ECB Foundation Coach 

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

The programme is 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 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 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.

Content 

• Role of an ECB Foundation Coach
• icoachcricket
• What does coaching look like?
• Coaching fielding, bowling and batting
• Safety
• Foundation principles – fielding, bowling and batting
• The coaching tools
• 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

• £150.00
• 4 face-to-face modules lasting 3 hours each including 3 observed coaching opportunities
• 7 bitesize e-learning modules lasting 10-15 minutes each
• Multiple choice question assessment.

Pre-requisites for certification

• 18 years of age
• Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers
• Valid ECB Disclosure and Barring Service check.

Further learning opportunities when qualified

• Full membership of the ECB Coaches Association
• ECB Core Coach