A couple of days ago I posted an idea for coaching tactical analysis during lockdown and even developing game awareness. Very simplistic — watch a video, and try to work out what is going on.
In the second part of this series, I have found a video of a remarkable match from the 2019 Vitality Blast, featuring the eventual champions, Essex, hosting London rivals Surrey.
As before, the challenge for your players is to watch, analyse, and begin to formulate their own tactical responses.
(more…)With a tentative return to 1-to-1 practice in the nets, announced last week, cricket in England is at last beginning the slow march back, post-lockdown.
But no amount of nets, or online video drills or S&C, nor even SSGs and conditioned games as the lockdown loosens further, will make up for not playing much (any) actual cricket in 2020.
For the younger players (for all players, probably), the greatest loss will be game time, experience gained by simply playing the game.
Is there anything coaches can do to make up this deficit, whilst coaching remotely?
How about asking the players to just watch some cricket?
(more…)What a finish in the World Cup Final.
Right down to the final ball, and the match is tied after 50 overs each.
Still tied after the Super Over.
Let’s quietly forget the “total boundaries scored” tie-break.
But that Super Over. All of the excitement of cricket, condensed into just 6 balls per team.
When the ECB’s 100 format was proposed, I had jokingly commented that it might still be a bit too long, and suggested that something akin to street20 might be the ultimate short format to “bring back the masses”.
Now, I wonder if there is something that can be lifted from the Super Over format.
So — the Teesra presents…
The SIX!
(more…)
The Teesra 