Foundation Coach Courses

ECB Foundation Coach Courses

 

Coaching is an enormously rewarding, challenging and crucial role in cricket.

ECB Foundation Coach is a new coach development programme and qualification that has been created to help more people take their first steps into coaching cricket.

A blend of e-learning and face-to-face modules led by ECB Coach Developers will explore what coaching looks like, the impact you can have as an ECB Foundation Coach, the skills you can help players to develop and how you can learn from your experiences.

By committing yourself to this programme and becoming a qualified coach you will become an important part of the ECB’s coaching family that works together to help players improve, have fun, be safe and learn at every stage of their development.

Programme outcomes

This programme has been designed to give learners the knowledge, skills and confidence to coach cricket sessions that are active, purposeful, enjoyable and safe.

An ECB Foundation Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.

It is now the entry level qualification required to coach cricket.

Content

• Role of an ECB Foundation Coach
• What does coaching look like?
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• Coaching fielding, bowling and batting
• Foundation principles – fielding, bowling and batting
• The coaching tools
• Purposeful sessions
• Active sessions
• Safe sessions
• Enjoyable sessions
• Differentiation

Who is it for?

Anyone aged 17 and over wishing to become qualified to coach cricket, inspire players and make a difference to the game.

Commitment

• 4 face-to-face modules lasting 3 hours each
• 7 bitesize e-learning modules lasting 10-15 minutes each
• 3 observed coaching opportunities during face-to-face modules and an online multiple choice questionnaire
• £150.00

Pre-requisites for certification

• 18 years of age
• Valid safeguarding training e.g. Safeguarding Young Cricketers
• ECB DBS

Is this course right for me?

Check out the document HERE to see which coaching course meets your needs.

Upcoming ECB Foundation Coach programmes

Foundation Coach –

Venue: Derbyshire CCC

Dates: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd September 2025

Times: 6.00am – 9:00pm

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/1aRLN9

Foundation Coach –

Venue: Tibshelf School

Dates: 2nd and 9th November 2025

Times: 9.00am-4:00pm

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/xez5LX

Foundation Coach  –

Venue: Aldecar School

Dates: 23rd and 30th November 2025

Times: 9.00am-4:00pm

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/7vWzVr

Foundation Coach  –

Venue: Aldecar School

Dates: 1st and 8th February 2026

Times: 9.00am-4:00pm

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/dy2bk0

Foundation Coach  –

Venue: Kirk Hallam Academy (venue tbc)

Dates: 6th, 13th, 20th, 27th May 2026

Times: 6.00pm-9:00pm

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/MM9mZb

Foundation Coach  –

Venue: Quarndon CC (venue tbc)

Dates: 1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd June 2026

Times: 6.00pm-9:00pm

Booking Link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/NMd23B

For more info on course, contact coachdevelopment@dcfcricket.com

Make sure to keep checking back for additional courses!