Aims:

• To Provide skills training to club junior section volunteers/helpers to enable cricket to be introduced to young cricketers in a fun and enjoyable way

• To give club helpers/volunteers up to date information on the coaching of cricket skills

• To give adults the skills and information needed to assist ECB qualified coaches working in junior sections of clubs.

• To give adults/juniors volunteers a better understanding of delivering a safe practice in a safe environment.

Target Audience:

• Parents helping out at club junior sections

• Volunteers (16+) working in club junior sections

• Adults (16+) assisting club coaches on club junior practice nights

Course Duration:

• 3 hours

• To be delivered by arrangement locally as 1 x 3 hour session.

Resources:

• ECB Coaching Cards

• Kwik Cricket Information Pack

• ECB Coaches Code of Conduct

Syllabus:

Batting: 1 Hour

Grip, Stance & Backswing

Straight Drive

Pull Shot

Progression to small sided games

Bowling: 1 Hour

Grip

Bowling action

Run up and approach

Link to small sided games

Fielding: 30 Mins

Catching – High & Close

Intercepting and throwing

Links to small sided games

Coaching Principles: 30 Mins

ECB Philosophy of coaching:

Provide a fun and safe environment in which people, particularly children and young people, can enjoy their first experience of cricket, gain some success and are motivated to go on playing.

ECB believes that good coaching is about coaching people, not just about coaching Cricket.

A.O.B

Warm ups and cool downs

Small Sided Games

The Coaching Ladder

CRB

UKCC-1 + UKCC-2