03 October 2013
Coach Education Courses 2013/2014
Application Forms
Dear Candidate,
As of the 1st September 2013, the ECB have adopted a new range of coaching courses, designed to best benefit the players being coached throughout the stages of their development:
The courses are outlined above, with initial entry points in the following areas:
- Coach Support Environment
- The Coaching of Children
- The Coaching of Young People and Adults
The following pages seek to explain what each of the new course entails, the commitment required by the candidates and pre-requisites that apply individually to each qualification.
Coach Support Environment
ECB Cricket Activator
The Aims
Bespoke workshops run to help clubs and individuals develop cricket in their town or area. Possible titles can include:
- Planning and running a Kwik Cricket festival
- Starting a youth section
- Planning and running a family funday/fundraising event
Each course should have a definite outcome, therefore the points raised on the course are realistic and has a purpose
Who should Attend?
People with a project in mind, looking for help and advice as to how to run it. Open to all with no upper or lower age limit.
Commitment
Attend a 6 hour workshop
ECB Coach Support Worker
The Aims
Individuals wishing to assist under the direct supervision of ECB qualified coaches in the delivery of high quality practical cricket coaching sessions within a club environment.
Commitment
Attend a 6 hour workshop
Pre-Requisites for Certification
Current ECB DBS, Safeguarding & Protecting Children course. Aged at least 16 years to begin the course.
Coaching Children Environment
Coaching children is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within the coaching pathway. Players need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development; this course is designed with your players' needs at its core.
In turn, the experiences, tasks, practices and sharing of ideas which you experience during the course are design to help equip you with the tools you need to meet your players' needs.Just as players learn quickly, so do coaches. The challenge for all coaches is to learn as they develop, just as players do.
ECB Certificate in Coaching Children’s Cricket (UKCC Level 2)
Who Should Attend?
Coaches who are going to Coach Children from 6 to 13 years of age. They may be new coaches, existing UKCC1/ECB L1 or Young Person and Adult coaches who wish to access ‘child specific’ content
Commitment
Coaches will be required to attend 8 x 3 Hour Modules, complete ‘off-course’ home-study ‘online E-modules’ tasks in between modules and six sessions of supported practice usually in your own Club Coaching environment.
Pre-requisites for Certification
Emergency 1st Aid Certificate, Safeguarding Young Cricketers (e-learning), current DBS, aged 17 years at least to begin the course and 18 years at Assessment.
Coaching Young People and Adults Environment
Coaching young people and adults is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within the coaching pathway. Players need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development; this course is designed with your player’s needs at its core.
In turn, the experiences, tasks, practices and sharing of ideas which you experience during the course are design to help equip you with the tools you need to meet your players' needs. Just as players learn quickly, so do coaches. The challenge for all coaches is to learn as they develop, just as players do.
ECB Certificate in Coaching Young People and Adults’ Cricket (UKCC Level 2)
Who Should Attend?
Coaches who are going to Coach Young People and Adults in ‘Open Age’ Cricket. They may be new coaches, existing UKCC1/ECB L1 or Childrens coaches who wish to access ‘young person and adult specific’ content
Commitment
Coaches will be required to attend 8 x 3 Hour Modules, complete ‘off-course’ home-study ‘online E-modules’ tasks in between modules and six sessions of supported practice usually in your own Club Coaching environment.
Pre-requisites for Certification
Emergency 1st Aid Certificate, Safeguarding Young Cricketers, current DBS, aged 17 years at least to begin the course and 18 years at Assessment.
Note – Coaching Environment Course Applicants
Applicants for the “Coaching Children’s Cricket” and “Coaching Young People and Adults” courses must complete and submit a coach profile form to support their application. Wiltshire Cricket maintains the right to use the information stated on the application paperwork to shortlist and allocate candidates to the two courses.
Applicants applying to attend courses not relevant to their coaching profiles may have their application forms returned back to them with the option (if available) of attending the alternative coaching course.
All Coaching Environment course applicants must be current ECBCA members or must apply as part of the Coach Education application form.
As you can see these courses are very different to previous coach education programmes and therefore it might be that you need further information on the courses before deciding which to take. Additional information can be found on the Wiltshire Cricket and ECB websites
As these courses are all very new, we are looking to run only the following courses:
1 x Coaching Young People and Adults1 x Coaching Children’s Cricket
3 x Coach Support Worker1 x Umpire Level 1
1x Scorers Level 15 x First Aid Courses
NB –The new ECB Safeguarding course – Safeguarding Young Cricketers (SYC) – is a free on line course available for coaching staff only. As a result, Wiltshire Cricket is not planning to deliver any SportsCoachUK Safeguarding and Protecting Children courses at this time. As the SYC qualification is not applicable for Club Welfare Officers, we will be looking to run an SPC course around the same time as the annual CWO meeting/Safe Hands course.
