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Cricket: Dive Catching - To your left

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DESCRIPTION

Diving catch taken to the player's left, after walking in towards the catching board (note - catching board is optional but recommended if availible).

Players must attack the catch by walking in towards the board.

Once the catch is taken, player must get to their feet qucikly and aim to hit the stump.Group 2 of players are backing up and return the ball to the coach.

After players have performed a diving catch or returned the ball to the coach they run to the back of the other group and the drill continues.

COACHING POINTS

Players must stay low in body postion when walking in.

The best dives will:

Allow hips to open towards the ball
Keep elbows off ground to prevent ball dropping out of hand.
Drive through the legs for extra power

Progression:

Players can throw the ball over the top of the stump.

Players may take 2/3 quick fire catches.

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Catching:

For this game you need two teams of between 6-10 players on each side.

One team tries to see how many catches they can do in a specified time, whist the other team sees how many people they can get to run around the cone and back.

Catching

Catching singles Game:

The aim of this game is for your players to make 10 catches without any of the players being touched by the opposition whilst holding the ball.

If touched the ball goes to the other team and they can then try to complete 10 passes.

The first team to take the 10 catches whilst staying in the grid wins.

Catching

Running on to High Catch:

Player 2 throws the ball straight-up, player 1 runs in and catches before returning the ball back to player 2. Player 1 continues to run around the cone, and receives another high feed from player 2.

On catching th ball player 1 takes up 2s original position before the next person in the queue starts.

Catching