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JOBS: Assistant Physio - Lancashire CCC

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Closing date: 3rd February 2014

Lancashire County Cricket Club, in conjunction with David Roberts Physiotherapy, are offering an exciting opportunity to become the Assistant Physiotherapist at Lancashire County Cricket Club based at the iconic Emirates Old Trafford Stadium.

If you are a self-starter, not afraid of hard work, and want to grab a rare chance to learn and work in a high performance sporting environment, this could be the opportunity you’ve been waiting for.

JOBS: Positive Futures Project Worker - Trent Bridge Community Trust

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Closing date: 12th February 2014

Positive Futures is a national social inclusion programme using sport and leisure activities to engage with disadvantaged and socially marginalised young people.

The programme aims to have a positive influence on young people's lives by widening horizons and providing access to new opportunities within a culturally familiar environment. Using sport and leisure activities as a catalyst to encourage project participation, young people are steered towards education, training and employment.

JOBS: Memberships and Engagement Manager - Essex CCC

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Closing date: 24th January 2014

Membership & Customer Engagement Manager – Full time

Essex County Cricket Club is seeking a Membership and Customer Engagement Manager to manage the Membership and Ticket Office on a full time, permanent basis.

This is a pivotal management role at one of the leading First Class Cricket Counties, and will be based at The Essex County Ground in Chelmsford.

JOBS: Events Manager - Cricket Ireland

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Closing date: 22nd January 2014

Cricket Ireland is the governing body for the game at both performance and participation levels throughout Ireland, representing the interests of both the mens and womens game. The future of Irish Cricket is incredibly bright following the performance of our senior squads with significant wins against Test countries and qualification for all the major World Cups over the last 7 years.

JOBS: Director of Cricket - Stratford CC (UK)

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 Closing date: undisclosed

Stratford Cricket Club is seeking to appoint a Director of Cricket with responsibility for co-ordinating and implementing the Club’s overall cricket coaching policy.

JOBS: Elite Cricket Performance Coaches - Derbyshire CCC

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Closing date: ASAP

Elite Cricket Performance Coaches @ Derbyshire County Cricket Club 

Following the appointment of Graeme Welch as Elite Performance Director, the Club is now seeking Expressions of Interest from highly-motivated and successful coaches to join the Elite Cricket Performance coaching team.

Fixing Fast Bowlers: More Back Foot Contact Drills

The first in this series used a piece of string as a guide for foot placement in the approach. This is one of the major causes of the back foot sweeping under the body and causing misalignment at the crease.

However, if the feet are landing nicely in the approach and you still note that BFC (Back Foot Contact) is misaligned then the following drills, placed on top of the string based run up drill, will close the deal.

JOBS - National Selector - ECB

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Closing date: 31st January 2014

A vacancy has arisen for the position of England Selector. For details of the position please click on the above below.

JOBS: U12 Manager - Cumbria CB

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Closing date: 3rd February 2014

Cumbria Schools Cricket Association and Cumbria Cricket Ltd U12 County Team Manager Vacancy.

Cumbria Cricket Ltd is the Local Governing Body for cricket in Cumbria as a member of the England & Wales Cricket Board Recreational Assembly. Company objects are to promote the game of cricket at all levels through the delivery of the ECB National Strategy ‘Grounds to Play’ and County Improvement Action Plan.
 
Cumbria Schools’ Cricket Association is the local governing body for cricket in schools and runs competitions at all ages up to U15, under the auspices of ESCA. We also run U12 representative 
fixtures and friendlies.

Bowl Faster by Pushing and Pulling

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As young cricketer I remember facing up against a number of talented young quicks trying to break into to the professional game. I distinctly recall listening to coaches talk about getting their front arm high; "reach up to the sky" they would say, and then once they had done that, "...now pull the chain!"