Club Coaches
At Effingham Cricket Club, our junior players are supported by fully qualified, ECB certified coaches. We ask all our coaches to take the ECB courses through to a minimum of level 2. This ensures we have coaches who can design effective, varied and fun training sessions for our junior cricketers that focus on investing in core cricketing techniques and disciplines but at the same time allowing for freedom of expression in an environment where everyone finds the confidence to try new things. Ensuring that everyone is enjoying themselves, regardless of ability, in a pressure free environment is how we like to operate.
Meet our ECB Level 2 Certified Coaching Team:
Josh Farrell
ECB Level 2 Certified Coach
“Hi, I’m Josh and I’ve been an ECB certified level 2 coach since 2015 when I took the formal coaching course at the Surrey Cricket Centre in Guildford.
I’m passionate about helping junior crickters develop their skills and spend a lot of my time at the club working with the junior age groups.
You’ll find me at the club most Friday nights when we have our junior training sessions.
I am also endorsed by the club to offer individual 1-2-1 coaching sessions by private arrangement.”
Darren Wing
ECB Level 2 Certified Coach
“Hi, I’m Darren and I’ve been an ECB certified level 2 coach since 2016.
I manage a junior age group at Effingham and, as an enthusiastic player myself, it made a lot of sense for me to take the formal qualifications which were fully sponsored by the club.
I would strongly recommend the Level 2 course to anyone interested in helping coach junior cricket.
Like Josh, you’ll find me at the club most Friday nights leading our thoroughly enjoyable junior training sessions. “
Paul Stroud
ECB Level 2 Certified Coach
“Hi, I’m Paul and I’ve been an ECB certified level 2 coach since 2012 when I took, and thoroughly enjoyed, the course provided by the professionals at the Surrey Cricket Centre in Guildford.
The course equipped me with a host of invaluable tools, skills and information which transformed my ability to develop coaching sessions that were varied, interesting and relevant for our young cricketers.
I’m around at the club for most of our junior training sessions where I spend time assisting all groups, I also attend matches.”
Edward Cooper
ECB Level 2 Certified Coach
“Hi, I’m Ed and I’ve been playing cricket at Effingham since I was a junior myself.
I am very passionate about the game and was delighted to be asked to join the ECC coaching team. The formal L2 coaching qualification was a very educational process and I really enjoy applying the ECB professional techniques to the fun, but challenging coaching sessions I lead at the Club.
Having recently graduated from university, I am currently travelling around the world and promise to write some more text for this when I return.”
Winter Training
We have a variety of training on offer throughout the winter, normally running from early in the New Year through to April as we approach the start of the new cricket season.
- Midweek, early evening professional training at the Surrey Cricket Centre, Guildford
- 8-10 weeks of indoor net practice running on a Saturday afternoon at Felton Fleet School, Cobham
The following videos are from some of our previous sessions at the Surrey Cricket Centre. These sessions are attended by our own coaches but led by the professional coaching staff. We find these sessions particularly valuable in helping young cricketers develop solid, effective techniques for batting, bowling, fielding and keeping wicket. These sessions are hugely popular with the youngsters and everyone gets a lot out of each session.
Batting
Bowling & Keeping
Coaching
Summer Training
The club runs a comprehensive junior training night on Friday evenings throughout the season. These are wonderfully social evenings for parents and siblings to come along and enjoy the club whilst playing cricket, having fun with friends or enjoying the barbecue and club bar.
Training times:
U5-U8 – 17:30 to 18:30
U9-U13 – 18:30 to 20:00
1-2-1 Coaching
Effingham Cricket Club will be offering coaching sessions for individuals of all ages and small groups from the beginning of Summer, 2017.
These coaching sessions are provided by Josh Farrell, one of our ECB Level 2 Certified Coaches. Josh has been coaching for 8 years and has experience working with junior and senior players. Josh has very close ties to the Club having come through the youth system himself, so he fully understands the club pathway from youth cricket through to the senior teams.
Josh has played over 225 club games, 75 of those as captain, and the Club is very happy to endorse Josh’s services. If you are interested or would like more information contact Josh Farrell direct:
Facebook: www.facebook.com/cricketdevelopmentcoach
Tel: 07922 191900.
