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Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Old Elthamians CC and Chislehurst & West Kent CC
Young Leaders in Cricket Programme.
Reward
Ownership
Leadership
Excellence
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What is the Young Leaders in cricket award
Who is involved and who is funding it
What are the objectives
The courses
What you’ll get out of it
Role of the club co-ordinator
Next steps
Questions
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Programme
• Has been developed with the aim of providing quality courses to potential young
leaders.
• Approved by the England and Wales Cricket Board and Kent Cricket Board and will
be administered by the District Development Group.
• Is the only known programme of its type in the country.
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Objectives
 To give opportunity for Young People between the age of 14 and 16 to acquire skills
and competency in leadership that will allow them to volunteer within the
community of their cricket club and/or school.
 To retain young people between u14-u15 (Year 9 &10) in cricket as a sport by
investing quality time and resources into a specialised programme.
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Benefit to Young Person
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Cricket leadership skills.
Improve understanding of the positive impact coaching can have.
Qualifications and life skills.
Role model to younger members of the school.
Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme.
National Curriculum level as part of PE GCSE.
University Personal Statement and/or CV.
Community Sports Leadership and Sports Leaders UK award in Junior Sports
Leadership.
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Modules
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ECB Young Leaders in cricket .
ECB Scoring and umpiring.
I of G Groundmanship.
First Aid.
2 x 3 hours course
2 x 2 hours course
3 hour course
3 hour course
• Courses to run from February through to May 2014
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
• Module 1
ECB Young Leaders
Award - Content
• What to coach skills
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Coaching activities/games
Pass and move
Relay catching
Basic batting and bowling
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Provide instructions and explanations
Provide demonstration
Organize
Warm-up and cool-down
Establish and maintain a fun and safe environment
• How to coach skills
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
• Module 2
ECB Young Leaders
Award - Content
• What to coach skills
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Continuous/non stop cricket
Quick runs and safe catching
Pairs cricket
• How to coach skills
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Build rapport/relationships
Keep it safe
Make it fun
Organize
Adapt sessions to individuals
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
ECB ACO Young
Officials Course
Young Umpires Course
Roles and Responsibilities, Preparation, the Playing Area, Positioning and Signals,
methods of Dismissal, LBW, Extras and Injured Players
Young Scorers Course –
Roles and Responsibilities , Preparation
Symbols and Signals, The Scorebook
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Institute of Groundmanship
course
Understand the tools and machinery used for effective maintenance of sports pitches
Maintenance and inspections
Safety
Use
How to read a pitch
SETTING OUT AND MARKING OUT
Pitches and squares - practical
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
First Aid Awareness
• Assessing an incident – arrival at the scene, dealing with casualties, contacting the
emergency services, prioritise first aid treatment and recording accidents/incidents.
• Wounds and bleeding – Treatment of minor injuries, recognise and treat for signs
of shock.
• Recognition and treatment of – A casualty that is unconscious and breathing
normally. A casualty that is unconscious and not breathing normally.
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Examples of volunteering – 20 hours required
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Umpiring
Scoring
Coaching
Warm up
Managing
Kit management
Pitch preparation
Results management
Fund raising
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
New for 2014
• We will be encouraging all leaders to embark on a fund raising project for
this year.
• You can work in a team, for your club or on your own to achieve your
target.
• Projected target to be agreed.
• Funds raised will be ploughed back into the programme to ensure future
generations benefit from the programme.
• Excellent achievement to have on your CV.
• An insight into how your club raises money to sustain cricket.
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Award/Reward for Young
Person as a volunteer
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ECB Certificate of attendance.
ECB “Get involved” certificate.
vCricket rewards – ECB vCricket polo shirt
I o G certificate
ACO certificate.
First Aid certificate of attendance.
Fund raising certificate
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ECB Young Leaders Award
Qualifications
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Can be used as part of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards scheme http://www.dofe.org/go/Bronze/
http://www.dofe.org/go/Silver/ http://www.dofe.org/go/Gold/
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Contributes to Community Sports Leadership and Sports Leaders UK award in Junior Sports
Leadership.
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Recognized at National Curriculum level and contributes to required modules of PE GCSE.
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Can be referenced to as part of University Personal Statement and CV.
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Employers are 75% more likely to employ an individual that has participated in community
volunteering than not.
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Summary – Benefits for Young Leaders
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Will provide the necessary tools to improve your own game. Pathway to level 1 in coaching or
officiating
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Skills and competency to volunteer – confidence.
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Qualifications recognized at National Level.
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By volunteering at your club and/or your school, you will give more children the chance to
play matches and receive quality coaching.
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To give something back to the wider community.
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An achievement that can make a real difference on your Personal Statement for University
or C.V.
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Invite from the ECB to attend an award ceremony at Lords Cricket Ground
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The Pledge
OECC/Chislehurst and West Kent CC will:
In conjunction with the BDDG Group, arrange for each Young Leader to undertake the ECB Young Leaders’
Award, First Aid, Scorers and Umpires and Institute of grounds man courses, as appropriate.
Ensure all Young Leaders co-manage matches with a responsible CRB checked adult.
The Young Leader will:
Attend each course, notifying the course provider of any delay or absence within good time.
Volunteer at each level for at least twenty hours within the same season.
As a Young Leader, continue to be a role model to younger cricketers and an ambassador for the school in the
wider community.
Record all volunteering activity where appropriate and return to club co-ordinator in timely fashion
Parents will:
Ensure their son/daughter attends each course, notifying the course provider of any delay or absence within
good time.
Ensure their son/daughter promptly attends each volunteering activity for
Ensure their son/daughter records all volunteering activity where appropriate and returns to club co-ordinator
in timely fashion
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Role of Club Co-ordinator at OECC and Chislehurst & West Kent
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Select/Identify young people to be invited
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Issue letter of invitation
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Obtain pledges
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Inform steering group of those signed up and liaise for course dates
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Inform YL’s of course dates they are booked on
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Allocate volunteering sessions within club
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Sign off volunteering recorded hours
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Next steps – Parents and Young Leaders
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Decide on joining the programme
Sign and return the pledge document to Andy (OECC) Dave (Chis & WK)
Complete registration form (online)
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Young Leaders in Cricket Award
Questions