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[imogzyboy]

is it possible to start wicket keeping at any age or should you have started at junior age level?
its cause i am interested in starting but dunno if ill grasp it?

[roco]

I first kept at 18 and did it for a while but I coach a few 9-10 year old keepers so any age

[mdl_1979]

I hadn't done it at all before last season and ended up doing it half a dozen times.  I'm 31.  Definitely wouldn't recommend it, unless you're into savage pain!

[johnnyw]

Ive only started wicket keeping this year. I am 20 and have taken to it well. But I only started playing cricket towards the end of last year

[Six Sixes Cricket]

Kept last game of last season and took 3 wickets. Was told I'm the wicket keeper for this year. Really enjoyed doing it, downside was the butchered hands and walking like John Wayne for 2 days due to my thighs seizing. Never endured so much exercise in my life.

[roco]

It's definatley a short persons game

[Buzz]

I first kept at 31 years old... I was awarded the nick name of "the Tin Man" as a result of my creaking knees.

It is never to old to start doing something - you just may not be as good as someone who started 20 years before you did!!

[jonpinson]

I started keeping in the bronze age.

[19reading87]

Started 3 years ago at the age of 21 as my team was short.

[Coach]

Ideally from a young age but if you are looking to take it up from and elder age consider the physical implications and demands. Are you fit enough to do it basically, Flexibility in the Achilles, calfs, hamstrings and hips not to be high, without that you can't get in a good enough position. Are your legs strong enough to cope with the demands of repeated body weight squats over an extended period? Are you prepared to wear a few cricket balls? Getting hit is part of the job! As well as finger injuries which can not be avoided! A few things to think about if your looking at keeping either long term or starting!

[chris24565]

I started 20 years ago at 26 gave up 5 years ago and being wheeled out of retirement this year due to regular keeper have a knee op. Should be able to walk again by most Wednesdays. Should be interesting as my daughter keeps for county girls at under 15 so plenty of family rivalry. Seen some good keepers aged 9-10 at county training sessions this winter.

Think the principle of "if you are good enough then you are old enough" is a good guide

[justnotcricket86]

I started when I was 15, now I'm 24 but had a few years off. I just hammer the weight machines in the gym. Squats, calf raises and working the hamstrings and quads. That does help me get through it

[roco]

Wait till you keep on our pitch it's an experience

[geelkabouter]

I started keeping at age 13 and at 15 was keeping wicket for the school 1st team I don't think there is a right or wrong age, I would  say though an important part of keeping is concentration .

Like they say catches win matches

[johan95]

I started keeping last year on a whim. Bought a pair of gloves and found I had the eye for it.
Wouldn't say I can do it perfectly yet, but I'm pretty handy behind the stumps.
Doubt there's a right or wrong time to start as mentioned before.
It's never too late to start.
Though always wear a helmet standing up. There was a keeper playing in the ground next to us yesterday who had to have stitches in his head as the ball grazed off it..
Luckily it wasn't any worse.
Great thing to do is keeping, if you can endure it for 40+ overs. As it helps your fielding when you field and it is a good way of earning promotion up a team