Inspiring participation and maximising performance of Cricket Coaches and players throughout Oxfordshire
Darryl Woods has been chairman of the Oxfordshire branch of the ECB Coaches Association for 15 years and over this time has seen the membership double however there has been a decline in recent times as the membership has reduced to 104. The OCCA would love to see this get back up to around the 150 mark and this is a realistic goal due to the amount of DBS awaiting to be renewed together with courses taking place in Oxfordshire/Berkshire/Buckinghamshire, under the new Coach Education programme.
The CA workforce includes our brilliant Secretary Lesley Pykett and the ECB Regional Forum Advisor Michael Geeson Brown & committee member Paul Quibell-Smith and Nick Pinhol. Together they will be putting in a lot of work delivering coach continuous professional development courses. As of 2019, the CA is fully integrated with Oxfordshire Cricket, with the Chairman of the CA - Darryl Woods regularly attending Oxfordshire Cricket board meetings.
The OCCA have held coaching conferences with the likes of Steve Dent on Developing Mental Toughness in Sport. In the classroom we have had John Brierley, Jim Wallis on mental toughness and talent id. We also had a Q&A with Radio 5 live and ITV football and rugby front man Mark Pougatch which was great fun and informative. Have a look at the you tube clips below:
Details of how to become a member can be found in the attached document below titled "CA with Course promo booklet". We can also announce that you can become an associate member of the OCCA before obtaining full membership with the ECBCA, so you will obtain all details on anything we are looking to do in the future.
Here are some links that will wet your appetite on becoming a member of this prestigious group:
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And here are some further links:
Any help the CA can provide you with your coaching supported practice, booking First Aid courses or helping in the verification of your DBS requirements then please do let us know at ocbca@oxoncb.com. The ECBCA website is as follows https://www.ecb.co.uk/be-involved/coaching/ecb-coaches-association
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