The aim of this course is to:

• Raise cricket profile within a Young Leadership role.
• Inspire Young Leaders to get actively involved with cricket.
• Help provide additional support for KWIK cricket tournaments.
• To help develop generic leaderships skills in a cricket context.
• Identify potential pathways for Young Leaders in cricket.

Target Audience

• Age 14 - 18 years

This may include:

• Students at specialist sports colleges and secondary schools to enable them to work with younger age group students.
• Young people assisting with local cricket activities as a volunteer.

Course Structure

• 6 hours – this may be delivered as 1 x6, 2x3, 3x2 hours sessions.
• Can be run as an independent bolt on to Sports Leaders UK Award in Community Sports Leadership and Sports Leaders UK Award in Junior Sports Leadership.

Note: The course consists of practical sessions and short theory sessions that may be run in a safe area of a sports hall / sports pitch.

Resources

Candidate:

• ECB Young Leader workbook.
• ECB water bottle.
• KWIK Cricket pack.
• Code of conduct.
• Certificate of attendance.
• ‘Get Involved’ certificate (if 10 volunteer hours are completed).

Tutor:

• Course Guidance Notes
• DVD
• PPT
• Candidate workbook that contains course task guides

Venue

The course may be delivered within a school, college or club environment.

Overview

The course if made up of the following modules:

Module 1

This module will help the young leader to:

• Describe the role of an ECB Cricket Young Leader.
• Differentiate between how-to-coach and what-to-coach skills.
• Assess and minimise risk when running a coaching session.
• Build rapport/ relationships.
• Set up and organise safe activities / practices.
• Explain the principles of warm-ups and cool downs.
• Provide instructions and explanations and organise groups.
• Provide technically correct demonstrations.
• Reflect on your coaching practice.

What-to-coach skills:

• Introduction to coaching activities / games.
• Pass and move.
• Relay catching.
• Dodge ball.
• Close catching / high catching.
• Overarm throw.
• Basic batting.
• Basic bowling.

How-to-coach skills:

• Provide instructions and explanations.
• Provide demonstration.
• Organise.
• Warm-up and cool-down.
• Establish and maintain a fun and safe environment.

Module 2

This module will help the young leader to:

• Introduce modified games.
• Adapt games to individuals.
• Set a good learning climate.
• Identify ways to manage groups with different abilities.
• Teach and reinforce fair play and positive behaviour.
• Identify a range of coaching styles to promote learning.
• Manage behaviour / establish control (setting the climate).
• Reflect on coaching practice.
• Encourage and reward positive behaviour.

What-to-coach skills:

• Modified Games:-
  • Continuous/ non stop cricket.
  • Quick runs and safe catching.
  • Pairs Cricket.

How-to-coach skills:

• Build rapport / relationships.
• Keep it safe.
• Make it fun.
• Organise.
• Adapt sessions to individuals.

Get Involved Certificate

Once a candidate has completed 10 hours of voluntary time the individual can choose to fill in the application form (within workbook) and send to Coach Education office at Edgbaston, where upon a their details will be logged onto the Coaches Database and a “Get Involved” special certificate will be issued directly to candidate.