Challenging blog post from @ImSporticus on how language (in this case, specifically as employed by PE teachers) might help participants to find deeper engagement with movement activities beyond “health & fitness”.
Month: October 2023
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Session plans: ‘keeping & bowling — hit the gloves
I have a u11 session booked for next week with a wicket keeping theme. The players are all pretty competent, but only one has done much keeping (and he is also a useful bowler), so I want to offer them an introduction to ‘keeping whilst also engaging those players who will never don the gloves in a match.
So I wanted to combine ‘keeping with bowling.
In preparation for next week’s session, I tried out a few ideas with a younger group (u8), which, with the input of coaching colleagues, evolved into the plan outlined below.
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Another anniversary in 2023 — 10 years of “Better Cricket”
2023 has been a year of anniversaries — 50 years since my first organised game of cricket; 40 years since I bought my bat.
And this September marked 10 years since I left the 9-to-5 of office work and set out on a new “career” as a cricket coach.
Not surprisingly, things didn’t turn out as I had expected…
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The Teesra 