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Cricket: Grid Catching Game

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DESCRIPTION

Form a rectangle big enough for two teams of 6-8 players.

The aim of the practice is to take 10 catches before your players either drop the ball, or have the ball intercepted by the other team.

Important: Players can only run three steps with the ball.

COACHING POINTS

To make the practice harder try to take catches in a smaller grid and/or progress to one handed catches, using both right and left hands.

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Ground fielding drill:

Two teams pass the ball to their team mates with an overarm throw which must bounce only once and then must be caught.

Using the throws to advance towards the opposition's grid players must not step inside the grid. When they get close enough they can throw at the stumps. If they miss a team mate can run around the back of the stumps to catch the ball.

If caught that team can have another shot, if the opposition catch the ball they then move back up the field to the opposition's grid.

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Catching drill:

Partners stand opposite each other and throw a ball back and forth, trying to see how many catches they can make in a given time (e.g. 1 minute).

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Grid High Catching:

Two teams. Use straight arm bowling feed, (aim high). Each team must not drop the ball or let it bounce in their own grid. Every time the opposition drops the ball or it bounces in their area this is a point. The first team to 10 points wins.

Catching

Catching:

For this game you need two teams of between 6-10 players on each side.

One team tries to see how many catches they can do in a specified time, whist the other team sees how many people they can get to run around the cone and back.

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