SLC Level II Coaching Course a success

The first ever Level Two Cricket Coaching certificate distribution, fully owned by Sri Lanka Cricket, was held at the SLC Headquarters recently. The accreditation Coaching Course was conducted in September 2012 and was held over a six day period, fifteen of the twenty Coaches who participated in the said course were successful in fulfilling all course requirement's to be accredited as an SLC Level 2 Cricket Coach.

The Syllabus for this Course was constructed over a 10-month period by the Coaching Department and was developed by the national coaching staff and the Coach Education Unit of SLC. The SLC national specialist coaches and coach educators were utilized as presenters in the said course. The national captain at that time 'Mahela Jayawardene' also presented a topic on 'Mental toughness and leadership' at this program. Prior to this the Level 2 coaching courses were conducted by 'Cricket Australia' at the request of SLC in Sri Lanka and this came at a hefty cost of US $ 40,000 per course to SLC. At present Sri Lankans who wish to follow this type of course, travel overseas at a cost of Rs.700,000 to 800,000 per person. The conducted coaching course attracted ex national players such as 'Avishka Gunawardene, Nuwan Zoysa and Ravindra Pushpakumara who are currently involved in the coaching fraternity in Sri Lanka.

The Coaching Department who currently has the 'International Cricket Council' endorsement for SLC's Level 1 Coaching Course intends obtaining the ICC classification for its Level 2 Coaching Course in the future.