Coaching Courses

If you have any queries about coaching courses, please email: emma.boswell-harris@buckscricket.co.uk

Coaching is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within our game. Players need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development.

No matter whether you are putting something back into the game you love, progressing your career, helping out at your local club, or simply providing more support to your child, there is a reason for everyone to get involved in cricket coaching.

If you or someone you know is thinking of joining the coaching family click here to find out which programme is right for you.

BURSARIES

Coaching is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within our game. Players need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development.

If you or someone you know is thinking of joining the coaching family click here to find out which programme is right for you.

Bursaries funded by the generous support of the England and Wales Cricket Trust are intended to increase the diversity of learners taking their first step into coaching, gaining a qualification or taking the next step on their coach development journey.

Groups that have been identified to increase the diversity of learners accessing coach development programmes are:

· Potential coaches/coaches that are female
· Potential coaches/coaches from ethnically diverse communities
· Potential coaches/coaches with a disability
· Potential coaches/coaches experiencing financial hardship.

A bursary can be awarded to learners that register on ECB Support Coach, ECB Foundation Coach or ECB Core Coach programmes between 1st February 2025 and 31st January 2026.

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. Once an applicant receives confirmation of being awarded a bursary, they will need complete their Cvent registration using a discount code to redeem their bursary.

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. Once an applicant receives confirmation od being awarded a bursary, they will need to complete their Cvent registration and make full payment and upon attendance at face-to-face modules receive a refund to redeem their bursary.

Please see our website for available course dates.

Click here to begin your bursary application. Please note if you are experiencing hardship and applying for a bursary you will need a discount code to complete your ECB Support Coach/ECB Foundation Coach/ECB Core Coach registration on Cvent.

Please contact joseph.rance@buckscricket.co.uk if you have any bursary related questions.

COACH CPD

Club Coaches: Upskill Your Players This Season

Coach Development Workshop by Bucks Cricket

Date: Wednesday 23^rd April

Time: 19:00 – 20:30

Venue: The Mandeville School Sports Hall, Aylesbury

Cost: Free

Practical session (join-in or observe) on Batting, Bowling and Fielding for coaches of juniors from U10 to U15

BEGINNERS COURSES

None Currently Available

ECB COACHING COURSES

ECB Foundation Courses

None Currently Available

ECB Core Coach

ECB Core Coach

Location: Aylesbury Grammar School

Dates: Saturday 1st, 8th, 15th and 22nd March 2025 (must attend all dates)

Time: 09:00 - 16:00 each day

Cost: £300

Booking Link: https://cvent.me/gDX4ZV

ECB Support Coach Course

ECB Support Coach

Location: Beaconsfield Cricket Club, HP9 2HZ

Dates: Friday 2nd May

Time: 18:00 - 21:00

Cost: £5

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/ZOB48n

The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund ECB Core Coach

Coaching is a challenging and enormously rewarding role within our game. Girls need expertise, support and passion at every level of their development.

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

Click here to find out about ECB Core Coach.

In partnership with The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket, ECB have adapted the ECB Core Coach programme for existing and potential coaches from clubs with a girls’ section and clubs starting a girls’ section wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire and develop girls and make a difference to the game.

We are delighted to announce that will be hosting The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund ECB Core Coach later this year and next year. Click on the 'ECB Core Coach' green section above to view courses available.

Outcomes

The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund ECB Core Coach is designed to develop a coach’s knowledge, skills and confidence to lead player-centred coaching sessions for girls in clubs.

Who is it for?

Anyone aged 17 and over from clubs with a girls’ section and clubs starting a girls’ section wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire and develop girls and make a difference to the game.

What is different about The Metro Bank Girls in Cricket Fund ECB Core Coach?

The programme is only available to existing and potential coaches from clubs with a girls’ section or clubs starting a girls’ section
There will be a maximum number of twelve coaches on the programme
Modules 7-13 are scheduled around opportunities for you to return to your club and apply the key themes of the programme when coaching girls
Module 14 will be hosted in your own coaching environment with girls that you coach.