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One of the main roles of the ICC European Development Program is to develop the standard of coaches throughout Europe. ICC Europe has a highly qualified coaching team which consists of ECB Staff Coaches who are regularly sent out by the Europe Office to run Coach Education courses (See Coach Profiles for further information on ICC Europe Coaches).

The ECB - under the direction of its Cricket Department - runs a National Coaching Scheme, which is designed to equip coaches with the necessary skills to deliver high quality coaching programmes at all levels of the game. The ECB provides support to the EDP by allowing ECB Coach Education courses to be run in Europe. For further information on the ECB National Coaching Scheme please go to http://www.ecb.co.uk/ecb/coaching/.

The ECB's commitment is delivering five levels of UKCC endorsed qualifications for coaching cricket. This involves continuing to work with all elements of the cricket coaching community as well as the other Ôfast-track' sports (rugby union, swimming, athletics, triathlon and rowing) to ensure that cricket is able to "provide appropriately trained and skilled coaches to support players at each stage of their development through the most successful and respected Coach Education programme in the world".

If you are interested in coaching and in gaining a recognised coaching qualification, please contact your national governing body (see Countries for further details). We regret we are unable to deal with direct requests from individuals or clubs.

Countries should now be aware that the all courses organised through ICC Europe must be registered a minimum of 4 months prior to the course commencing. Required information will have to be sent in by the governing body/association prior to the 4 month deadline. The Europe Office will distribute a course registration form prior to the registration deadline and this must be completed in full by the governing body/association. The information required by the Europe Office should include:

• Contact name and address
• Venue(s) name and address
• Dates, times and sites of all sessions
• Maximum numbers
• Delivery address for resources
• First Aid Course Dates and venue

For all coach education courses ICC Europe will cover course registration fees, plus the fees and external travel expenses of the tutor(s). This amount will be taken from countries ASP grants. If there are insufficient funds remaining in the countries ASP grant then relevant costs will have to be covered by the governing body/association.

The host country will pay for the tutor's accommodation and meals, any travel expenses incurred within their country plus the facility hire. If this doesn't occur ICC Europe will invoice the country for these costs.

The minimum number on all coach education courses (except for the ICC Introduction to Cricket Course) is 8 people. For courses which have 8 participants one tutor will be sufficient to run the course and act as the assessor. If there are a greater number of participants then a second tutor will be required to assess on the second weekend.

Please be aware that for all courses candidates must hold:

• Valid enhanced Police Check
• First Aid certificate (Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance or equivalent)

Further information on how to obtain a Police Check in a European country can be found at http://www.crb.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=2243.

Provided below are details on the courses that ICC Europe run.

>: Download the PDF file - ICC Introduction to Cricket Course - Course Outline

Course aimed at providing participants with a basic understanding of the game of cricket, a basic education in three important components of the game; playing/coaching, umpiring, scoring and the skills and resources to conduct/assist a cricket session with children in a safe and enjoyable environment.

The target market for the course is predominantly teachers, tertiary education students, parents and youth workers with little or no understanding of cricket. Also current players and cricket interested people, with little or no coaching, umpiring or scoring experience.

Where possible the course will be tutored by a local ICC trained instructor. It is the aim of the EDP that all countries organise their own ICC Introduction to Cricket courses using their trained instructors, where appropriate, to save costs. No exam is taken but each participant receives an ICC certificate of participation.

• Facility: Indoors (outdoors weather permitting) and conference/board/class room
• Numbers: Dependent on national governing body/association.
• Tutor: Local instructor or EDP coach.
• Course Duration: Min 10 hours.

The course is aimed at beginner coaches who will be able to Ôassist more qualified coaches, delivering aspects of coaching sessions, normally under direct supervision'.

This role may include running warm ups, cool downs, small sided games and small group work. The course is essentially designed for parents and volunteers starting on the coaching pathway.

The course will help coaches prepare for, deliver and review cricket coaching sessions. It will enable them to:

• introduce and develop the game of cricket to people of all ages in a safe and enjoyable way
• develop and improve players (as people as well as cricketers)
• develop coaching skills, knowledge and qualities
• demonstrate competence against UKCC/National standards for coaches
• The programme consists of four three-hour modules and a final assessment .

• Facility: Indoors (outdoors weather permitting) and conference/boardroom/classroom.
• Numbers: Minimum 8 - Maximum 16
• Tutor: One EDP coach (ECB Staff Tutor). If more than 8 participants are involved then a second EDP tutor will be required to assist with the assessments.
• Course Duration: 4 x three-hour modules plus Child Protection module, First Aid course and the final assessments.
  Course to commence on Friday (@ 12:30) and be completed on Sunday (@17:00).

