National Programmes Activator training — maybe not quite what it used to be?

I have posted previously on how enthused I was by joining the team of tutors for new National Programmes Activators, and how the National Programmes were really getting a lot of things right. When I wrote the original articles, the National Programmes were indeed an inspiration for anyone interested in seeing coaching move beyond its …

My least favourite All Stars activity…it ain’t PEAS, is it?

Delivering face-to-face training for All Stars & Dynamos Activators, yesterday, and came across my least favourite All Stars activity — diamond cricket. IMO There really is so much to dislike about this game, and little to recommend it.

Pedagogy & philosophy — ECB National Programmes getting it right

This post relates to the National Programmes prior to 2022. Changes to the training programmes for Activators in 2023 and 2024 have rather changed my opinion. In a recent post I mentioned how, in my opinion, the ECB’s National Programmes have more to say about learning to play (by playing “games” to learn; repetition without …