Cricket: Complete Ground Fielding Drill

** AUDIO DESCRIPTION ON **

• Drill can work with a mininum of 3 players and 1 feeder.
• Can add more pairs sharing catches if you have more numbers.
• Coach/feeder will use the ramp to send 4 consecutive catches to a player opposite.
• Inbetween that, players will pair up and swap catches whilst the coach is sending the 4 catches.
• Players rotate once the 4 catches have been taken.

• Cones are set out as a gate, in the point fielding position and extra cover fielding position.
• Players split into 2 groups in each of the gates.
• Coach will position themselves at the strikers end stump with a bat. 
• Coach will serve himself and strike a ball towards the point or extra cover gate. 
• Receiving player will catch or gather the ball, return it to the coach and join the back of the queue.
• This drill can be played as a competition, coach vs players. For every clean catch or gather, the players receive a point and for every misfield, the coach will receive a point.

The player at the front of the 2 players runs to the middle to collect the ball on the cone and roll it to the player on the opposite side.

This player collects the ball and runs to the middle to put the ball on the cone.

The next player then runs to collect the ball and rolls the ball for next player waiting.

10-18 players required. (Note diagram for accurate lay-out of drill.) Five stumps required for drill. Three stumps are set up on a diagonal line, 10m apart from each other. The other two stumps are 20m away from these, again on a diagonal but this time they are 20m apart.

The Coach stands at the top on the middle stump.

The drill begins when coach rolls the ball out as shown. Player 1 must sprint around the first stump, change direction and then underarm pick the ball up, aiming to hit the third stump.

Player 2 must anticipate the ball coming towards them, and moves forward off the cone to back the ball up. Player 2 then throws overarm at the base of the next stump.

Player 3 anticipates this happening, and backs the throw up, before throwing the ball over the top of the final stump.

The next player now returns the ball to the coach, and then continues to run around the first stump.

Drill continues, and players follow the ball, moving clockwise to the next station.