Junior cricketers trained by stars

THE future generation of cricketers showed off their skills at the Cricket Victoria holiday program yesterday (January 25).
Held at Town Cricket Club grounds, 85 young cricketers aged between eight and 16 were encouraged to get involved in a range of training drills under the guidance of professional coaches.
“The aim of the program is to allow children to experience coaching at a quality level,” regional cricket manager Rob Wood said.
Including Mr Wood, a level three coach – the coaching panel consisted of former game development manager at Cricket Victoria Neale Price, Dandenong Cricket Club’s Brett Forsyth, former Australian women’s captain Jodie Fields, local cricketer and former captain of the Victoria U/18s Chelsea Moscript, local cricket and pathway coach Mel Gheller, pathway coach Tamara Hall, strength and conditions sport scientist from the Victorian Cricket Academy Adam Hutton.
All coaches have Cricket Australia coaching registration.
Boys and girls from across the district were given the opportunity to participate in the program, which included practice in batting, bowling, fielding, match tactics and leadership skills. The event was completed with a video analysis to show their skills progressing.
The fun continues today (January 26) for another full day of cricket training with the experienced coaches.

Junior stars: from left, Jacob Whiteside, Korumburra; Jessie Chilla, Mirboo North; Nathan Gilmore, Mirboo North and Toby Gale, Leongatha were prepped for their turn at batting during the Cricket Victoria holiday program.

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Posted by Sarah Vella on Jan 26 2016. Filed under Sport. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry