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I'm having trouble in stepping up to spinners and driving through the line.sometimes I play it well but sometimes it goes in the air so I would like to know some sort of drill which would help me to play along the ground .and my coach tells me my head is not still when playing the shot and I'm not transferring my weight efficiently
How can I play a ball with an outswing and with 140kmph speed
Why do some batters collapse their back leg when driving off front foot. How do you stop it?
At Claremont School we are using Sportplan to assist us with our coaching and keeping Juniors busy. We are trying to get students practicing at home and challenging each other. The challenge is bat taps with one hand for 1 minute. My score was 136, can you get your players to beat this score!? Video proof needed if they do!
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I am going to be taking on my first serious school coaching role at under 15B level. My number one priority will be setting the right tone during the intro session to get the season of to the right start. Do you have any tips? Thanks and best wishes, Luke K.
When does everyone start their pre-season training? I'm concsious my players want/need a break after the season but equally believe the winter is the best time to improve technically.
In keeping How keepers feets move while standing up in spinners and pacers both.
wicket keeper drills
What is a good game / drill to have setup at the start of a session so players can join in when they arrive (players arriving in drive/drabs/different times)? we usually have the cricket hockey game but can get a bit messy when no bibs etc.
hep rotation off spin bowling drills
how do I coach a good Batsman all rounder off spinner whom he has no good standing/Gutted not to jump each time when he plays his defence, at the moment he is scoring his half century or century?
I am trying to improve my Leg side game and wondering if anyone has some tips and drill that i could do when improving the shots that are played on the leg side (Flick, On drive, Pull, hook, Straight drive, Slog sweep, sweep, Leg glance) and other leg side mistakes
My 12 year old nephew puts on too much flight on the ball, how can we resolve that?
i am a wicket keeper so when i am standing near to the stumps how can i take a catch comfortably
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looking for one or two interesting drills/games for 9/10 year olds who have never played cricket, to introduce them to the game without overwhelming them with complexity and losing their interest
Good day,Am a wicket keepr.What fitness regime i need to do and important fitness components i need to address.It would be of great help to me as a player
I ran a coaching session on Sunday where I took along a number of handwritten cards, from which the kids (U11s) could randomly choose "Super Over", "Bowl Off" or "Game Scenario". If they chose the latter, I had another set of cards they could choose from "Wicket Target", "Run Target", "Run Target - but boundaries don't count".Finally, they then draw from some more cards - runs (20-30), max wickets (1-3), overs (3-5).Each game scenario lasted around 10-20 mins, so in our session, we had time for about 4 or 5 scenarios. They appeared to enjoy it, but most of them said they wanted to bowl/bat individually for longer! Kids, eh?The idea behind these if to get them thinking about batting intelligently - rotating the strike, keeping the score ticking over, managing achievable run rates, etc. It's also a chance to give some of them some experience at captaining and having to make key decisions (bowling and batting order, how to place a field for different scenarios).Any ideas for variations I could try would be welcome. My session lasts for 2 hours including warm ups and any specific exercises I want to do beforehand.
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