DCB Coaches Association

- The Coaches Association is operated through the DCB's Performance Committee

- CA Member details are held on a database.  Members are contacted predominantly by email and they connect with the DCB CA through the www.dcbcricket.com website

-All UKCC level 1 and level 2 Coaches have personal development profiles.  These are linked in with the DCB's database which automatically highlights previously agreed course and personal development agenda requirements

- Sky Sports Coach Reward and Recognition Scheme is operated by the Performance Committee's 'working group' and through Derbyshire's seven District Development Groups and Clubs

Coaching course requirements forms are sent out annually to Clubs to complete and return by 1st July.  Coaching courses are then planned for the forthcoming year on a 'needs' basis.  Preferential rates for CA members

How do we Operate?

We operate within the DCB's Performance Committee.  Each member of the PC has individual responsibilities.  One volunteer member represents the CA on a local level and one DCB staff member deals with all official DCB CA matters and ECB CA delegated material.  The Performance Committee has a 'working committee' with a good proportion of 'active' Coaches and Tutors as members.  All members are contactable.  The volunteer CA representative's name is published within the ECB CA's member handbook and on the DCB website.  All coaching course requirements and information is directed towards the DCB staff member.

What does the database do?

After each UKCC level 1 or level 2 course, the candidate's personal development profile is agreed with a course tutor.  These details are fed into the database which then gives 'year on year' personal targets and course requirements.

Who has the responsibility for coaching courses?

The DCB arrange coaching courses and book venues locally.  Tutors are sourced 'in house'.  Apart from the database which highlights member requirements, the seven District Development Groups within the County are requested to feedback the number of people requiring courses from the Clubs within their groups.  The numbers are then collated and the courses are run at suitable venues depending on the numbers indicated.  The DCB advertise a whole range of coaching courses on their DCB website under 'Coach Development'.

What are the benefits of Membership in Derbyshire?

How does the Reward and Recognition Scheme work?

Nominations are requested from individuals and clubs to be collated by each of the District Development Groups.  These are then forwarded to the DCB's Performance Committee who decide who to put forward as Derbyshire's nominations in each category.

How do I become a member of the Derbyshire Association of Cricket Coaches?

When joining the ECB CA you specify which County you want to affiliate with.  If you select 'Derbyshire' then you automatically become a DCB CA member and your details are passed on to us.

DCB CA Staff Member - Greig Wright Greig.Wright@derbyshireccc.com

Volunteer DCB CA Member - Les Hall leshall22@hotmail.com

Become a member of the ECB Coaches Association

If you intend to start coaching cricket you should ask yourself the following:

Designed to specifically meet the needs of coaches working in club, school and community cricket the ECB Coaches Association offers a range of services to provide you with the best support allowing you to coach with peace of mind.

For more information on the ECBCA and an application form click on the picture

Wednesday 10th November 2010

ECB Coach Education Press Release

For the past two years ECB Coach Education, in conjunction with other ECB departments and Sports Coach UK (SCUK) have been examining cricket’s playing population in order to determine how cricket, through coaching can best meet the needs of it’s participants. 

By drawing on the expertise within ECB coupled with the most current evidence based research in sport and sports coaching, this work has resolved that players, depending on their stage of development and performance environment, have very different needs.  As a result, cricket’s playing population has been grouped into different performance domains, or ‘player development stages’. These domains are characterised by the needs of the players within them and capture every environment in which cricket in England and Wales is played.   

Following this work, a clearly mapped Player Development Model (PDM) has been created.  The PDM captures each stage of player development, displays each of the performance domains and links them to other aspects of cricket performance.  The PDM is underpinned by a comprehensive technical syllabus which clearly identifies the nature of the player’s needs in each domain including Technical, Tactical, Mental Physical and Lifestyle facets, how these can be supported through coaching, what form and type of cricket is played in each domain and how these elements link to other areas of playing such as facilities, competition and talent development. 

It has now been six years since the last evolution of ECB Coach Education, linked to the UK Coaching Certificate (UKCC), which in turn evolved from ECB, NCA and MCC schemes.  As part of ECB’s ongoing commitment to provide a World Class service to its coaching population and most importantly players, ECB Coach Education today announced that from September 2011, a newly evolved structure of Coach Education including qualifications, courses and resources leading up to ECB Level 4 will be released. 

The new structure will equip coaches with the skills which directly align with the stage of development within which they work and will contextualise a coaches learning with their coaching environment.  Further to that, the ECB’s new interactive Coach Development package ‘Howzat!’ will enable coaches to learn in new and innovative ways, on and away from formal courses.  ECB coaches and tutors who hold existing ECB qualifications will have the opportunity to add to their knowledge and build upon their coaching experience by accessing new and exciting CPD modules.