PHILIPSBURG--Eleven cricket coaches participated in the Cricket West Indies (CWI) Cricket Coaching Education Programme in the Cricket Foundation Module.
The two-day workshop was conducted by two overseas certified tutors.
The two tutors were CWI Project Development Officer; Junie Mitchum from St. Kitts and Ian Allen from St. Vincent and the Grenadines who is a qualified CWI tutor/assessor, a former West Indies test player and Territorial Development Officer (TDO) for the Windward Islands.
The coaches were taught the UMPIRES Approach to coaching, Safety tips and a wide array of coaching tips for teaching batting, bowling, fielding and wicket keeping skills.
The morning session dealt primarily with the theoretical part at NAGICO Conference Room while the practical sessions were done in the afternoon at Caribe Lumber Ballpark.
Each participant has now completed the basic requirements for coaching cricket. The next step for the coaches is to complete the Level One coaching programme. The Level One course will be offered to the local participants in October.
Participants were required to submit as prerequisite to doing the course; a first aid certificate, a child protection certificate and a police record.
The participants who successfully participated in the Foundation course are Shadrack Descarte, Gregorio Ritchie Denis, Garnette Le Blanc, Shameer Baux, Keith Gittens, Claude Amsterdam, Anthony Hunter, Daniel Doram, Garfield Solomon, Kevin Weeks and Sherwin Peters.
