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Tag: Coach Development

  • Does anyone speak up for the coaches?

    Does anyone speak up for the coaches?

    I don’t think it would be unfair to suggest that ECB Coach Development (the group within the England & Wales Cricket Board with responsibility for developing coaches, at all levels of the game, from grassroots to the professional game) has lacked a little direction recently. An interim Head for two years, then a vacant post for another year, and most recently an appointment who, 12 months in, has yet to be introduced to the coaches he is tasked with developing.

    There have been a couple of revealing “coach development” news snippets, recently, revealing in that neither said anything at all about developing cricket coaching (or coaches) beyond the professional game or the private schools in England & Wales.

    Nor about addressing the genuine issues of inclusion raised by ICEC, nor the ongoing (apparent) failures of coaching (at all levels of the development pathway) in England (& Wales) to develop players ready for the international stage.

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  • In reply to “BE BETTER: You are only as good as your last session”

    Rob Maslin (@mazzacricket87) posted a searingly honest, reflective piece last week, looking at his 10 years’ coaching experience, and some of the lessons he has learned.

    Coaches are being encouraged to become more self-reflective, but it is rare to see this reflection shared so openly.

    But where Rob has led, perhaps others should follow.

    So…10 years on from earning my first coaching badge, what more can go wrong?

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  • Peer-to-peer mentoring: the future of coach development?

    “we need to develop world class coaches for beginners”

    Frank Dick

    A couple of weeks ago, I posted on the challenge of developing coaches to work with beginners — children, or adults, new to a sport or to sports in general.

    When I wrote that post, I asked what was being done to deliver on the ambition espoused by Frank Dick, and supported by many others.

    I received some feedback that recognised the issue, but no suggestions of what could be done about it.

    Since then, I have completed a quietly inspirational online course, Coaching Others to Coach.

    And I might have seen the future of coach development in England.

    Just maybe, it looks a bit like you, or me.

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