Coach Development

The Warwickshire Cricket Foundation offers a variety of coaching courses during the summer and winter. Learn more about the benefits of becoming a cricket coach and how to begin your coaching journey below.

Coaching Courses

Support Coach

£ 40

This programme has been designed to develop a learner’s knowledge, skills and confidence to support qualified coaches. An ECB Support Coach is not qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and therefore must be supervised by a qualified cricket coach.

  • Anyone aged 16 and over wishing to support qualified coaches, inspire players and make a difference to the game
  • One face-to-face module lasting three hours
  • Valid DBS and safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers or Safeguarding for Coaches and Activators
  • Two bitesize e-learning modules lasting 10-15 minutes each
  • Multiple choice question assessment
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Foundation Coach

£ 150

This programme has been designed to develop a learner’s knowledge, skills and confidence to use icoachcricket to coach safe, fun and inclusive sessions that ignite a lifelong love of the game. An ECB Foundation Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.

  • Anyone aged 17 and over wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire players and make a difference to the game
  • Four face-to-face modules lasting three hours each, including three observed coaching opportunities
  • Seven bitesize e-learning modules lasting 10-15 minutes each
  • Multiple choice question assessment
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Core Coach

£ 300

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.

  • 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
  • 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
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2024 Coaching Courses

Our goal is to sustain the numbers of people working in specific roles in Warwickshire Cricket both to help serve increases in participation and to increase overall involvement in the game. We aim to offer high quality training courses that will empower the candidates to be involved in cricket for decades. 

Coach Development plays a pivotal role in the overall development of cricket within Warwickshire as coaches support the development of players at clubs and schools across the county; coach development is essential to the overall growth of cricket in Warwickshire.

In collaboration with the ECB, we offer a variety of courses to individuals who want to become coaches as well as those who have already earned their qualifications through the different coaching pathway courses. 

There are currently three coach development courses available for booking at this time. Please check back on a regular basis for updated courses.

 

ECB Foundation Coach at Kineton High School – Saturday 9th November and Saturday 16th November 9:30am – 5pm

ECB Core Coach at Nicholas Chamberlaine Sports Centre – Saturday 11 January, Saturday 18th January, Saturday 25 January, and Saturday 1 February 9:30-5pm

ECB Foundation Coach at Nicholas Chamberlaine Sports Centre – Saturday 15th February and Saturday 22nd February 9:30am – 5pm

 

If you have any questions please contact samwyles@edgbaston.com.

Sam Wyles

Workforce Development Manager

Sam joined the Warwickshire Cricket Foundation as a casual coach in 2015 and progressed into his current role in May 2024. Sam is the main point of contact for all things coach development and is responsible for growing the number of coaches and volunteers in Warwickshire and Birmingham.

Need to contact Sam? Click here.

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Develop young cricketers

to become the next Sam Hain or Amy Jones of their generation

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Develop better coaches

through coach CPD sessions focused on specific cricket skill sets

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Give back to the local community

by delivering sessions to the junior section of your cricket club, which may be All Stars or Dynamos

Coaching Bursaries

A bursary can be awarded to learners that register on ECB Support Coach, ECB Foundation Coach or ECB Core Coach programmes between 1st February 2024 and 31st January 2025. Click here to submit a bursary application.

Anyone wanting to access coach development that is experiencing financial hardship will be awarded a bursary of up to 100% of the national price of the programme.

Anyone wanting to access coach development that is female, from an ethnically diverse community, has a disability who is not experiencing hardship will be awarded a bursary of up to 50% of the national price of the programme.

Frequently Asked Question’s

How do I find out more about Coaching courses?

For further information regarding Coaching courses, please scroll to the top of the page to see an overview of each course.

How much does a Coaching course cost?

Foundation Coach: £150

Core Coach: £300

For any information on discount codes and an overview of each course, please scroll to the top of the page to see an overview of each course.

Is there a course that I can do solely online?

Apart from Safeguarding Young Cricketers, there are currently no other Coaching courses that can be done solely online.

There are however, a number of courses that combine a face to face element with an online element.

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