Support Coach
A new coach development programme that will help you take your first steps into coaching cricket.Programme Outcomes
This programme has been designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and confidence to support qualified coaches.
An ECB Support Coach is not qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and therefore must be supervised by a qualified cricket coach.
Content
- Supporting coaches and players
- icoachcricket
- Communicating with coaches and players
- Supporting fielding, bowling and batting
- Safety
- Differentiation
The ECB Support Coach has been designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and confidence to support qualified coaches.
An ECB Support Coach is not qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and therefore must be supervised by a qualified cricket coach.
Specifically, this course is designed to help to develop your confidence and equip you with the knowledge, understanding and applied skills to assist a qualified coach in a coaching session and create a safe, enjoyable and welcoming player-centred environment. The course focuses on practical learning allowing you to understand how to make sessions safe, lead warm-ups and cool downs, and run different types of practice.
- Supporting coaches and players
- iCoachCricket
- Communicating with coaches and players
- Supporting fielding, bowling and batting
- Safety
Module 1 - Introducing ECB Support Coach
- Introduce the core themes of the program and helps prepare for the face-to-face module
Module 2 - Supporting coaching
- Role of an ECB Support Coach
- What does support coaching look like?
- Coaching – your turn
- Player welfare and safeguarding
- Coaching fielding, bowling and batting – your turn
Module 3 - Being a ECB Support Coach
- Explores how support coaches enhance players’ experiences using a variety of scenarios
- Multiple choice question assessment
Who is it for?
Commitment
- £40.00
- 1 face-to-face module lasting 3 hours
- 2 bitesize e-learning modules lasting 10-15 minutes each
- Multiple choice question assessment
Pre-requisites
- 16 years of age
- ECB DBS
- Valid safeguarding certificate (e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers)
For more information or to book a course at your club, please contact Gareth Dawson Workforce Development Officer.
Gareth Dawson / Workforce Development Officer
Additionally, he will support the Gloucestershire Association of Cricket Officials (GACO) in developing an Officials Strategy that aims to grow the number of officials across the game. Increase the number of courses that are available to potential officials and work with GACO to transition volunteers from ‘course takers’ to ‘standing officials’.
Support the Gloucestershire Grounds Association in developing a programme of activity that supports ground staff across each year. Coordinate and manage both national and local Reward and Recognition events for all groups of volunteers. On top of practical delivery in schools, he will work with teachers to enhance their cricket delivery and work with universities/colleges to provide opportunities for students to gain qualifications and coaching experience.
Gareth is a Liverpool FC fan, a big follower of cricket around the world and plays his cricket at Hatherley & Reddings.
