Coaches play a vital role in enabling players to reach their potential. The ECB Foundation phase offers a range of courses to suit people wishing to pursue support roles and coaching qualifications.

Nottinghamshire County Cricket Club facilitate ECB Coach Development courses across the county at a range of venues, all of which are delivered by highly qualified Coach Educators. 

Available coaching courses:

• ECB Support Coach
• ECB Foundation Coach
• ECB Core Coach
• Continuing Professional Development Workshops

 To view details of each course, and the latest published dates of courses, click here.

 For further details about specific courses or to book, please contact coachdevelopment@dcfcricket.com or call 07971 613182.

ECB Coaching Bursaries

Bursaries are funded by the England and Wales Cricket Trust and are intended to increase the diversity of learners taking their first step into coaching, gaining a qualification or taking the next step on their coach development journey.

Groups that have been identified to increase the diversity of learners accessing coach development programmes are:

• Potential coaches/coaches that are female
• Potential coaches/coaches from ethnically diverse communities
• Potential coaches/coaches with a disability
• Potential coaches/coaches experiencing financial hardship.

Anyone wanting to access Coach Development that is experiencing financial hardship will be awarded a bursary of up to 100% of the national price of the programme.

Anyone wanting to access Coach Development that is female, from an ethnically diverse community or has a disability and who is not experiencing financial hardship will be awarded a bursary of up to 50% of the national price of the programme.

Once an applicant has completed their programme registration and made full payment, completed the bursary form, including details of the enrolled course, and attended face-to-face modules, the applicant will receive a refund to redeem their bursary.

Click here https://forms.office.com/e/cmikXC66kw to begin your bursary application.

Please note if you are experiencing financial hardship and applying for a bursary you will need a discount code to complete your ECB Support Coach/ECB Foundation Coach/ECB Core Coach registration

For further details on the bursary scheme, please contact Jon Dyson on coachdevelopment@dcfcricket.com or call 07971 613182.

ECB Coaches Association

The ECB are now offering a single category of membership and it is available for £30 per year if the applicant is 16 years of age, holds a coaching qualification and has a valid ECB DBS.

Membership benefits include:

•    Exclusive videos: Wings to Fly on icoachcricket 
•    Exclusive articles: Hitting the Seam and Coaches Matter on icoachcricket 
•    National and local networking: icoachcricket Live, learning workshops and county-led events 
•    Communications: regular news and updates to your inbox 
•    Access to coachingkit.co.uk: shop for exclusive ECB CA clothing and wear the three lions 
•    Insurance: Kerry London provide specialist insurance cover for qualified coaches.

Application forms for the ECB Coaches Association can be downloaded here.

First Aid Courses

Information on upcoming First Aid Courses will appear here.