Run by Michelle Goszko, our Girls Club Coach. Find your team's group and what they are doing each week at Bon Andrews. Mixed teams train at Northbridge and Primrose, see the mixed teams schedule.
The girls training plan for next term is being finalised and will be published here before the first session back. Your team's WhatsApp group will have the details in the meantime.
All teams together. Introduction by Michelle, followed by a warm-up.
A proper game with a marked boundary, all players together. Finishes with a tennis ball game.
All players together. Use cones to mark out a boundary so it replicates a game. Put markers down so the bowlers have wide lines. Focus is on just getting the kids to play and move. Finish with a tennis ball game.
Introduction to leather ball cricket, with Michelle.
Michelle introduces leather ball cricket, then Sam takes the group.
Short catching, agility squares and ground fielding.
Start with a short catching drill, then agility squares, then some ground fielding. Just getting bodies moving again.
Bowling and batting in the turf nets.
Put markers down for wide lines. Focus is just bowling and hitting the ball again.
Introduction to Stage 2 cricket, with Mal.
Mal introduces Stage 2 cricket, then Jess takes the group.
Getting used to the leather ball. Drop drills and underarms first, then batting and bowling.
Start with 10 minutes of drop drills and underarms to feel bat on ball first. Focus is on getting used to the leather ball and showing batters not to back away. Use cones for wide lines.
Short catches off the bat, then ground fielding.
Short catches off the bat, then ground fielding (bowler and keeper drill).
Batting drills for the front foot and pull shot, plus bowling drills.
Pawas starts the session, with Yuhansa joining on arrival. Batting drills with underarms for the front foot, then full-toss underarms for pull shots (horizontal bat). Bowling drills for 10 to 15 minutes in the turf nets.
Short catches off the bat, then ground fielding.
Short catches off the bat, then ground fielding (bowler and keeper drill).
Catching in pairs, agility squares, then ground fielding.
Start with catching in pairs, then agility squares. Then ground fielding with a focus on the crow-hop and following through to the target. High catches can be built into the drill.
Bowlers work on length. Batters work on hitting the gaps.
Bowlers to focus on length. Put markers out for the batters to show where the fielders are. Focus on hitting gaps.
All teams together for the warm-up. No team talks this week.
Turf nets · Sam and Maddy
Oval · Georgia
Oval · Alice
Fielding drills on the oval with Georgia.
15 minutes of ground fielding in two separate groups, with two coaches hitting or rolling the ball out, then players crossing over to field a second ball. The two players in the drill communicate who goes to the front and who goes behind. Focus on the crow-hop, communication between players, a good throw back to the coach, and the follow-through after the throw. Make it a competition between the groups for the last 5 minutes to put them under pressure. Then 10 minutes of high catching, tennis balls for Stage 1, with the focus on calling.
Running between the wickets and hitting the ball into gaps, with Alice.
Make up a mock short boundary. Anything hit outside the circle is out. Encourage players to look for the gaps. Batters use the right calls and turn the right way. Fielders try to run the batters out.
Bowling drills in the turf nets with Sam and Maddy.
Turf if available. Mark out cones for a run-up lane so the girls run in a straight line, and cones for the follow-through so they continue towards the target. Put cones, or anything bigger, down to show what channel to bowl in. Check for a straight bowling arm and any double-hops. Talk to each bowler about what they are aiming at, length and direction. Use the bowling training guide, which Michelle will put down.
Bowling drills in the turf nets with Sam and Maddy.
Turf if available. Mark out cones for a run-up lane so the girls run in a straight line, and cones for the follow-through so they continue towards the target. Put cones, or anything bigger, down to show what channel to bowl in. Check for a straight bowling arm and any double-hops. Talk to each bowler about what they are aiming at, length and direction. Use the bowling training guide, which Michelle will put down.
Fielding drills on the oval with Georgia.
15 minutes of ground fielding in two separate groups, with two coaches hitting or rolling the ball out, then players crossing over to field a second ball. The two players in the drill communicate who goes to the front and who goes behind. Focus on the crow-hop, communication between players, a good throw back to the coach, and the follow-through after the throw. Make it a competition between the groups for the last 5 minutes to put them under pressure. Then 10 minutes of high catching, tennis balls for Stage 1, with the focus on calling.
Running between the wickets and hitting the ball into gaps, with Alice.
Make up a mock short boundary. Anything hit outside the circle is out. Encourage players to look for the gaps. Batters use the right calls and turn the right way. Fielders try to run the batters out.
Running between the wickets and hitting the ball into gaps, with Alice.
Make up a mock short boundary. Anything hit outside the circle is out. Encourage players to look for the gaps. Batters use the right calls and turn the right way. Fielders try to run the batters out.
Bowling drills in the turf nets with Sam and Maddy.
Turf if available. Mark out cones for a run-up lane so the girls run in a straight line, and cones for the follow-through so they continue towards the target. Put cones, or anything bigger, down to show what channel to bowl in. Check for a straight bowling arm and any double-hops. Talk to each bowler about what they are aiming at, length and direction. Use the bowling training guide, which Michelle will put down.
Fielding drills on the oval with Georgia.
15 minutes of ground fielding in two separate groups, with two coaches hitting or rolling the ball out, then players crossing over to field a second ball. The two players in the drill communicate who goes to the front and who goes behind. Focus on the crow-hop, communication between players, a good throw back to the coach, and the follow-through after the throw. Make it a competition between the groups for the last 5 minutes to put them under pressure. Then 10 minutes of high catching, tennis balls for Stage 1, with the focus on calling.
Fielding drills with Mark.
Net session in the synthetic nets.
Training runs each Wednesday there is a game that week. Check the team WhatsApp group for any changes on the day, including wet weather.