Fielding Basics for Juniors: Catching, Stopping and Throwing
Ask most juniors what they love about cricket and they will say batting or bowling. Fielding rarely makes the list, yet it is where children touch the ball most often…
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Wicketkeeping Basics for Juniors: What Parents Should Know
Most junior teams find their wicketkeeper the same way. Someone is asked at the first training session, nobody else puts a hand up, and a ten year old is handed…
Filming Your Child’s Cricket: A Practical Guide for Parents
Your child has been told the same thing for six weeks. Head falling over. Front arm dropping. Not getting to the pitch of the ball. They nod, they agree, they…
How Representative Cricket Actually Works in Victoria
Parents rarely ask it directly, but it sits underneath a lot of conversations at training. How does a child get from a suburban Saturday morning to something more serious? Who…
Cricket in the Heat: What Every Parent Should Know Before Summer
Families prepare for a cricket season by buying gear, sorting out registration and working out training nights. Very few prepare for heat, which is the one thing guaranteed to affect…
Indoor vs Outdoor Cricket Training: What Each One Actually Develops
When families ask about indoor cricket, they are usually asking one of two quite different questions without realising it. The first is about indoor training: practising in nets under a…
Running Between the Wickets: Why Every Ball Counts More in Junior Cricket
Here is something about Australian junior cricket that changes how a young batter should think, and that a lot of families have never had explained. In the modified junior formats,…
Why Young Spinners Bowl Flat, and How to Fix It
The ball that never leaves head height Watch an under-13 game on any Saturday morning in Melbourne’s north, and you will see the same delivery over and over. The spinner…
Junior Pace Bowling Workloads: How Much Should a Young Bowler Actually Bowl?
The bowler who never gets a rest There is a familiar pattern in junior cricket. A twelve-year-old starts bowling a bit quicker than everyone else. Suddenly he is opening for…
How To Overcome The Fear Of Failure In Competitive Sports?
Fear of failure freezes the player from taking action and keeps them stuck in the same place for a very long time. It makes them overthink everything and stops them…