6 week coaching scheme cricket skills

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Six Week Cricket Training Programme

The training will take place indoors at the sports hall area of Hetton Comprehensive

School. The sessions will begin at 6.00pm and finish at 8.00pm and will run over a

period of 6 weeks. Ideally participants should arrive 10 minutes before the session is due

to start to ensure everyone is present. Participants will be issued with a letter before the

first training date with information concerning the venue, times and dates of the

forthcoming sessions and the appropriate clothing and equipment which will be required

for both practical and safety reasons. There will be around 22 participants taking part in

the scheme.

Objectives

Have all 22 participants:

* Understand the fundamental rules of the game

* Undertake a good knowledge of the various fielding positions around the pitch

* Gain the essential skills for playing the game such as batting, bowling and

fielding

* Able to put these practices into a real game situation

Have a number of participants:

* Understand some of the more complex rules of cricket

* Gain some of the more complex skills involved in the game

Week One

Aim:

* For all participants to gain an understanding of the basic rules of cricket

* For the participants to gain the knowledge of the importance and how to conduct a

successful warm up

* To teach a specific cricketing technique - Fielding

* For the participants to gain the knowledge of the importance and how to conduct a

successful cool down

6:00 - 6:10 - Introduction

* A brief introduction of myself and the other participants

* Explain basic rules of cricket such as wides, no balls, run outs, stumpings and the

amount of balls bowled in an over

6:10 - 6:30 - Warm Up

It is important that a warm up is set for the beginning of each session as it gets the body

in the correct state to perform physical activities without suffering from injury. The

warm up will involve raising the heart rate and stretching specific muscle groups to allow

a greater range of movement around joints and at the muscles. The warm up will be fully

explained throughout and demonstrated to the participants.

* The warm up will begin with a steady jog around the hall to increase the blood

flow around the skeletal muscles

* Stretches will then be carried out for the upper and lower parts of the legs and the

arms

6:30 - 7:00 - Technique - Fielding

The fielding technique which the participants will be learning in this session is the

long barrier. For this exercise the participants will get into pairs and stand facing

each other across the hall at an allocated distance. They will roll the ball to one

another and execute the long barrier upon receiving it. The difficulty of the exercise

may be altered by increasing the distance between the pair or rolling the ball at a
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greater pace. Another exercise which will be carried out involves all participants

lining up along one end of the hall and the person leading the session will stand at he

other end with 2 balls. The balls will be rolled out consecutively for the first

participant to receive and return using the long barrier technique.

7:00 - 7:30 - Mini Game

The participants will be split up into four teams of 5 and two pitches will be marked

out in the hall. These pitches will be rectangular ...

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