
Coaches who are going to Coach Young People and Adults in ‘Open Age’ Cricket. They may be new coaches, existing UKCC1/ECB L1 or Childrens coaches who wish to access ‘young person and adult specific’ content
Commitment
Coaches will be required to attend 8 x 3 Hour Modules, complete ‘off-course’ home-study ‘online E-modules’ tasks in between modules and six sessions of supported practice usually in your own Club Coaching environment.
Pre-requisites for Certification
- Emergency 1st Aid Certificate
- Safeguarding Young Cricketers
- Current DBS
- Aged 18 years on the Assessment
For more information on Coaching Young People and Adult Courses please contact [email protected]
ECB Cricket for Teachers Primary (currently under review)
The programme will help teachers, teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants and other adults supporting learning within schools understand how cricket can be used to deliver high-quality PE and school sport and introduce the power and versatility of the New Howzat! resource.
Who Should Attend?
- Teachers
- Teaching Assistants
- Student Teachers
- Other Adults supporting learning within Key Stage Two 7 to 11 year olds in schools.
Commitment
- Attend a 4 Hour workshop
ECB Working In Schools (currently under review)
To help cricket coaches understand the concept of High Quality PE and integrate it into their coaching practice, understand the requirements of Striking and Fielding within National Curriculum and to encourage common coaching and educational language between teachers and coaches. You will explore the requirements of Key Stage 2 and 3 and introduce the power and versatility of the new Howzat! resource.
Who Should Attend?
- Current Coaches who are required to deliver Cricket in Schools
Commitment
- Attend a 6 Hour Workshop
Pre-Requisites for Certification
- ECB Certificate in Coaching Children or Young People and Adults as appropriate (or ECB Level 2/UKCC2 equivalent)
- 1st Aid Certificate
- Safeguarding & Protecting Children
- Current DBS
- Aged 18 years at least.
ECB Cricket for Teachers Secondary (currently under review)
The programme will help teachers, teaching assistants, higher level teaching assistants and other adults supporting learning within schools understand how cricket can be used to deliver high quality PE and school sport and introduce the power and versatility of the New Howzat! resource.
Who Should Attend?
- Teachers
- Teaching Assistants
- Student Teachers
- Other Adults supporting learning within Secondary Schools
Commitment
- Attend a 4 Hour workshop
ECB Working In Schools (currently under review)
To help cricket coaches understand the concept of High Quality PE and integrate it into their coaching practice, understand the requirements of Striking and Fielding within National Curriculum and to encourage common coaching and educational language between teachers and coaches. You will explore the requirements of Key Stage 2 and 3 and introduce the power and versatility of the new Howzat! resource.
Who Should Attend?
- Current Coaches who are required to deliver Cricket in Schools
Commitment
- Attend a 6 Hour Workshop
Pre-Requisites for Certification
- ECB Certificate in Coaching Children or Young People and Adults as appropriate (or ECB Level 2/UKCC2 equivalent)
- 1st Aid Certificate
- Safeguarding & Protecting Children
- Current DBS
- Aged 18 years at least.
