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”.
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.
I like to use the “pairs” format as a basic structure for SSGs — batters in pairs, facing a fixed number of deliveries, if you are “out” you lose runs, but carry on batting.
But the immediate penalty for getting out can make some batters overly cautious, and we do want them to still play their strokes.
So this week I tried out an alternative sanction – if you are out, you have to swap to using a thin/practice/technique bat!
The Teesra 