Tag: Coach Development

  • Coaching for beginners — “we need to develop world class coaches for beginners”

    “we need to develop world class coaches for beginners”

    Frank Dick said exactly this at the ECB CA conference in 2015. Everyone nodded. Nothing much seems to have changed…

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  • The Teesra Turns Tutor — All Stars Cricket Activator training

    The Teesra Turns Tutor — All Stars Cricket Activator training

    A new experience for me, this year — delivering training for All Stars Cricket Activators.

    Thanks to Claire, my “co-tutor” (is that a word?) for the day. Great engagement from the Activators.

    Hope they enjoyed the morning as much as I did!

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  • Coach education — minimum set?

    I recently updated my CV (no, I am not applying for new jobs, just a periodic review and trim) and it is now overflowing with CPD courses — mostly interesting, and all relevant in some way to the work I am doing, but I suspect that only a few will actually change how I coach (for the better, hopefully).

    Which set me wondering about the “minimum set” of qualifications required to call yourself a coach?

    What are the most important lessons from coach education — formal qualification, ongoing CPD, informal learning — lessons that have fundamentally shaped the way I coach?

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