Hertfordshire Cricket

ECB Foundation Coach (Level 1)

Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket.

ECB Foundation Coach is a 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 you can have as an ECB Foundation I 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.

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 Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.

It is now the entry level qualification required to coach cricket. Click in the document section below for a module by module guide.

Content

• Role of an ECB Foundation 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. Please note you can undertake the course at 17 years old but you cannot be certificated until you turn 18 years old.

• 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

Pre-requisites for certification

• 18 years of age
• Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding for Specialist Roles - Coaches & Activators (you will automatically be signed up for this course when you register)
• Valid ECB DBS (this must be in place prior to start of course)

The costs of the Course is £150.00 (on-line payment only at time of booking)

Courses are limited to 24 candidates per course and are booked on a first come, first served basis - places can not be reserved or held. You must attend both session dates to complete the course (you can not mix and match course dates). Courses are not transferable and our booking terms and conditions apply.

* Coach Development Bursaries are available for this course.

HCL Coach Development Booking Terms & Conditions

You must attend both session dates to complete the course and course dates/bookings are non transferable.

If you are not able to make the Hertfordshire dates, our neighbouring Counties (Cambridgeshire, Cricket East, Essex & Middlesex) will all be running courses this winter and may have alternative dates that may suit you better. Details can be found on their websites.