What/How are we coaching your children?
U10 and below:
The coaching plan features 18 sessions that can be used in any order the coach/es think will benefit the group.
The aim of the plan is for children in the Softball age groups (10 years old and below) to enjoy participating in cricket through engaging sessions, with the emphasis on fun, whilst learning the core skills of the game by using a range of practices and game-based scenarios to aid self-learning.
Softball Cricket is a fantastic way to provide children with their first experience of match play. The rules are designed to ensure that every player is active during the game and this is reflected within the practices in the plan. Therefore, it is imperative that every child is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible in order to replicate fundamental movements and techniques which are then enhanced in later years with hardball cricket and more specific roles (batter, bowler, wicket keeper) and practices.
The objective of the winter sessions is to implement the early stage of the development model, an advancement of All Stars Cricket, which is an opportunity for improvement before the outside sessions commence. These include work on play pairs cricket, front foot batting, bowling and catching, which is again reinforced in the early stages of the summer sessions. As the summer sessions progress, to prepare players for game play, there is increasing amount of variable and game-based practices. This requires players to perform the skill or movement differently from one attempt to the next or play in conditioned games, which can be delivered in a variety of formats. There are 2 sessions in the summer which act as a monitoring of player progress. These are useful for us to run, to enable to see what level the group is at and how the remaining sessions can be modified to ensure that they benefit the group’s learning and development.
Progressions within activities are also essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun. This includes competition, increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the task or rewards in games for using skills learned in main activity.
At Rottingdean Cricket Juniors, the softball age groups are not about the winning of matches, it is about providing every child with the opportunity to develop new skills, make friends and excel in the sport of cricket.
The coaching plan features 18 sessions that can be used in any order the coach/es think will benefit the group.
The aim of the plan is for children in the Softball age groups (10 years old and below) to enjoy participating in cricket through engaging sessions, with the emphasis on fun, whilst learning the core skills of the game by using a range of practices and game-based scenarios to aid self-learning.
Softball Cricket is a fantastic way to provide children with their first experience of match play. The rules are designed to ensure that every player is active during the game and this is reflected within the practices in the plan. Therefore, it is imperative that every child is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible in order to replicate fundamental movements and techniques which are then enhanced in later years with hardball cricket and more specific roles (batter, bowler, wicket keeper) and practices.
The objective of the winter sessions is to implement the early stage of the development model, an advancement of All Stars Cricket, which is an opportunity for improvement before the outside sessions commence. These include work on play pairs cricket, front foot batting, bowling and catching, which is again reinforced in the early stages of the summer sessions. As the summer sessions progress, to prepare players for game play, there is increasing amount of variable and game-based practices. This requires players to perform the skill or movement differently from one attempt to the next or play in conditioned games, which can be delivered in a variety of formats. There are 2 sessions in the summer which act as a monitoring of player progress. These are useful for us to run, to enable to see what level the group is at and how the remaining sessions can be modified to ensure that they benefit the group’s learning and development.
Progressions within activities are also essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun. This includes competition, increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the task or rewards in games for using skills learned in main activity.
At Rottingdean Cricket Juniors, the softball age groups are not about the winning of matches, it is about providing every child with the opportunity to develop new skills, make friends and excel in the sport of cricket.
U11
The plan features 18 sessions and can be used in any order the coach/es decide.
The aim of the plan is for children in the U11 age groups to enjoy participating in hardball cricket through engaging sessions, with the emphasis on fun, developing and improving the core skills of the game taught in the development phase, by using a range of practices and game-based scenarios to be able to aid self-learning.
At U11 level, the majority of the cricket played is hardball. The rules are designed to ensure that every player is active during the game and this is reflected within the practices highlighted in the plan. Therefore, it is imperative that every child is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible in order to develop the fundamental movements and techniques learned in the developmental softball phase which can be transferred into hard ball cricket.
