Group
All Stars
Date
April 21, 2023
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Activity 1
Pop Up & Throw
Coach
Craig Ellicott
Time
20 mins
Skills:
Fielding, Pop Up, Overarm Throw
After a sliding or diving stop, you still need to get the ball into the keeper, bowler or hit the stumps for a run out!
If you're going to get a run out, your ability to spring up from the floor quickly is going to be crucial.
Use this drill to practice 'popping up' into a good solid throwing position from a floor position.
Activity 2
Full House Fielding
Coach
Craig Ellicott
Time
10 mins
Skills:
Warm Up, Fielding, Pick Ups, Decision Making
A simple, yet fun way to get warmed up during a session. Encourages fast decision making.
Teams start with 3 cones but only 1 ball. Place the ball on one of the cones. The aim is to collect 3 balls to fill all of the cones.
In small teams, each player takes it in turns to go and steal a ball from another team, when you get a ball, bring it back and place it on one of your teams empty cones before tagging in the next player to go and do the same.
When all of your cones are full, shout FULL HOUSE to claim that you are the winning team.
Activity 3
O's and X's Bowling Drill
Coach
10 mins
Time
Craig Ellicott
Skills:
Fast Bowling, Spin Bowling, Accuracy, Swing Bowling, Seam Bowling, Length Control, Line Control, Handling Pressure, Decision Making
This drill is fantastic for creating a little bit of pressure on the bowlers to hit their targets as it is a competitive target hitting game.
The pressure ramps up during this game and applies a similar pressure to situations you may find yourself in when bowling overs at the end of a game where the stakes are high and you need to be able to rely on your ability to handle pressure and hit your targets.
Activity 4
Tri-Cricket
Coach
Craig Ellicott
Time
20 mins
Skills:
Matchplay, Fun Game
This game was invented by us in 2015 as we wanted a fun version of cricket that you could play with a class of 30 children, inside a small school hall when it’s raining outside.
We split the class into 3 teams. 2 teams bat and the other fields and after each innings they rotate - so will bat twice and field once.
The bowlers (coaches) bowl 3 consecutive balls at each batter - 6 balls in total between the two batters - that then means the fielding team have 6 balls to collect. This means most fielders get a ball on every turn. We had found that generally, if using just one ball, the fastest most alert fielder gets the ball all the time and the batters that struggle to hit the ball only get a couple of goes at hitting the ball during a lesson. Meaning lots of children find cricket boring.
This game brings everyone into the game. It increases your number of hits during a lesson by 6x compared to continuous cricket and gives you a 6 in 10 chance of getting a ball when fielding compared to a 1 in 10 chance (if that).
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