Pre-requisites:

1. 1: All participants to hold a valid enhanced Police Check. Copy of Police Check certificate to be provided to the course tutor(s) by all candidates attending the course.
2. 2: Governing Body to ensure that all candidates attend relevant First Aid (Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance etc) course prior to the course commencing. First Aid course to include: CPR - Bleeding - Choking - Fractures and be a minimum 3 hours long. Copy of First Aid certificate to be provided to the course tutor(s) by all candidates attending the course.

The role of the ECB Coach Award (UKCC 2) holder is to be able to:-

• "Prepare for, deliver and review coaching sessions."

This course will help you to be able to:

• Introduce and develop the game of cricket to people of all ages in a fun and enjoyable way
• Develop FUNdaMENTAL movement skills
• Develop and improve players (as people as well as cricketers) particularly at FUNdaMENTAL and L2T stages of the LTAD model
• Develop your coaching skills, knowledge and qualities
• Demonstrate competence against UKCC2/National Standard for coaches

• Facility: Indoors and conference/boardroom/classroom.
• Numbers: Minimum 8 - Maximum 16
• Tutor: One EDP coach (ECB Staff Tutor). If more than 8 participants are involved then a second EDP tutor will be required to assist with the assessments.
• Course Duration: 8 x three-hour modules plus Child Protection module, First Aid course, Supported Practice (min 10 hours) and final assessments.
  Course to run over 2 weekends commencing both weeks on Friday (@ 12:30) and be completed on Sunday (@17:00). Second week of course to commence 5 weeks after first weekend to allow supported coaching practice to take place.

Governing Body to ensure that coaching practice is scheduled for all candidates.

Coaching Practice: Coaches will be expected to work for a minimum of 10 hours in a suitable coaching environment. This should include coaching work arranged by their national governing body. Working with a more experienced support coach, the coach will be expected to plan, deliver and review a series of coaching sessions. Coaches will submit a record of their supported practice as part of their final assessment. Pre-requisites:

1. All participants to hold a valid enhanced Police Check. Copy of Police Check certificate to be provided to the course tutor(s) by all candidates attending the course.
2. Governing Body to ensure that all candidates attend relevant First Aid (Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance etc) course prior to the coach ed course commencing. First Aid course to include: CPR - Bleeding - Choking - Fractures and be a minimum 3 hours long.

The role of the ECB Head Coach (UKCC 3) award holder is to be able to:-

• "Plan, implement and revise annual coaching programme(s)."

The Level 3 Coach

Qualities of coaches coming into the programme will include a willingness to share their expertise and to be able to provide quality feedback to other coaches. A considerable amount of learning will take place through the sharing of key information by coaches on the course and it is your own expertise and individual qualities that will help fellow coaches develop.

It is also important that individual coaches have an open-minded attitude to their development and a real willingness to learn.

Course Involvement: ICC Europe will invite European member countries to nominate potential candidates suitable to attend the course. No nominations will be accepted from individuals or clubs.

The typical profile of coaches looking to embark on the Level 3 programme consists of some of the following:

• ECB Level II or an ECB Coach (UKCC2) qualified. For those who obtain the UKCC2 they will also need to have attended all six of the Coach Development Workshops in addition to the Club Coach Assessment (available from November 2007 onwards) before applying for the course.
• A minimum of approximately 100 hours active coaching experience since achievement of the above qualification
• Active involvement in some of the following coaching environments: senior club cricket; district age-group cricket; county age-group cricket; county Academy programmes; first class cricket; overall control of junior club sections; higher levels of school cricket
• Coaches who are able to demonstrate coaching competence through other sources of accredited prior learning such as extensive involvement in the professional game
• Overseas Coaching Qualifications approved by the ECB.

Pre-requisites:

1. All participants to hold a valid enhanced Police Check. Copy of Police Check certificate to be provided to the course tutor(s) by all candidates attending the course.
2. Governing Body to ensure that all candidates attend relevant First Aid (Red Cross, St Johns Ambulance etc) course prior to the coach ed course commencing. First Aid course to include: CPR - Bleeding - Choking - Fractures and be a minimum 3 hours long.
3. Attendance at a Good Practice & Child Protection course within the last three years - photocopied certificate as evidence
4. ECB CA Membership

10 ECB Session Plans are now available to download. They can be found on the ECBCA website.