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[golders]

No news from our club Re winter nets... Where they are being held and when...

If your club have already started its winter nets programme say aye- and if not, when do you start?


Cheers x

[johan95]

My club- Highgate CC start winter nets in January: should have partaken in indoor cricket!

[roco]

Me and a few mate net throughout winter plus play indoor league and are 3-0 so far

[johan95]

Yeah been trying to get sone nets sorted out at the Oval and at Lords, but their booking systems are shocking it seems..

Oh well, i have revision and my new accesories business on here to be setting up and thinking about!

[uknsaunders]

started winter nets last wednesday  - Yorkshire Post CC at Headingley Indoor School

[tim2000s]

Yeah been trying to get sone nets sorted out at the Oval and at Lords, but their booking systems are shocking it seems..

Oh well, i have revision and my new accesories business on here to be setting up and thinking about!

Their booking systems are fine. You just need to book six months ahead.

My club started at the beginning of November.

[golders]

Just the six?!crikey!

I'd much rather hire aa sports hall than a couple of nets at the Oval personally. Means you can do other stuff as well as just net- I find I get bored/lose focus after 2 hours solid netting. would prefer to mix it up a bit.

Any coaches with tips for drills/ideas for net sessions?

[uknsaunders]

I've done/trying a couple of things recently:-

1. Video cam the batting - as long as the camcorder doesn't get hit you can stick the stuff up on youtube/website. People love to analyse their batting.
2. Bowling accuracy - do a 3 * 3 grid with the column headings being outside off/just outside off to stumps/legside and the row headings being full or overpitched / good length / short . The basic idea is to hit the middle square as much as possible (stumps / good length) with the top left 4 squares being acceptable (outside off to stumps and full to good length). It's fun more than anything particularly scientific, but also revealing.
3. Bat swap - get everyone to try someone else's bat or a couple of bats. Helps people understand what bat suits them - it's not always the one they currently use.
4. Sometimes work on plans to unsettle batters - ie. if we know he's weak against the short ball we bang it in. Good for the batters as they can work on their weaknesses.

[tim2000s]

2. Bowling accuracy - do a 3 * 3 grid with the column headings being outside off/just outside off to stumps/legside and the row headings being full or overpitched / good length / short . The basic idea is to hit the middle square as much as possible (stumps / good length) with the top left 4 squares being acceptable (outside off to stumps and full to good length).

works fine except at the oval you get so much swing that to hit the stumps you have to bowl slightly differently!

[golders]

I've done/trying a couple of things recently:-

1. Video cam the batting - as long as the camcorder doesn't get hit you can stick the stuff up on youtube/website. People love to analyse their batting.
2. Bowling accuracy - do a 3 * 3 grid with the column headings being outside off/just outside off to stumps/legside and the row headings being full or overpitched / good length / short . The basic idea is to hit the middle square as much as possible (stumps / good length) with the top left 4 squares being acceptable (outside off to stumps and full to good length). It's fun more than anything particularly scientific, but also revealing.
3. Bat swap - get everyone to try someone else's bat or a couple of bats. Helps people understand what bat suits them - it's not always the one they currently use.
4. Sometimes work on plans to unsettle batters - ie. if we know he's weak against the short ball we bang it in. Good for the batters as they can work on their weaknesses.

some good tips there UK cherrs bud.Keep em coming boys!

anyone got any good clips on youtube?

[ianbuchanan]

Some good ideas there uknsaunders, cheers

A friend of a guy in my team has become the manager of our local sports centre so it looks like we're getting free nets on a sunday after christmas

[sultanofswing]

Ours start next sunday, having four before christmas and six after before club nets start. Already been to a couple of sessions on spin bowling though with a Level 3 coach, im a level 2 but it very hard to coach yourself!

[ianbuchanan]

im a level 2 but it very hard to coach yourself!

How did your level 2 go? I have mine next week, any tips? Cheers.

[sultanofswing]

I have been a level 2 for 3 years now. All I would say is practice your demos as those are the only thing people fail on. Otherwise the best advice I can give is take time to watch other coaches esp experienced Level 2's and 3's. I coach and teach for a living and the best way to learn is by watching other people.

[Simmy]

r's dont start till jan i dont think. we just go to a sports hall at a school.

we play indoor cricket tho currently 4-0

not the same as netting tho completel diffrent game. me and liam might be having a net on sunday morning tho just between us to test are bats