Foundation Coach
The entry level qualification for cricket coaching in England and Wales makes becoming a coach more accessible.Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket.
ECB Foundation Coach is 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 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.
foundation coach
This programme has been designed to develop a learner’s knowledge, skills and confidence to use icoachcricket to coach safe, fun and inclusive sessions that ignite a lifelong love of the game.
An ECB Foundation Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.
Who is it for?
- Anyone aged 17 and over wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire and develop players and make a difference to the game.
- Experience of playing or coaching cricket is desirable but not essential when applying for this programme.
Course content
- Role of an ECB Foundation Coach
- What does coaching look like?
- Using icoachcricket
- Coaching fielding, bowling and batting
- Foundation principles – fielding, bowling and batting
- The coaching tools
- Differentiation
Commitment
- £200.00 – Bursaries and payment plans available
- Four face-to-face modules lasting three hours each, including three observed coaching opportunities, and typically delivered over two days.
- Four bite-sized e-learning modules lasting 15-20 minutes each
- Online multiple-choice questionnaire
Pre-Requisite for Certification
- Be 18 years of age (learners can book a place if they are 17 on the first day of the course)
- Hold a valid ECB Disclosure and Barring Service check
- Hold a valid ECB safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Level 2
- Successfully complete the online multiple-choice question paper achieving at least 70%
- Attend all face-to-face modules
- Be marked competent in the observed coaching sessions
Coaching Bursaries
You may be entitled to a Coaching Bursary if you
Are female
Are from an ethnically diverse community
Have a disability
Are experiencing financial hardship
Book a Foundation Coach Course
Please review our cancellation policy before booking onto any course.
Seat Unique Stadium
Sunday 11th October, 13:30 – 16:30
Sunday 18th October, 13:30 – 16:30
Sunday 25th October, 09:30 – 16:30
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Archway School, Stroud
Saturday 6th February, 11:15 – 17:45
Saturday 20th February, 11:15 – 17:45
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Barnwood Park, Gloucester
Saturday 6th March, 09:30 – 16:30
Saturday 13th March, 09:30 – 16:30
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St Brendan's, Brislington
Saturday 4th April, 09:15 – 15:45
Saturday 11th April, 09:15 – 15:45
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Nicky Clarke / Workforce Manager
Nicky joined GCF from Somerset Cricket Foundation, where she spent 4.5 years gaining valuable experience supporting clubs and leagues, in cricket operations, and with volunteer workforce development. At GCF, Nicky is responsible for supporting the development of the people who make recreational cricket happen, covering everything from grass to game!
Nicky has spent many years supporting the WEPL Board, providing expertise in using Play-Cricket, player registration, and managed migration to clubs across the West of England. She is also a qualified coach, umpire, and scorer who has been lucky enough to score at the county ground in Taunton on a few occasions, including England Lions v South Africa in 2022.
Nicky’s home club is Weston-super-Mare, where she is a long-standing volunteer and has been integral in rebuilding the women’s and girls’ section following Covid. On the rare occasions she’s not doing something cricket related, she has two boys who prefer the social side of cricket to the playing side, she likes to read, run (slowly), and is a half-marathon survivor.