Booking process
A dramatically simplified pricing system has been put in place for 2013/14, with prices relating to your club’s affiliation package with Wiltshire Cricket Limited. For the purposes of the new coaching courses, the pricing categories will be as follows:
Focus Clubs:
Biddestone, Bradford On Avon, Burbage and Easton Royal, Calne, Chippenham, Corsham, Devizes, Goatacre, Marlborough, Marshfield, Potterne, Purton, Redlynch and Hale, South Wilts, Steeple Langford, Swindon, Trowbridge, Warminster, Winsley, Wootton Bassett
Clubmark Clubs:
Malmesbury, Westbury and District, Winterslow
Other Clubs with Junior sections:
Any club not listed above
Non Wiltshire residents:
Any candidate representing a club not affiliated to Wiltshire Cricket
For ECB Coach Support Worker, Cricket Activator, Umpiring, Scoring and First Aid courses standard prices will apply to all.
COACHES
Do you wish to attend one of the new UKCC2 courses?
Coaching Young People and Adults Sunday 24th November 2013
(candidates must attend all days)Sunday15thDecember 2013
Saturday 15th February 2014
Saturday 5th April 2014
Coaching Children’s CricketSaturday 23rdNovember 2013
(candidates must attend all days)Saturday 14thDecember 2013
Saturday 22ndFebruary 2014
Saturday 12th April 2014
Clubmark Clubs / £305
Other Clubs with Junior sections / £325
Non Wiltshire Residents / £355
Are you an ECB Coaches Association Member?
If not and you are coaching, please note that all coach education candidates must be ECBCA members
ECBCA Membership
The ECB Coaches Association is an organisation that supports coaches of all levels through the provision of insurance services (public liability, employers liability and personal accident cover), continual coach development through the “HOWZAT” CD rom resource, “Wings to Fly” video and publications. Annual membership is extremely cheap at £30 (paid by DD) or £37 (paid by cheque)
Membership forms are included in this Coach Education pack. Please ensure that you complete this as part of your application form. Note that payments must be made separately, either by DD using the mandate on the application form or by cheque for £37, payable to “ECBCA”.
Note – Applications for coach education courses not including ECBCA membership will be returned.
Do you wish to attend the Cricket Activator Course?
Possible dates for courses being run at Dauntsey’s School are:
Saturday 26th October 2013
Sunday 16th February 2014
Wiltshire Cricket asks that if there are any clubs wishing to run a bespoke course on any of these dates, to get in contact with us to confirm the details. However courses can be run at your cricket club, should demand require it.
Do you wish to attend the ECB Coach Support Worker course?
Both courses taking place at Dauntseys’ School
Saturday 4th January 2014 & Sunday 5th January 2014 (9am to 12noon)
Sunday 23rd February 2014 (9am to 4pm)
Saturday 19th April 2014 (9am to 4pm)
Coach Support Worker / £40
UMPIRES/SCORERS
Do you wish to attend the Umpires Level 1 course?
Sundays 19th & 26th January 2014, Sunday 2nd February @ Beversbrook Sports Ground, Calne
ECB ACO Umpire Level 1 / £80Do you wish to attend the Scorers Level 1 course?
Course 16th, 13th, 20th, 27th October, 10th and 17th November @ Beversbrook, Calne
Course 2TBC
FIRST AID & CHILD PROTECTION COURSES
Do you need to attend a first aid course?
(All coaches must hold a current first aid/emergency aid qualification)
All courses being held at Beversbrook Sports Ground, Calne
Course 1Tuesday 29th October 2013
Course 2Tuesday 26th November 2013
Course 3Tuesday 28th January 2014
Course 4Tuesday 25th February 2014
Course 5Tuesday 25th March 2014
SAFEGUARDING YOUNG CRICKETERS (SYC)
From 1st September 2013, coach candidates will no longer be required to attend the full SportsCoachUK version of the “Safeguarding and Protecting Children” course. The new course is an e-learning course entitled “Safeguarding Young Cricketers” (SYC). This new course is free of charge and is applicable to ECB Coach Educations only.
Coaches wishing to renew their current SPC qualification can also complete the SYC e-learning qualification.
Completing The Application Form
Please can you complete the two pages of the application form ensuring that you complete all the lines of the administration section. If you have already attended first aid or child protection courses, please can you ensure that you state the dates attended and include copies of your attendance certificates for the courses concerned.
For each of the courses you are attending please ensure you list the course name, date, venue and cost of the course where indicated. If you are a coach and are applying for ECBCA membership, please ensure that you complete and sign the second page of the application form.
Payment
All courses must be paid for in advance of attendance with payments being made by cheque payable to “Wiltshire Cricket Limited” and sent to:
Wiltshire Cricket Limited, Chippenham Sports Club, Bristol Road, Chippenham, SN15 1NG
If you are paying for the ECBCA membership by Direct Debit, please complete and sign the DD mandate. If you are paying by cheque, please send a separate cheque for £37.00 payable to “ECBCA” with your application form.
Yours faithfully,
Ali Goddard
Wiltshire Cricket Board
Cricket Development Officer
07786 361222