ICC Assessor at SLC – Level 2 Cricket Coaching Course

Sri Lanka Cricket Coaching Department’s request to the International Cricket Council (ICC) seeking international recognition for the home developed ‘Level 2 Cricket Coaching Course’ was accommodated when the ICC decided to send one of their nominated staff as an observer during the delivery of a said course which is to be conducted in June 2015. The Education Unit of SLC Coaching Department made this application a few months ago to the ICC seeking its endorsement and classification to the existing SLC Level 2 Cricket Coaching Course syllabus which was developed by our own local coaching staff who are currently assigned and working at the SLC National Coaching Department in Khettarama.

The application made, if successful in obtaining this endorsement by the ICC the SLC Accreditation Coaching Course Certificate, will hold International value to all coaches who have this status. Over the years cricket coaching worldwide and in Sri Lanka has become a lucrative form of employment with schools, clubs, mercantile firms and other business establishments throughout the country hiring cricket coaches to help develop their players, most of whom are involved at some level of cricket being played nationwide in which cricket is seen as the most popular sport in the country. Up to this time all Sri Lankan coaches seeking the Level 2 qualification travel overseas to countries such as Australia and England for this purpose, which costs the individual a colossal amount of money with regard to the course fee, air fare, accommodation and other expenses.
The existing SLC Level 1 Cricket Coaching Course is classified and holds the ICC endorsement on its certificates which is internationally recognized. Many take to coaching on a professional basis through the structured pathway to certain standards and protocols set by the SLC Coaching Department. It also has been noticed that many local cricketers who currently travel overseas seeking to play professional cricket also follow coaching courses of this nature as conducted by SLC, which helps them engage in some form of structured coaching overseas, and in some countries the coaching certification is mandatory prior to receiving a contract to play cricket.