Former cricketer, Gary Kirsten launches online coaching programme

INDIVIDUALS looking to advance their cricket coach education, or coaches looking for a credible cricket coaching accreditation, are now able to do so through the newly-launched online programme, CoachED, powered by Gary Kirsten.

Set to go live on Thursday, 2 April, CoachED is an exclusive online cricket coach education and accreditation platform which has been specifically designed to allow coaches to pursue areas of cricket that are relevant to their individual requirements.

“The game of cricket has changed and this has impacted how we coach,” explained Kirsten, legendary South African batsman and coach of both the South African and Indian national sides.

“We wanted to develop a coach education programme that not only addressed these changes in real-time, but also empowered coaches of all levels with the necessary skills and knowledge to advance both themselves, and the game.”

Kirsten is passionate about the accessibility of quality, structured cricketing resources in an effort to improve the standard of cricket coaching internationally, which is what prompted his latest project, CoachED.

“We’ve engaged with many coaches around the world and found there is commonality in barriers to upgrading cricket coaching skills. We wanted to design a holistic, scalable platform that addresses this, providing opportunities to upskill in any cricketing areas and levels.”

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Bringing together some of the best coaches in the game, and drawing on Kirsten’s years of coaching experience, the team has developed the comprehensive CoachED programme.

“It is about letting coaches who want to be better, be better,” explained Kirsten.

“The programme took a lot of time to develop as we’ve compiled interactive, user-friendly content in written, audio and visual form, with the digitising of all content a big challenge. We are incredibly proud of the product and believe this is going to be a game changer in the field of cricket and cricket coach education. It will also continue to evolve as the game does, while being accessible to all who wish to further their coaching journey.”

In line with online education, the modules are all short courses formulated in a learner-driven design so that coaches can benefit from cricket coaching skills, drills and tools that are tailored to individual requirements.

Coaches successfully completing the CoachED test requirements will receive their digital certificate and feature on the CoachED database. This will accredit them as qualified cricket coaches, and is a qualification that complements existing cricket coach certifications, knowledge and experience.

Visit: www.coachedcricket.com.

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