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Edward Buchan

Edward Buchan

Cricket coach

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  • Timeline

  • About me

    Indirect Tax Manager at VAT Solutions

  • Education

    • Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School

      2006 - 2013

      Activities and Societies: Played cricket in the local Derbyshire competition as well as in the National Schools Competition representing Derbyshire in 2008. A member of the student council for two years. Representing my year and a member of the healthy schools committee. Extra curricular activities include: Hockey, rounders, table tennis, handball and the debate society A levels in: Physical education:, PsychologyAs levels: Mathematics:, Business studies:, General studies:G.C.S.Es: A-C in 8 subjects including Mathematics, English Literature, English Language, Science, Physical Education, ICT, Additional science and Resistant materials

    • University of Gloucestershire

      2016 - 2019
      Master of Science (M.Sc.) Professional Practice in Sports Coaching Pass

    • University of Gloucestershire

      2015 - 2016
      Bachelor’s Degree Sports Coaching 2:1

      Activities and Societies: Tennis, hockey

    • University of Gloucestershire

      2013 - 2015
      Foundation Sports Coaching Distinction

      Activities and Societies: Tennis Assisting at numerous events including applicant days and a UKCC level 4 coaches conference Assisting one of my lecturers with her research into the effect of tapering. Achieved degree plus gold award Modules of particular interest: Analysis of human movement, Coaching principles, Performance analysis for elite performance, Developing human movement, Coaching practiceDeveloped communication skills through a mixture of debates, presentations written essays and communities of practiceEnhanced I.T. skills through written assignments and presentations using microsoft office and research using the internetCoaching skills developed in coaching modules in a variety of sports including… Show more Modules of particular interest: Analysis of human movement, Coaching principles, Performance analysis for elite performance, Developing human movement, Coaching practiceDeveloped communication skills through a mixture of debates, presentations written essays and communities of practiceEnhanced I.T. skills through written assignments and presentations using microsoft office and research using the internetCoaching skills developed in coaching modules in a variety of sports including football, netball, handball and hockeyHelped a masters student with the collection of data for his thesis. This included using Quintic software to collect quantitative data. After this, as a group, we also fedback our findings to the performance analyst at Gloucestershire County Cricket Club.Helped feedback both quantitative and qualitative data to Gloucestershire County Cricket ClubMen's tennis second team captain. This included team building, selecting and motivating the players in the team Show less

  • Experience

    • Grindleford Cricket Club

      Jan 2011 - Sept 2015
      Cricket coach

      . Mainly specialising in batting and fieldingCoached ages 7-15Assistant grounds man. This involved tasks which would prepare the ground for the games. This meant everything had to be planned and adaptable dependant on the weather

    • Graves Tennis & Leisure Centre

      Jan 2012 - Aug 2015
      Tennis coach

      • Assistant tennis coach. This involved listening to the head coach and keeping participants motivated and developing• Coached ages 4-14

    • Abbeydale Table Tennis Club

      Jan 2013 - Jan 2015
      Assistant

      • Assistant table tennis coach. Mainly focusing on serving and footworkCoached ages 7-17

    • Gloucestershire Cricket

      Jan 2015 - Sept 2016
      Performance analyst assistant

      This involves coding each ball into feedback cricket for the ECB server as well as analysing videos and creating plans for opposition batsmen and bowlers, creating training programs for our own players based upon data collected through various methods including questionnaires, physical data and opinions of the individuals.During this time the county won the One Day cup in 2015

    • Derbyshire County Cricket Club

      Nov 2016 - May 2017
      Performance Analyst

      This involves coding each ball into feedback cricket for the ECB server as well as analysing videos and creating plans for opposition batsmen and bowlers, creating training programs for our own players based upon data collected through various methods including questionnaires, physical data and opinions of the individuals.This role was as part of a team of 2 analysts and involved balancing workloads and assisting the other analyst with his duties

    • Opta Sports

      Mar 2018 - Sept 2019
      Cricket analyst

      In ground data analyst, collecting roughly 9 data points every ball

    • VAT Solutions

      Oct 2019 - Oct 2022
      Indirect tax executive

    • Derbyshire County Council

      Jan 2023 - now
      Finance Assistant

  • Licenses & Certifications

    • ACO Introduction to scoring

    • ACO Umpiring level 1

    • UKCC Cricket level 1

    • UKCC Football Level 1

    • UKCC Handball level 1

    • UKCC Table Tennis level 1

    • UKCC Tennis level 1

    • Cricket level 2: Coaching young adults

      UKCC
      Aug 2015

    • Degreeplus Gold Award

      Jun 2015

  • Honors & Awards

    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      GCC Junior Player of the year Grindleford Cricket Club Year: 2009
    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      GCC Junior batsman of the year Grindleford Cricket Club Years: 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012
    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      GCC Saturday batting award Grindleford Cricket Club Year: 2014, 2015
    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      GCC Sunday batsman of the year Grindleford Cricket Club Years: 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      GCC junior bowling award Grindleford Cricket Club Year: 2007
    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      GCC midweek batting award Grindleford Cricket Club Year:2013
    • Awarded to Edward Buchan
      Sheffield and District League Champions Sheffield and District tennis association

  • Volunteer Experience

    • Coach

      Issued by Grindleford Cricket Club
      Grindleford Cricket ClubAssociated with Edward Buchan

    • Fundraiser

      Issued by Friends of Educators Trust India
      Friends of Educators Trust IndiaAssociated with Edward Buchan

    • Handball coach

      Issued by Dronfield Henry Fanshawe School on Jan 2013
      Dronfield Henry Fanshawe SchoolAssociated with Edward Buchan

    • Coach

      Issued by Abbeydale Table Tennis Club on Jan 2013
      Abbeydale Table Tennis ClubAssociated with Edward Buchan

    • Assistant Coach

      Issued by Gloucester and Forest of Dean district cricket on Feb 2015
      Gloucester and Forest of Dean district cricketAssociated with Edward Buchan