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British Summer - Indoor Batting - One to save for a rainy day!

As someone who recently tried to have a barbecue during this British 'drought', I can vouch that you can never rely on the weather to do what you want it to do! That's why this week's session is one which can be used indoors or outdoors, whatever the weather! Read on to learn more!

To keep your players occupied and moving this session gets your players working on their front and back foot batting inside a limited space (ideally in the nets), ensuring everyone's active and safe at all times.

The purpose of this sessions is twofold - firstly you've got a great session in reserve, to pull out whenever the weather's not cooperating and secondly you can get your players to put in the hard work - practising their batting mechanics, such as striking with a strong top hand to drive the ball out along the ground!

It's important you stress the need for hard work, and that batting becomes easier the harder you work. International cricketers often put in the hours practising with tennis balls as it's a great way of developing and grooving techniques.

Core Junior Skills - Catching and Throwing

This week's session has been designed to introduce controlled throwing and catching to your younger players who are still learning and developing their core cricketing skills. Read on to learn more!

One of the major challenges facing youth coaches is keeping your youngsters engaged throughout - you might have lots of knowledge to impart on your players but if they're not paying attention it's going to fall on deaf ears!

To ensure your youngsters stay switched on throughout this core skills session we open with a fast, skills development warm up. Once your players have been initiated into the session we then move onto a series of games which will challenge your players' competitive side whilst also working on their catching and throwing consistency.

As a final treat (as long as everyone's worked hard) we finish with a fun final game of Kwik Cricket (also known as Kanga cricket in Australia). So jump to it and work on your players' core skills today!