Carley Holland: Let’s make Cricket Australia a Favourite sport!
Need accreditation as a Cricket coach? Want to further your education and skills? Or do you want to just get involved in cricket more?
You can get involved weather you’re a school teacher, coach of a junior or school team, a MILO in2CRICKET Coordinator or even a parent. Simply by doing Introduction to Cricket online course!It’s easy and it’s free! Successful completion of this course will accredit you as an Introduction to Cricket coach. Its also comes with Cricket Coaches Australia membership for two years. Your CCA membership entitles you to many benefits including a personalised membership card, discounts on resources, and access to a member’s only website. Amongst other benefits, people who are interested in expanding their coaching knowledge and developing their skills further, can attend a Development (Level One) course once they have attained the base qualification through Introduction to Cricket. State & Territory Associations deliver Development (Level One) Coach, Level One Umpire and Advanced (Level Two) Coach courses throughout the year, while Cricket Australia hosts an annual High Performance (Level Three) Coach program.
How do I know this? Well I have done the course and it has benefited me as a Primary Teacher sports coach. The safety and wellbeing of our junior cricketers is mandatory. Cricket Australia supports police and reference checks for all junior coaches (it is currently a legal requirement in New South Wales and Queensland).
On a personal note, co-hosting the online DVD with Michael Slater was a once in a lifetime experience that I will never forget for years to come. Michael, is not only a remarkable man with a witty personality, he is just so passionate about cricket and getting everyone involved. I felt that promoting the course was more than just a promotion to make Cricket, Australia’s favourite sport; it was also about making a difference to the balance of hegemony in society. Cricket was originally a male dominated sport, where as now women are becoming more involved. Cricket Australia are offering this course to you, free, simply because they want you to make a difference to cricket, and get women involved! Here is your opportunity, go online to www.cricket.com.au/introductiontocricket
Fast Fact
Most cricket grounds have the pitch running north to south. This is so the setting sun doesn’t get in the batsmen’s eyes.
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