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ECB Core Coach

The ECB Core Coach programme is an entry level qualification for coaching cricket in England and Wales alongside ECB Foundation Coach.

The programme is a blend of e-learning and face-to-face modules led by ECB Coach Developers will explore the player-centred planning process, player development, 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 lead player-centred coaching sessions.

An ECB Core Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.

Content

  • Role of an ECB Core Coach
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  • Player-centred planning process
  • Player development
  • Core principles – batting, bowling (pace and spin), fielding and wicketkeeping
  • Tactical knowledge, physical fundamentals and mental skills
  • The coaching tools
  • The continuum of practice
  • Safety

Who is it for?

Anyone aged 17 and over wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire and develop players and make a difference to the game.

Experience of playing or coaching cricket is desirable when applying for this programme.

Watch the videos at the bottom of the page to hear from a range of coaches talking about their ECB Core Coach experience.

Click here for more information on choosing the right programme for you.

Commitment

  • £300.00
  • 8 face-to-face modules lasting 3 hours each including 2 observed coaching opportunities
  • 6 bitesize e-learning modules lasting 15-20 minutes each
  • Multiple choice question assessment
  • Short answer question assessment.

Pre-requisites for certification

  • 18 years of age
  • Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers or Safeguarding for Coaches and Activators
  • Valid ECB DBS.

Further learning opportunities

When qualified:

  • Full membership of the ECB Coaches Association
  • ECB Advanced Coach.

How to apply

Contact your county for more information on their upcoming dates and bursary opportunities

https://www.ecb.co.uk/county-cricket-boards

ECB Core Coach - Overview of the programme

Students from the ECB's Core Coach programme explain how the course works and how it has helped them improve their coaching ability.

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ECB Core Coach - Attending face-to-face modules

Graduates from the ECB Core Coach programme explain what takes place in the face-to-face modules.

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ECB Core Coach - Reflections on the programme

Graduates of the ECB Core Coach programme explain how they've benefited from the training sessions and their new qualification.

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Other Coaching Courses

  1. ECB Support Coach

    This programme has been designed to help to develop your confidence and equip you with the knowledge, understanding and applied skills to support a qualified coach in a coaching session and create a safe, enjoyable and welcoming player-centred environment

  2. ECB Foundation Coach

    Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket. ECB Foundation Coach is a new coach development programme and qualification that has been created to help more people take their first steps into coaching cricket.

  3. ECB Core Coach

    The ECB Core Coach programme is an entry level qualification for coaching cricket in England and Wales alongside the ECB Foundation Coach. An ECB Core Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.

  4. ECB Specialist Coach

    Our flagship programme has been developed to provide coaches with an opportunity to explore areas that they have an interest in and passion for. Coaches attend core modules followed by specialist modules selected during their application phase.

  5. ECB Advanced Coach

    The challenge for all coaches is to learn as they develop, just as players do. Therefore, we have developed the ECB Advanced Coach programme to help you challenge your current coaching practice and further your knowledge and understanding in a variety of areas.