Would your team know what to do after a sudden collapse of wickets during an innings?
To help your players regain their focus and to steady the ship after a quick succession of lost wickets, this session replicates the pressure batters experience in a game situation.
Scoring singles is the easiest low risk way of keeping the pressure off a new batter. Singles will help both the player and your team, getting some much needed runs on the board whilst also calming everyone down.
By putting your batters under pressure you can challenge them to think carefully about their shot selection - encouraging them to play tactically, take their time and, most importantly, not panic when first at the wicket!
A bowling change can dismantle a partnership, halt a run surge, or hand the match back to the batting side. This article explores how modern captains use match phases, matchup data, and rhythm signals to time their changes, with a practical framework coaches can use to develop tactical thinking in young captains at club and age-group level.
T20 data shows that teams bowling 40 or more dot balls win more than 65 per cent of matches. Strike rotation is now the most undervalued skill in batting. This article breaks down why singles matter more than sixes, the soft-hands and crease-depth techniques behind elite rotators, and a coaching framework to train relentless ones and twos under pressure.
Pre-season is the best time to rebuild and refine batting technique without the pressure of match results. This article covers the fundamental batting positions that underpin consistent run-scoring, provides a progressive session framework from shadow batting to live bowling, and highlights the common pre-season mistakes that coaches should avoid.
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