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[Nickauger]

Afternoon guys

I've secured myself a job interview for the role of community cricket coach for Gloucestershire Cricket Board, and as part of the interview I need to run a session with the aim of getting children to choose cricket. Any help or ideas would be massively appreciated. Its 15 minutes and for between 25-30 year 8 children!

'Make it fun' and 'Game based activities' is not going to cut it either!

Cheers

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Good luck nick hope it goes well for you!

[Nickauger]

Cheers Tom Doubt I'll get it but nice to know that I'm not completely unemployable!

[Ayrtek Cricket]

Good bunch of lads at the GCB doing good work around the local schools down our way.

[wilkie113]

Good luck mate, hope all goes well

[procricket]

i have pm'd you, structure as normal per coaching make it relavent to the skill set and todays cricketing world get them engaged with visualisation and decent training aids.

 

[toenails97]

Good luck mate!

[Nickauger]

Cheers for the support and the pm's guys. Not really sure how much I can do in 15 minutes mind but I'm sure I'll sorty something out!

[Liam-SCCC]

Like the idea of interesting training aid, katchet, skyer, flexi stumps, fumble balls

[Vitas Cricket]

I'd play continuous cricket with them. Simple rules, everyone is involved in the game at all times and promotes the use of cricket skills subtly, whilst still having fun.

A session to encourage kids to take up cricket has to be fun, otherwise they'll be turned off instantly.

[Nickauger]

I'd play continuous cricket with them. Simple rules, everyone is involved in the game at all times and promotes the use of cricket skills subtly, whilst still having fun.

A session to encourage kids to take up cricket has to be fun, otherwise they'll be turned off instantly.

Just not sure whether that is a session worthy of an interview lol. That would be what I would probably do to be honest!

[Vitas Cricket]

What are they likely to expect? If the session remit is to encourage children to take up cricket then its no good going off into a level 3/4 coaches technical session. Continous cricket or the Lords game or similar, basic fun session is what i would expect as an answer to a challenege like 'encouraging children to take up cricket'

Is there no other remit/advance warning on what they expect?

[Sam]

Perhaps diamond cricket with a group that big? Gets more involved at one time to keep the interest going.

[Bulldog Cricket]

Good luck nick.

Perhaps get a gym matt out and get them doing diving catches and then run outs etc. when ever I have seen this the kids love it.

All the best

Kieron

[i12breakfree]

All the best