A Flavour of the Background and Experience
ECB Level III Advanced Coach
THE START WAS GOOD – THE MIDDLE HAS SEEN DEVELOPMENT – NOW FOR THE RUN IN TO THE END OF SEASON!
The start included 2 hundreds and a half century + a useful UCCE run out.
The development phase has seen 3 more centuries and to date 18 half centuries, with one player already past his 1,000 for the season (that’s a 2nd).
How are you going?
WELL WHAT A START!
2 hundreds and a half century + a useful UCCE run out.
Looks like its going to be a good season for those who’ve been working hard with the Willowmasters Coaching programme over the winter months.
Sun and warmth – let it last!!
We are happy to report a wide rangeing group of keen cricketers well prepared and bursting with confidence to get their new season under way. They are confidently looking forward to their cricket seasons happy with the beneficial improvements to their game. Our coaching programmes have been carefully geared to suit each player level and devised alike for those ambitious for Representative County honours at both Junior and Professional level, those enjoying the game at either a League or a Leisure level, and to all colts age groups.
Russell Wyatt, an experienced ECB Level III Advanced Coach, has developed his cricket coaching methods over nearly 20 years at both youth and senior levels. A wide range of cricketers, teams and clubs have developed their game to significantly higher levels benefiting from his innovative techniques and individually detailed attention.
In addition to working alongside some 30 professional test and county players and coaches, Russell Wyatt has coached many hundreds of individual cricketers, helping them progress to county youth, national representative and premier league levels, including over 35 national regional age group and county players. That list continues to grow each year.
Coaching CV
Russell Wyatt’s cricket coaching CV includes:
- Coaching all ages and abilities of cricketer: from experienced, through youths exuberance to the newcomer and the young, from the professionally ambitious to league or leisure cricketer.
- Establishing a respected youth structure at a senior league club.
- Head-hunted by a premier league club to develop a ground up youth structure. This became a standard-bearer and model for youth development securing numerous county honours and achievements.
- Coaching in the influential Shepherd Neame schools programme.
- Premier league club coaching with senior and youth players, underscored by appointment as County Squad and Elite Player Development Coach.
- Senior county youth coaching roles, including Lead Coach for Winter Squad Programme, Mentoring Programme Coach, and Lead Coach in the development of Elite County and National Regional Representative Players.
National Champions
Russell Wyatt (with the help of valued colleagues) coached the Premier Division club, Tunbridge Wells, to numerous year on year league and county honours at all age groups. This work culminated in the highest pinnacle of youth cricket, as National Champions. The Tunbridge Wells Under-15s performing at top level right through a season-long tournament containing over 1,600 of the country’s top clubs, became ECB Under-15 national champions in the prestigious Portman Cup – the coveted trophy presented by one of Englands foremost and influential captains – Nasser Hussain.
The work continues.