The Teesra

Month: April 2025

  • Holiday camps — turning long days into learning opportunities

    Over the Easter holidays I coached on a couple of holiday camps. Good fun, but quite hard work.

    For coaches and players.

    Six hour days are long, not only for the younger groups. How often does a 16 year old get to play cricket all day? With the proliferation of short-form (not a bad thing, of itself) even a 40-over game is the exception. Yet the coaches are charged with engaging the players for a similar length of time, or longer.

    I wonder if we could develop a narrative to run through the day? Perhaps by linking to a day’s match play. And putting the skills we coach into context.

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  • Coaching batters, with Ant Botha

    Ant Botha, talking with Tim Dellor for an ECB Coach Development icoachcricket podcast, offered insight on the work of a batting coach that could be applied at many levels.

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  • Learning…for Coach Development?

    Interesting to see that ECB Coach Development has launched a new podcast series under the icoachcricket name.

    As a coaching colleague commented, however, it is not immediately apparent that the first podcasts in the series will occasion much learning for coaches, at least, and I do agree with him.

    There might be some relevant learning for ECB Coach Development, however, if they care to listen to their own podcasts. Perhaps especially pertinent given that the ECB finally have their newly appointed Head of Coach Development (reportedly, though not (yet) announced officially) and are currently advertising for three new Coach Development roles — Learning Development Manager, Learning Content Manager & Targeted Programmes Manager.

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