Category: CPD

continuing professional (or personal) development

  • Who coaches the coaches? And can we do it better?

    ECB Coach Development have been hosting a monthly online call for Coaches Association coaches this year, giving the chance to talk with peers about current coaching topics. The most recent call addressed the subject of “who coaches the coaches?”

    An interesting call, but it perhaps opened more questions than it addressed.

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  • UK Coaching Week 2025 — Pass It On : Lifelong learning

    On completing my level 2: “You’ve got your ‘badge’. Now go and learn to coach!”

    Which, at the time, seemed a dreadful indictment of the coach education system – perhaps it was – but you don’t become a more effective, a more experienced coach by delivering the same session 10,000 times!

    One of a series of short video posts for UK Coaching Week 2025.

  • What do experienced coaches do?

    I wrote about the ECB Batting Fundamentals workshop late last year. And so far this year I have attended learning workshops on spin bowling and fielding.

    Lots of ideas, lots of drills.

    But what stood out, for me, is how these experienced coaches and coach developers took the time to emphasise the coaching process.

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