Want to coach?

Whether you are just starting out or an experienced coach, the Warwickshire Cricket Board offers a number of development courses to take your coaching skills to the next level.

Courses are available now, download from the top right of this page.

Detailed below are the courses currently offered by the WCB.

ECB Cricket Young Leaders Award 

Specifically aimed at 14-18 year olds, the Cricket Young Leaders award is to designed to raise the profile of cricket within the Young Leaders’ Scheme (an Explorer Scout programme), inspire Young Leaders to actively involve themselves with cricket and help provide additional support for Kwik Cricket tournaments.

Once a candidate has completed 10 hours of volunteering, he or she can choose to receive a ‘Get Involved’ certificate. This certificate can then be used as evidence in logging volunteer hours for a range of volunteer and sports leadership awards, such as the Duke of Edinburgh Scheme, Community Sports Leader Award (CSLA) and Junior Sports Leader Award (JSLA).

Cricket For Teachers (Primary) Key Stage 2 (7 – 11 years)

Designed to help primary school teachers understand the coaching process and provide ideas as to how to incorporate cricket and cricket skills into the National Curriculum Aspects of Knowledge, the Cricket For Teachers course enables teachers to not only develop interesting and educational PE lessons but also develop their only coaching skills. Specific benefits include:

Introducing teachers to the power and versatility of the Howzat! Resource
Giving teachers the confidence to deliver some cricket in schools themselves and assist coaches in the delivery of cricket in schools
Providing teachers with enough knowledge and practice to move onto a Level I assessment
Encouraging a common coaching and education language between teachers and coaches
Helping promote the benefits of a ‘teaching games for understanding’ approach

ECB Coaching Assistant (UKCC1)

The course is aimed at beginner coaches who will be able to “assist more qualified coaches, delivering aspects of coaching sessions, normally under direct supervision”. The course will help coaches prepare for, deliver and review cricket coaching sessions. It will enable them to:

Introduce and develop the game of cricket to people of all ages in a safe and enjoyable way
Develop and improve players (as people as well as cricketers)
Develop coaching skills, knowledge and qualifies
Demonstrate competence against UKCC/National standards for coaches

ECB Coach Award (UKCC2)

 The role of the ECB Coach Award (UKCC 2) holder is to be able to “prepare for, deliver and review coaching sessions”. This course will help you to be able to:

Introduce and develop the game of cricket to people of all ages in a fun and enjoyable way
Develop fundamental movement skills
Develop and improve players (as people as well as cricketers) particularly at fundamental and L2T stages of the LTAD model
Develop your coaching skills, knowledge and qualities
Demonstrate competence against UKCC2/National Standard for coaches

Coach Workshops

Coaches are required to renew their First Aid and Safeguarding and Protecting Children certificates every three years. The WCB therefore run these courses biannually, in spring and autumn.

Coach Development Workshops

The primary target audience for the new Coach Development Workshops is coaches who have attended the new UKCC2 course. These workshops (plus the Club Coach Assessment) are designed to act as ‘stepping stones’ for individuals who wish to work towards attending either the UKCC3 course or the Club Coach Course.

Coaches can also access these as CPD (Continual Professional Development). A certificate of attendance will be issued for each workshop attended.

Holding a CRB, a valid First Aid Certificate and a Safeguarding and Protecting Children Certificate is a pre-requisite for attending the workshops.

These workshops will include content similar to the previous ECB Level II course but new developments have meant that we can include some updated information that we feel is valuable for coaches at this level.
Each workshops is three hours in duration:

Workshop 1 – Developing batters

Revison of key principles
Pre-delivery movements
Additional shots
Drills
Coaching opportunities

Workshop 2 – Using video when working with batters

Practical use of video
Reinforcement of technical information
Highlighting strengths in players
Addressing problems
Tactical considerations

Workshop 3 – Working with bowlers and using video cameras

Practical use of cameras
Revision of key principles
Observation and analysis practice
Drills
Seam and spin variations
Tactical considerations

Workshop 4 – Working in the nets

Purposes of nets
Advantages and disadvantages
Revision of net management
Practical coaching opportunity
Net variations
Using bowling machines

Workshop 5 – Working with wicket-keepers and fielders

Additional keeping techniques
Practical coaching practice
Using drills with wicket-keepers
Additional fielding techniques
What makes a good fielding drill?

 Workshop 6 – Coaching a Team

Pre-match preparation
Role of coach during a match
Post-match work
Using games in training
Planning club nights
CCA – Club Coach Assessment
Once completing all the above workshops, an assessment needs to be taken before embarking on the UKCC3 course.

If wish to progress further up the ECB Coaching Pathway, visit the ECB website for complete information and a list of venues at which these courses are held.