Dorset ECB Foundation I Coach Course
Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket.
ECB Foundation I Coach is a new 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 I Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.
It is now the entry level qualification required to coach cricket.
See the attached document at the bottom of the page for a module by module guide to the course.
Content
• Role of an ECB Foundation I Coach
• What does coaching look like?
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• 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.
Commitment
• 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
• £150.00
Pre-requisites for certification
• 18 years of age
• Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers
• ECB DBS
Upcoming ECB Foundation I Coach programmes
Dorset ECB Foundation 1 Coach Course - Lytchett Minster School 2021
Venue - Lytchett Manor Sports Centre, Lytchett Minster School, Post Green Road, Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6JD
Dates: Sat 16th and 23rd October 2021
Times: 9.50am to 5pm
Cost: £150
Age: 17 and a half to attend course, 18 years old to receive qualification
Registration Deadline: 7th October 2021
Click here for the Dorset ECB Foundation 1 Coach Course - Lytchett Minster School 2021 booking link
Dorset ECB Foundation 1 Coach Course - Sturfit Leisure Centre 2021
Venue - Sturfit Leisure Centre, Honeymead Lane, Sturminster Newton, Dorset, DT10 1EW
Dates: Sun 14th and 28th November 2021
Times: Both 10am to 5pm
Cost: £150
Age: 17 and a half to attend course, 18 years old to receive qualification
Registration Deadline: 5th November 2021
Click here for the Dorset ECB Foundation 1 Coach Course - Wey Valley School 2021 booking link
Dorset ECB Foundation 1 Coach Course - Lytchett Minster School 2022
Venue - Lytchett Manor Sports Centre, Lytchett Minster School, Post Green Road, Lytchett Minster, Poole, Dorset, BH16 6JD
Dates: Sat 15th and 22nd January 2022
Times: 9.50am to 5pm
Cost: £150
Age: 17 and a half to attend course, 18 years old to receive qualification
Registration Deadline: 8th January 2022
Click here for the Dorset ECB Foundation 1 Coach Course - Lytchett Minster School 2022 booking link
WOMANS AND GIRLS / DISABILITY COACH SUBSIDIES
We have a small number of £50 subsidies available to female coaches or coaches with a disability for the ECB Foundation 1 Coach courses. These are available up to the end of January. If any female coaches or coaches with a disability want to book on an ECB Foundation 1 Coach and would like to claim a subsidy then please contact Greg Parsons at greg.parsons@dorsetcricketboard.co.uk to ask if a subsidy can be allocated.
