Coaching the coach: Ironwood Education launches certification programme for aspiring cricket coaches

The structured strategy will give a aggressive edge to the youth coaching in cricket.

Ironwood Training, an expert coaching and schooling firm, has launched a certification programme for ‘cricket coach schooling and improvement’. The corporate has roped in Ravi Shastri, head coach, Indian Nationwide Cricket staff; B Arun, bowling coach, Indian Nationwide Cricket Group; and R Sridhar, fielding coach, Indian Nationwide Cricket staff; as advisory board members to mentor and information in programme improvement for licensed cricket teaching at varied ranges.

Below their steerage, Ironwood Training goals to standardise and systematise teaching practices for all ranges of the game within the nation, particularly for the grassroots and intermediate ranges of cricket.

The Ironwood certification programme for teaching will assist skilled employment of cricket coaches throughout the nation, by its articulation of uniform skilled requirements and modern practices of cricket teaching. The certification goals to drive the adoption of greatest modern and standardised practices in cricket teaching for all ranges in India, in a cricket ecosystem the place teaching continues to be largely a fragmented and unstructured for curriculum and methodology. The structured strategy will give a aggressive edge to the youth coaching in cricket.

Bela Desai, promoter and director of Ironwood Training Ltd, mentioned, “Through the years, we now have seen the enterprise within the sport of cricket develop exponentially with a eager focus from all generations. A structured and systematic teaching strategy is the necessity of the day to develop, hone and nurture world-class cricketers. At Ironwood, we’re dedicated to aiding this studying curve that rising professionals and entrepreneurs will profit from. We couldn’t have discovered extra perfect mentors and advisory board members who share the identical values. Collectively, we will present conducive teaching strategy for budding coaches.”

Shastri mentioned: “It is a terrific improvement and has large potential. I personally realise the nice position of standardised and systematic teaching practices in bringing Indian cricket to its current standing and capability. Such initiatives will lay the muse of additional progress of India’s greatest sport.”

The certification programme might be developed by Kinjal Suratwala, former head of Coach Training on the Nationwide Cricket Academy, together with the steerage of Shastri, Arun and Sridhar. The certification programme is ideal for teaching fans who need to advance their ambitions with a deeper information and understanding of the game and the teaching nuances. The Ironwood Cricket Teaching certification might be a mixture of digital and on floor teaching methodologies, methods and instruments.