Cricket: Bowling Machine - Drive Progression

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• Batter to set up in stance, and receive bobble feed. 
• Hit the ball driving onto front foot.
• Hold shape of follow through for 3 seconds. 

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• Set up 3 different coloured cones midway down the wicket going across. 
• From a bobble feed. 
• Hit the ball and hold the shape whilst taking steps in the line of the shot till the cones are met.  
• Players to have 2 shots each before rotating.  
• Once players have a feel for it, move on to the progression- calling the colour of the cone. 

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• Set the bowling machine to bowl between middle and leg.
• Set two cones up a third of the way down the wicket. One central and one leg side. 
• Batsman to hit from the front on drive set position, knees and feet facing down the wicket.
• Batsman to hit an on drive, hold the follow through and move towards the cones holding the shape. 
• Have the batsman face 3 balls each, making adjustment, and rotate through several times. 

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• Mark out a boxing ring/ square with cones. 
• Coach or someone trained in using pads to have a set of pads. Player to have a set of boxing gloves. 
• Moving around the marked out ring/square with legs in your batting stance. 
• Pads are to be shown and player with the gloves is to react and punch the pad. Opposite hand to pad shown. 
• Coach to throw in some swings with the pads so that the players have to react and duck.