Details for the venue are:

St John Fishers School
Hookstone Drive
Harrogate
HG2 8PT

Directions From Wetherby

From Follifoot on the A661 via Wetherby on the Wetherby Road, turn left at Hookstone Drive and St John Fisher Catholic High School can be located half way down, just before the Oatlands Drive junction, set back on the left hand side.

Please Register your Attendance

In order that we can plan the sessions appropriately and ensure that we have sufficient coaches attending to make the sessions both constructive and safe we would be most grateful if you could email your child's intention to attend to simon.giddings@virgin.net.

There are no charges for Winter Nets.

Sunday 7th February - Fielding

A good start to the 2010 cricket season.  The first session was all about getting back into cricket again after a long break with some basic fielding skills.  Getting the basics right is important, and once memories had been refreshed, there was some very good fielding on display.

Fielding is a massive part of cricket, 50% of a player's game is spent in the field so it's vital to learn and practice the skills. Winning teams are always good fielding sides. If a team can get a couple of wickets with good fielding through catches and run outs, its less work for the bowlers to get the wickets; if they can save 10 runs then that's 10 less the batters have to get. So remember to do the basics well and most importantly enjoy fielding. Its much easier to be a good fielder if you enjoy fielding.

Lets keep working hard in these sessions and have an excellent season in 2010 for all age groups and hopefully get some reward for all the effort shown by getting some silverware to put in the trophy case in the clubhouse.

Ross.

Download next week's session plan....

Session Tips

Attack the ball, don't just let it come to you.

When picking up the ball keep your eyes on it until it's in your hands.

Use the front arm as a guide when throwing the ball, use it to point towards the target.

Focus on the target, relax and throw, you may have more time then you think in a run-out situation.

Make sure that you get the elbow of the throwing arm above the shoulder thus enabling a good strong throw.

Aim to get the ball back over the stumps into the wicket keeper or bowler.

Work hard and enjoy fielding.  If as a batter or bowler you're not getting runs or wickets good fielding helps you get picked!