Good coaches never stop learning.

By watching others, by using resources via the internet and by accessing a wide range of opportunities for furthering professional development, the path for improvement is always available. Coaching courses are very popular and allow you to meet other coaches and share ideas.

New Zealand Cricket offers a number of coaching courses which can get you underway or upskill you on your coaching journey:

Smash Play junior-tamariki coaches course

This is a free online and practical course covering the key philosophies of Smash Play junior-tamariki and simple tips for delivering the programme

Foundation Course

A free online course practical that covers the key aspects of coaching. Good for mums and dads, grandparents, volunteers, teachers, beginner coaches or cricket development officers.

Advanced Foundation Course

A combination of online and practical modules. Good for people already coaching or assisting 10-18-year olds playing junior or youth cricket for their club or school.

Development Course

This course is a blended course which combines online and practical modules and personal study and is intended for those coaches of Secondary School, Youth and Intermediate District teams.

Advanced Development Course

This course is for coaches of 11-a-side teams who have an active coaching record and a commitment to coaching. They will be coaching DA senior teams, premier club teams, school 1st XIs or MA age-group teams.

Performance Coaching Course

This course has been created specifically to meet the needs of men’s and women’s coaches working with performance players in performance environments.

Pathway to Performance - Female Coaching Programme

The Pathway to Performance programme is a ten-month programme targeting six female coaches who have shown an interest and skillset suited to coaching high-performance cricket in the future.