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Welcome back to the 2009 Cricket Season! We hope you all had a safe, happy and relaxing holiday and that you are enjoying getting back into some cricket action!
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Team Photographs & Club BBQ
Your Team Photographs will take part from 11:30 a.m - 3 p.m. on Saturday, 14 February at Melwood Oval (in the far corner near the skateboard ramp - in the shade!)
Please come 10 minutes before your scheduled photo time. There will also be a Family BBQ from 12 p.m. (and family cricket of course...) - with sausage sandwiches supplied by the Club thanks to the kind sponsorship of Kid's Exercise. Please bring your own picnic rugs, chairs and cool drinks. Come along and join in the fun!!
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Cricket Field Drills
At your training, fielding drills become very important in building
your team's skill level. This is the only form of fielding practice you
get apart from match day, so it is important to treat it as seriously
as possible. You will get a lot more out of your practices as a result.
Ground fielding/ high catches
Split your team into two groups, even numbers on each side. Have your
wicketkeeper, a single wicket and someone who can hit well with a bat
about 40+ metres from the fielders.
The aim of this drill is to work in pairs,
practice loud calling and backing up each other. The batsman hits a
ball either along the ground, softly or powerful (mixing it up is a
good idea). One of the fieldsmen calls for it if it's a catch, the
other stays close in case he misjudges it. Whoever catches it passes it
to the other fielder, who throws it in the wicketkeeper. Aim to return
it over the bails.
With ground fielding, this is where backing up
becomes important. One attacks the ball and aims to gather and return
it to the wicketkeeper. The other backs up behind him, in case the
first fieldsman makes a mistake. Misfields can happen often, so be
alert!
Close/ slip catching
This is a fun exercise, and works best with 6-8 people. Stand in a
semi-circle, with a batsman in the middle. All fieldsmen prepare as if
they were in the slips, ready to take a catch at random. There is a top
and bottom in the semi-circle. If you drop a catch, you move to the
bottom. If you misfield one, you drop a place down. The aim is to stay
at the top for the longest time possible. The batsman should increase
the difficulty for the fieldsmen at the top.
A good way to finish a training session is to aim
for 20 catches in a row, and if someone drops a catch you start again.
Once completing the 20 catches, you get to go home!
Source: www.cricketweb.net/coaching/drills
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 We need you!
Just a thought before the season ends - we will be recruiting both age group co-ordinators and committee members for the new season. If you or your kids love cricket and you would like to contribute to building up a fantastic club, please contact us to discuss taking on one of these roles.
Would your business like to sponsor Forest Cricket? Forest Cricket spends an enormous amount of money every year buying gear and equipment for our kids. If you'd like to help and get your business name out there, please drop us a line on info@forestcricket.com.
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We hope that you all enjoy the last few months of the cricket season. It has been wonderful to see the enthusiasm of both our teams and our parents this season - thank you!
Frank, Scott, Mark, Sean, Kim, Tim, Sharon and the rest of the Forest Cricket Team
Forest District Cricket Club
www.forestcricket.com
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Thank you to our sponsors:
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A day at the Cricket!
Two very excited boys from our Under 11/s, Tom McKern and Alexander Bain
(and Alex's equally excited mum!) recently went to Day 4 of the Sydney
test match. After meeting up with Johnny McNally from the Wakehurst
11/1s, the boys enjoyed some cricket practice behind the members stand,
and were fortunate to meet the injured Phil Jacques. After settling in
for a great day's cricket in the MA Noble stand, the boys were able to
see some great cricket on the pitch including some highlights - Matthew
Hayden's last test innings and Doug Bollinger's first test wicket.
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standing ovation that Matthew Hayden was given as he left the field was
amazing, even though he had not announced his retirement at that time.
Alex even got to experience first hand the ambulance facilities at the
SCG after copping a ball in his face when playing! A great day for the
boys and very exciting cricket for them to see first hand.
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Up and coming dates for your diary
28 March 2009: Last game of the season
26 April 2009: Presentation Day, RSL Club |
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