The objective of the winter sessions is to introduce hardball cricket and allow the children to understand the difference a hardball makes to the game of cricket. These include work on batting, bowling and catching which is again reinforced in the early stages of the summer sessions. As the summer sessions progress, to prepare players for match play, there is increasing amount of variable and game-based practices. The children in the U11 age group move into playing proper cricket rules with, if you are given out, you’re out. This requires players to perform the skill or movement differently from one attempt to the next or play in conditioned games, which can be delivered in a variety of formats, as shown in the document. This plan also incorporates opportunities for the players to get in the nets, through scenarios to ensure that the time spent in the nets is at its most beneficial, to build confidence before a game. We start to explore the technique the children are using allowing them to understand how they play the game as this will make it a lot easier for us and them to change their technique to improve and become more consistent.
Progressions within activities are also an essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun. There are a wide range of progression ideas for each activity, including competition, increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the task or rewards in games for using skills learned in main activity.
The plan features 18 sessions and can be used in any order the coach/es decide.
The aim of the plan is for children in the U11 age groups to enjoy participating in hardball cricket through engaging sessions, with the emphasis on fun, developing and improving the core skills of the game taught in the development phase, by using a range of practices and game-based scenarios to be able to aid self-learning.
At U11 level, the majority of the cricket played is hardball. The rules are designed to ensure that every player is active during the game and this is reflected within the practices highlighted in the plan. Therefore, it is imperative that every child is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible in order to develop the fundamental movements and techniques learned in the developmental softball phase which can be transferred into hard ball cricket.
The objective of the winter sessions is to introduce hardball cricket and allow the children to understand the difference a hardball makes to the game of cricket. These include work on batting, bowling and catching which is again reinforced in the early stages of the summer sessions. As the summer sessions progress, to prepare players for match play, there is increasing amount of variable and game-based practices. The children in the U11 age group move into playing proper cricket rules with, if you are given out, you’re out. This requires players to perform the skill or movement differently from one attempt to the next or play in conditioned games, which can be delivered in a variety of formats, as shown in the document. This plan also incorporates opportunities for the players to get in the nets, through scenarios to ensure that the time spent in the nets is at its most beneficial, to build confidence before a game. We start to explore the technique the children are using allowing them to understand how they play the game as this will make it a lot easier for us and them to change their technique to improve and become more consistent.
Progressions within activities are also an essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun. There are a wide range of progression ideas for each activity, including competition, increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the task or rewards in games for using skills learned in main activity.
U12/U13
The plan features 18 sessions for the coach/es to choose from depending what the team is requiring work on.
The aim of the plan is for children in the under U12/U13 age group to enjoy participating in cricket through fun and engaging sessions, with a focus on developing technical and tactical play across all skills within the game.
At under U12/U13 level, the majority of players have had experience of hard ball cricket for at least 2 seasons and, therefore, are experienced with the basics of the game. This plan specifically targets developing tactical and technical components of the game, to challenge the players to improve further and prepare for the demands of a faster-paced game at under U12/U13, where players are now stronger and able to bowl, strike and throw quicker. The tactical components of the plan explore all 3 disciplines of the game and include changing the lengths that are bowled, how to bat in situations, playing spin and allowing opportunities for all players to experience captaincy.
It is imperative that every player is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible in order to develop further the fundamental movements and techniques. The plan is set out to achieve continual active engagement in every activity. Progressions within activities are also an essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun and inter team competition.
There are a wide range of progression ideas for each activity, including competition, increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the task or rewards in games for using skills learned in main activity. Players should be encouraged to attempt the new learning in the game scenarios.
Children will start to specialise in a chosen aspect of the game, for example wicket keeping. In these cases, we will look to develop training sessions that utilise this chosen specialism and children will spend more time practicing their chosen specialism within the game of cricket.
The plan features 18 sessions for the coach/es to choose from depending what the team is requiring work on.
