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Cricket: Hitting On Top Of The Ball

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Riaz, Cricket Coach

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Set up a bench at the crease for the batsman to stand on.
Batsmen stand in set position.
The ball can either be thrown or fed through a bowling machine.
Straight balls should be pulled by the batsmen and wide balls outside the off stump should be cut.

COACHING POINTS

This drill will get batsmen used to getting on top of the ball and hitting the ball down when playing the cut and pull shot.
The bat should be coming from high to low on both shots.

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OFTEN USED WITH...

Example of advancing down wicket:

Can be done in pairs/ groups of three. One batter and one feeder minimum required. 6 tennis balls per pair/group.Feeder stands 4 meters away from batter, feeding ball as a drop feed, with arm out horizontally, and standing on the batters off side for safety. (adjust height of arm depending on height of feeder, and speed of batter to ball)Batter must use their feet and move down the wicket, meeting the ball on the second bounce, before hitting the ball through the cones.

PROGRESSIONMake target smallerAllow player to hit over the top (aerially) – still keeping shape of shot and not leaning back or hitting to hard/to the leg side.Alter distance batter has to advance to get to the ball.

Techniques

Back Foot Defence:

To play this defensive shot properly players will need to think about their whole body's position in order to avoid popping the ball up for an easy take.

Batting Mechanics

Football Header- Leading with the head:

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In pairs, one player with a football feeding and one with a bat in their stance.
Feeder to throw the ball out slightly in front of the batter and high enough for them to header it.
Batter to return the ball with a header, with the head leading the player should be automatically stepping into the header.

Front foot batting