A New Fast Track UKCC 2 Course is taking place over 2 consecutive weekends!

Location is Canterbury at the Simon Langton School for Boys on March 24th and 25th and March 31st and 1st April 2012 with the assessment on 8th July.

In support of that course there is a First Aid Course, also at Simon Langton Grammar School for Boys on 27th March 2012 and the Safeguarding and Protecting Children Course will be at the St. Lawrence Ground the following day, 28th March.

ALSO Spaces are still available on the UKCC 1 Courses taking place at Sittingbourne in February and Canterbury in March.

For further details and to apply, please refer to the Coach Education Courses List which can be downloaded from here.

Please note that the attached document now includes all changes up to and including :

2nd February 2012

This is the latest version and includes the recently-announced Fast Track Level 2 course to be held at Canterbury over the last two weekends in March.

All completed and fully booked courses for 2011/2012 have also been removed.

We strongly advise you download this latest version

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The full list of Coach Education Courses that have been arranged for the Autumn and Winter of 2011-2012 has been published.

The full list can be found here

Please be very careful to read all the notes on the second page.  They are very important and can affect your ability to attend your chosen course.

We must call your attention to the first note which says:  

The ECB will be introducing new courses due to start from September 2013. Currently we are unsure what these will look like or consist but the whole Coach Education structure will change.

Other than necessary changes to these courses, Kent Cricket Board will NOT be arranging any more outside those detailed in the document.

A funding opportunity has arisen through a scheme called The Lord Mayor’s Skill Legacy Fund that is available to all cricket coaches that coach at a club within a London Borough. The aim of the fund is to increase participation in sport post London 2012.

The scheme runs from now until March 2012 and the proposal is that cricket coaches can get up to 75% of a UKCC1 or UKCC2 funded through the Legacy Fund in exchange for carrying out voluntary coaching hours at a cricket club in a London Borough. You do not have to live in a London Borough but must carry out the voluntary hours in a London Borough cricket club. Discounts are available in exchange for voluntary hours.

The notes of explanation are attached as is an application form.

If you have any further questions on the Legacy Fund please contact Heidi Coleman (KCB Cricket Programmes Manager) heidi.coleman.kent@ecb.co.uk on 01227 473618.

The annual Coaches conference has attracted Cricket Coaching Mats as its sponsor this year - www.cricketcoachingmats.com

The Cricket Coaching Mat is a tried and tested piece of coaching equipment that quickly teaches youngsters to bat better.

Ironically, it is wayward bowling that makes it difficult to teach youngsters to bat!  How can you coach the cover drive when the first ball flies down the leg side, the next one is a beamer and the third bounces twice!!  Regular and consistent feed is needed and this is why the coaching mat works so well.  It works brilliantly in the back garden for a youngster wanting to raise their game to the next level.  Similarly it is superb in both a school and club setting as it allows players to improve their techniques whilst developing match play skills at the same time.

“Whether you are a professional, a beginner or somewhere in between, the coaching mat will take your game further”  Andrew Gale - Yorkshire CCC Captain and England Lions

The mats are used throughout the County of Kent and in particular by Ian Coleman of Orpington CC who says “Just to say how happy I have been with the coaching mat, I have tried the mat out on all our different age groups and had total success.  All the boys and girls have been enthusiastic about using this new fun piece of kit.  I have used the mat in the middle, against the side of the net and most successfully inside the net and usually with boys working in pairs so that they can spot each others strengths and weaknesses.  Your Cricket Coaching Mat has transformed the way that I am coaching at Orpington and the Bromley District sides that I help coach”

You can contact CCM at
Cricket Coaching Mats
9 North Parade
Burley in Wharfedale
Ilkley LS29 7JR

or through their website at http://www.cricketcoachingmats.com/

If you still want to see more evidence we have a list of testimonials and a short report about the mat from Blackpool CC

Details of the annual Coach Development Days have been published.

This year both will be held at Kent County Cricket Club, St Lawrence Ground, on 19th and 20th November.

On 19th November the theme of the day is “From Club to County”.  Amongst the individual articles on the day will be from KCB’s Ray Willis and Jason Weaver as well as an item from Paul Farbrace, Director of Cricket at Kent and Simon Willis, Academy Director at Kent.

The full programme and the booking form for Day 1 can be found here.  All the details you need, such as cost, where to send your payments and son on are covered.

On 20th November the them of the day is “Developing Young Cricketers” and included in a busy agenda are four very interesting workshops:  you can chose two to attend.

The full programme and the booking form for Day 2 can be found here. All the details you need, such as cost, where to send your payments and son on are covered.