The aim of the plan is for children in the under U12/U13 age group to enjoy participating in cricket through fun and engaging sessions, with a focus on developing technical and tactical play across all skills within the game.
At under U12/U13 level, the majority of players have had experience of hard ball cricket for at least 2 seasons and, therefore, are experienced with the basics of the game. This plan specifically targets developing tactical and technical components of the game, to challenge the players to improve further and prepare for the demands of a faster-paced game at under U12/U13, where players are now stronger and able to bowl, strike and throw quicker. The tactical components of the plan explore all 3 disciplines of the game and include changing the lengths that are bowled, how to bat in situations, playing spin and allowing opportunities for all players to experience captaincy.
It is imperative that every player is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible in order to develop further the fundamental movements and techniques. The plan is set out to achieve continual active engagement in every activity. Progressions within activities are also an essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun and inter team competition.
There are a wide range of progression ideas for each activity, including competition, increasing or decreasing the difficulty of the task or rewards in games for using skills learned in main activity. Players should be encouraged to attempt the new learning in the game scenarios.
Children will start to specialise in a chosen aspect of the game, for example wicket keeping. In these cases, we will look to develop training sessions that utilise this chosen specialism and children will spend more time practicing their chosen specialism within the game of cricket.
U14/U15/U16
This plan consists of 6 Challenging sessions plans. Remaining sessions need to be developed with the needs of the group in mind from match performances. The use of nets is limited within the sessions and can be used more often if the coach/es feels the need to do so, however this must be using a scenario within the nets so the players take responsibility for how they are playing; for example, when out you’re out.
The focus of the sessions is to develop technical and tactical play across all skills within the game using game-based practices predominately to implement the fundamental basics learned from under 9s into situations where players need to apply tactical understanding and execution of skills, whilst retaining technical components.
This is particularly important at U14/U15/U16 level due to the amount of senior cricket that players are being exposed to, where the demands are intensified. The tactical components of the plan explore all 3 disciplines of the game and include changing the lengths that are bowled, how to bat in varying game situations, playing spin, power hitting and allowing opportunities for all players to experience captaincy. The sessions are also designed to focus on a specific skill in activity 1, which is then tested within a variable practice in activity 2, followed by activity 3, which is game-based, implementing the skills learned within a game-based activity.
It is imperative that every player is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible, in order to develop the fundamental movements and techniques. The plan is set out to achieve continual active engagement in every activity. Progressions within activities are also an essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun.
Players should be encouraged to attempt the new learning in the game scenarios. Players are also to find the sessions difficult and have some level of failure to motivate the want to be better.
This plan consists of 6 Challenging sessions plans. Remaining sessions need to be developed with the needs of the group in mind from match performances. The use of nets is limited within the sessions and can be used more often if the coach/es feels the need to do so, however this must be using a scenario within the nets so the players take responsibility for how they are playing; for example, when out you’re out.
The focus of the sessions is to develop technical and tactical play across all skills within the game using game-based practices predominately to implement the fundamental basics learned from under 9s into situations where players need to apply tactical understanding and execution of skills, whilst retaining technical components.
This is particularly important at U14/U15/U16 level due to the amount of senior cricket that players are being exposed to, where the demands are intensified. The tactical components of the plan explore all 3 disciplines of the game and include changing the lengths that are bowled, how to bat in varying game situations, playing spin, power hitting and allowing opportunities for all players to experience captaincy. The sessions are also designed to focus on a specific skill in activity 1, which is then tested within a variable practice in activity 2, followed by activity 3, which is game-based, implementing the skills learned within a game-based activity.
It is imperative that every player is batting, bowling, catching and throwing as much possible, in order to develop the fundamental movements and techniques. The plan is set out to achieve continual active engagement in every activity. Progressions within activities are also an essential for both the development of the group, but also as an opportunity to challenge players through fun.
Players should be encouraged to attempt the new learning in the game scenarios. Players are also to find the sessions difficult and have some level of failure to motivate the want to be better.
