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Cricket: Boxing for Batters

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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.

Encourages fast footwork, fast hands and fast reactions for avoiding the ball.
Keep players moving.
As they get better you can speed up the presentation of the pads.
Ensure players are striking hard and connecting well with the pad (should make a good loud noise when glove connects with the pad).

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Coach or partner feeds the ball.
They will feed the batsman a total of 4 balls and alternate between a low full toss and a waist height full toss.
The batsman will drive the low full toss and pull the waist height feed.
After every shot, the batsman should advance down the wicket towards the feeder, ready for the next delivery.

Front foot batting

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Front foot batting

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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.

Front foot batting

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Batter to hit one shot from set position followed by one shot from stance (slighlty open).
Set position with kness and laces down the wicket and holiding the shape.
From stance, stepping into the shot and finding that same position down the wicket and holding the shape.

Front foot batting

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