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Coaches play so many roles - they inspire, motivate, lead, mentor, guide, shape, educate, train, and teach.
There are a number of courses to get you into coaching or to help you further develop your coaching career.
Activators is our first step on the coaching journey. Activators must be aged 14 years and up and support the delivery of Smash It and It’s Wicket! programmes.
Activators need to be well organised, enthusiastic, energetic, personable, and self-aware. Specific expertise in cricket is not required to be a successful activator. An ability to set up and run small-sided games and skills practices, and to communicate well, are the priorities.
The games and practices have been specifically designed to do the coaching – regular coaching interventions are not required. The emphasis is on the activator’s communication and leadership skills, rather than technical or tactical knowledge.
The activator course is a blended version of online learning through mycricketlearning.ie and a 2 hour face-to-face practical with an experienced Coach Developer.
The Cricket Ireland Coaching Kids 5-11 years course is aimed at parents, teachers, and young adults supporting cricketers aged 5-11 years.
The course is designed to provide new and emerging coaches with the knowledge and skills to deliver child-centred, safe, fun, and age-appropriate coaching sessions.
What are the registration criteria?
The course is open to anyone aged 16 years of age and over. All registrants aged 18 years of age and over are required to show evidence of completing a Sport Ireland/Sport Northern Ireland-sanctioned safeguarding workshop.
How is the course structured?
This is a blended learning course, consisting of seven modules (including Module 7, the Safeguarding workshop. Note: The Safeguarding workshop is not included in the course hours shown below).
What is the duration of the course?
Approximately five hours (the course may be delivered over one day or two evenings).
What do you need to do to become certified?
Coaches who achieve full attendance and, to the satisfaction of the course leaders, engage in the process of learning, will be eligible to be certified.
On becoming certified, what will you be qualified to do?
Upon certification: coaches 16 years of age and over will be considered able to lead coaching sessions with children aged 5-11 years.
We offer a range of coaching courses to help develop your coaching career.
The Cricket Ireland Coaching Cricket course is aimed at anyone who wants to coach club or school players aged over 11 years. The course is designed to provide new and emerging coaches with the knowledge and skills to deliver player-centred, enjoyable, and safe coaching support with an appropriate focus on cricket skills and long-term player development.
What are the registration criteria?
The course is open to anyone aged 18 years of age and over. All registrants aged 18 years of age and over are required to show evidence of completing a Sport Ireland/Sport Northern Ireland-sanctioned safeguarding workshop. Note: The Cricket Ireland Coaching Kids 5-11 years course is NOT a prerequisite for the Coaching Cricket course.
How is the course structured?
This is a blended learning course, consisting of eight modules (3 modules are delivered through the mycricketearning.ie, module 8, the Safeguarding workshop. Note: The Safeguarding workshop is not included in the course hours shown below).
What is the duration of the course?
Approximately 10 hours over two days.
What do you need to do to become certified?
Coaches who achieve full attendance and are marked competent during a coach assessment.
On becoming certified, what will you be qualified to do?
Upon certification, coaches will be able to coach cricketers aged 11 years of age and older playing club or school cricket.
The Core Coach programme is the equivalent of the old level two course.
The programme is a blend of e-Learning and face-to-face modules led by Coach Developers will explore the player-centred planning process, player development, the skills you can help players to develop and how you can learn from your experiences.
What are the registration criteria?
Anyone aged 18 and over. Participants must have previously completed the Coaching Kids 5-11 or the Coaching Cricket Course.
How is the course structured?
The course is broken down into 14 modules, the first six of which are delivered through e-Learning and modules 7-14 are delivered by experienced Coach Developers over the course of 4 full days face-to-face. This programme has been designed to give learners the knowledge, skills, and confidence to lead player-centred coaching sessions.
What do you need to do to become certified?
Participants must complete all six modules online as well as a safeguarding certification online and 50 multiple choice questions. Participants must also complete all four face-to-face days and a final practical coaching assessment on day four to attain competency as a core coach.
On becoming certified, what will you be qualified to do?
A Core Coach will be qualified to lead coaching sessions independently and without supervision.
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