Fielding Drills: 3 Skill Relay
This drill is part of the PitchVision Academy fielding drills series, for more in this series click here.
Purpose: To practice three skills in a row: underarm pickup and throw, chase and throw and a high catch.
Description: The wicketkeeper (w) rolls the ball towards the first fielder who runs, picks up and underarm throws the ball back to the wicketkeeper.
Cricket Show 104: Pretend it’s Not Your Go
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2 Reasons Why Every Cricket Coach Needs to Qualify
Today's guest article is from club cricket development expert Greg Wright.
Being qualified and certified to coach cricket is not an ideal it’s a MUST, here's why.
First things first; if you're dealing with children, it's common sense and best practice to ensure coaches are certified. This covers both insurance and peace of mind.
Fielding Drills: Fielding Warm Up
This drill is part of the PitchVision Academy fielding drills series, for more in this series click here.
Purpose: A team warm up drill that improves mobility and increase heart rate while including a catch and throw.
Scoring is Dead
With her flask of tea, well sharpened pencils and unflinching concentration, the scorer is a cornerstone of club cricket. Despite her loyalty, a cricket team bent on success needs more than a tidy book and timely averages at the end of the season.
How to Bridge the Gap Between Junior and Senior Cricket
Do you remember the first game of adult cricket you played?
It’s quite a shock to the system. One day a youngster brought up on 20 over evening cricket against teenagers is asked to play for 50 or more overs in the afternoon sunshine. It takes time to adapt physically and mentally.
Often, players asked to make this jump take one look at the chasm (the time it takes, the snarling full grown men) and decide not to even try. They are lost to the game. It’s all the more sad when you see talented players fall by the wayside.
Stumpings: Use these First-Class Secrets to Unlock Your Potential to Change Games
A good stumping changes a game and makes the keeper look like a hero. But miss a chance and everyone looks at you out of the corner of their eye like you have just insulted their mother.
Top quality keepers know what to do to make sure there is much more of the former than the latter. You would think there was some complicated method, but it’s so simple you might not even believe it.
Cricket Show 103: The View From the Irish Dressing Room
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Burners in back from the good old US of A just in time for our best cricket show yet.
3 Reasons Why Good Bowlers Want the Keeper to Stand Up
Ego has been the downfall of many a cricketer. Consider the good batsman who gets himself out against a part-time bowler. The bowler doesn’t have to do much because the batter loses concentration against someone with lesser skills.
A decent league cricket keeper can easily stand up to the average medium pace bowler on the average club wicket. Yet time and time again ego gets in the way.
Fielding Drills: Sprint and Throw
This drill is part of the PitchVision Academy fielding drills series, for more in this series click here.
Purpose: To develop straight ahead speed, acceleration and stopping followed by the skills of picking up and throwing.
Description: Player 1 sprints forwards as fast as possible to intercept the ball rolled by the coach/keeper. Player 2 sets off at a sprint after player 1 runs past.
