Participants run to a coloured cone you shout and back to the centre. upon arrival the coach will roll or bounce throw the ball towards the fielder trying to score a point. the fielder must then stop the ball and throw it back to you.
Make this harder by adding cones further away or feeding the ball earlier when they are not at the centre yet.
August is when seasons are decided, and most club games are lost chasing rather than setting. Give your batters a framework for the chase and you win the close ones.
Green July pitches and a shiny Dukes mean the ball is talking. Here is how to coach your batters to survive the moving ball, trust their defence, and cash in once the shine has gone.
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.