1 Day Boot Camp + Games enrolment form

Please note our December program is ***SOLD OUT***

Limited to 22 places this program is specifically for those cricketers with good cricket skills and fitness and who are self-disciplined, highly motivated and aged 12 years or above.

HIGH QUALITY COACHING PLUS GAME PLAY

The coaching component will challenge participants to an intensive one day coaching program to further enhance their existing skills and players will have the opportunity to choose specific training in their preferred disciplines with expert coaching in Wicket keeping, Batting, Pace and Spin Bowling.

• Analysis of bowling action by video
• Extensive bowling machine batting technique work.

On Day 2 players will meet at Riverview and participate in 2 games of 20/20 cricket.

We have 3 dates available for this exciting new program:

• 17 & 18 December ***SOLD OUT***
• 11 & 12 January
• 25 & 26 January

Cheers

Mark

Elite Cricket is very pleased to present this exclusive Masterclass article by former Tasmanian and Somerset captain and my former teammate Jamie Cox. Among other things Jamie scored 51 first class centuries and is now an Australian selector. Enjoy.

Cheers

Mark

An old batting mentor of mine once said that batting was 90% mental, to which I responded that I thought he had been hit in the head one too many times! However, the longer I played cricket, the more I realized that, if anything, at 90% he may have even underestimated the importance of the mind in batting.

The reason I say this is that I have seen some of the most technically gifted players fail time and again due to poor shot selection or concentration lapses, yet on the other hand I have seen players of very limited technical ability thrive at all levels of the game, simply because they had a positive mental approach.

Batting is a reactive skill, with often less than half a second available to react. With such a limited time frame there is no time to think and the response needs to be automatic. Training nets are not only used to train muscle memory; more importantly they are used to train instincts, which must be intimately trusted once competition starts.

Whilst a solid technique is an important part of batting success it is virtually useless if the mind isn’t in sync. Train the mind and batting success will follow more regularly.

Jamie Cox

Sydney Tigers Academy Squad 2008-9

Sydney Tiger Academy players hard at work

On Sunday May 18th, 36 young players swapped their football boots for cricket spikes and began training for the cricket season.

The boys were part of the inaugural Sydney Cricket Club’s Tiger Academy. The Sydney Cricket Club is a newly formed venture between the former UTS – Balmain Tigers and the Sydney Cricket Ground Trust.

Aged between 12 and 15, the players have been identified by their various local clubs as talented cricketers and over the winter will focus on forming correct techniques, developing tactical awareness, injury prevention and general preparation for competition.

The Academy, run by Mark Atkinson’s Elite Cricket Coaching for the Sydney Cricket Club, is designed to provide a complete pathway for the development, coaching and mentoring of talented young cricketers who will eventually see the Sydney Cricket Club as their home as they mature into Grade cricketers.

Daryl Chappelow, General Manager of the Sydney Cricket Club said to the players and parents yesterday, “The Club is committed to maintaining its position in the forefront of the Sydney Grade cricket scene and to do this we will be offering a training and coaching regime which will provide first class coaching at all levels – this Junior Tiger Academy is one example of our commitment”

It’s also offers a great opportunity for the boys to train and play with cricketers of similar talent and be exposed to coaches who offer expertise in areas of batting, pace and spin bowling and wicket keeping.

Further details

Daryl Chappelow
Sydney Cricket Club
dchappelow@scgt.nsw.gov.au
www.sydneycricketclub.com.au