This post from icoachcricket appeared on Twitter earlier this week. icoachcricket is the Twitter presence of the ECB Coaches Association, the registration body for cricket coaches accredited through the ECB Coach Development pathway. The twitter account has more than 2,700 followers. A few likes and retweets. But not one of the followers has responded. Yet, …
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How do coaches learn to be better coaches?
When I first I qualified as a coach, back in 2009, I was told “get your coaching badge, then go and do some coaching.” It felt odd, having just completed a “taught” course, but it seemed almost a recognition of the failure of coach education to actually teach the new coach what they should do. …
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We don’t talk any more…if we ever did — on (the absence of) coaching discourse amongst cricket coaches, and a possible role for Communities of Practice in coach development
When did you last have a serious coaching conversation with a fellow coach? Not about who gets to use the bowling machine first, or about an individual a player, or the opposition for next week’s game. But actually about the art and craft of coaching? Just before Christmas, I stumbled into what could evolve into …
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