In response to unprecedented demand, Kent Cricket Board has arranged a new Level 1 Coaching Assistant course for early spring 2010.

It will be held at Cranbrook School on three consecutive Sundays starting March 14th 2010. 

UKCC Level 1 is for those who perhaps want to start on a coaching career, or perhaps for teachers who would like to enhance their skill set or for parents who might want to see for themselves what the Club is trying to get their children to achieve and be involved first hand.

All coaching qualifications need candidates to complete mandatory First Aid and Safeguarding and Protecting Children courses and they have been included as part of the programme for this event.  Details are in the application form.

For your information all courses require that candidates attend all sessions:  missing even one will mean an automatic failure and a new course undertaken later.

The application form for the UKCC Level 1 course can be downloaded here

Please do note though that KCB cannot accept bookings for any course unless the application form is completed and payment made at the same time.  If you have any questions or queries don’t hesitate to contact Heidi Coleman at Kent Cricket Board on 01227 473621 or by email at heidi.coleman.kent@ecb.co.uk

We thought it would be of interest if we gave a brief analysis of the various points raised on the Conference Day held at KCCC Canterbury on 15th November 2009.

   * Enjoyed the day - average 8.2 in the range of scores 6-10
   * Appropriate - 8.3 range 7-10
   * Catering - 8.3 range 2-10
   * Presenters received scores in the range of 1 to 10 (the 1 was on safety concerns) with an      average score of 8.2

A very wide range of individual comments was receieved about the best parts of the day.  Notably, fitness & exercise, new fielding drills, LTAD, back to basics, the hands-on approach, a good balance of topics, listening to an International Coach were highlighted.  The most numbers of comments received was on appreciation of fielding and fitness drills.
   
As far as improvements in the future that could be made there was a wide range of issues raised.  Some felt that a 50/50 balance betweeb practical & listening would be best although others felt there should be more more practical sessions.

Other suggesions were using academy players for demonstrations whilst some thought asking more of the County’s professionals to be involved would be an improvement.

There were issues about the lighting levels when making video presentations and there was a suggestion that less technology should be used:  it was also suggested that cutting the video would be an improvement.  Some coaches would prefer to have more topics in shorter sessions whilst others were suggesting that more technique work would be an improvement.

Suggestions about the day in general included not having drinks available at lunch and no coffee break in the afternoon sessions.

Suggestions were made that an emphasis should be on more drills for club us and coaching the very young players.

We thought coaches would be interested in the analysis of the comments etc. that were made on the feedback forms from the Conference Day held at KCCC Canterbury on 15th November.

   * Enjoyed the day - average 8.2 in the range of scores 6-10 
   * Appropriate - 8.3 range 7-10
   * Catering - 8.3 range 2-10
   * Presenters - score range of 1 to 10 (the 1 was on safety concerns) with an average score of 8.2

A very wide range of individual comments was receieved about the best parts of the day.  Notably, fitness & exercise, new fielding drills, LTAD, back to basics, the hands-on approach, a good balance of topics, listening to an International Coach were highlighted.  The most numbers of comments received was on appreciation of fielding and fitness drills.
  
As far as improvements in the future that could be made there was a wide range of issues raised.  Some felt that a 50/50 balance betweeb practical & listening would be best although others felt there should be more more practical sessions.

Other suggesions were using academy players for demonstrations whilst some thought asking more of the County’s professionals to be involved would be an improvement.

There were issues about the lighting levels when making video presentations and there was a suggestion that less technology should be used:  it was also suggested that cutting the video would be an improvement.  Some coaches would prefer to have more topics in shorter sessions whilst others were suggesting that more technique work would be an improvement.

Suggestions about the day in general included not having drinks available at lunch and no coffee break in the afternoon sessions.

Suggestions were made that an emphasis should be on more drills for club us and coaching the very young players.

News of the KCB Coaches Association Spring Workshop!

Called ‘Keeping to Pace’ the workshop will take place on Saturday 27th February 2010 from 9.45am to 1.00pm, at Bishop Justus School, Bromley.  The cost will be £10.

You’ll need to fill out an application form and you can get that from this link.

All coaches are invited to download the Disablity Awareness Pack produced by ECB.

The ECB’s Disability Awareness Pack, designed for use by coaches working with cricketers with a disability, but just as relevant for all coaches, is now available to download.

It is available for all the download here as a PDF file.

The pack has been devised to offer coaches some insight into strategies to use when coaching disabled players.

The ECB believes that cricket should be open and accessible to all. By providing this information to coaches we aim to remove the barriers for coaches working with disabled cricketers and build confidence; applying strategies and advice from the nation’s top disability cricket coaches.