Youth Cricket at Great Horwood 2010

U11 Fixtures U12 Fixtures U13 Fixtures U16 Fixtures Coaching

 

Safe HandsAs a club, we are committed to providing opportunities for children and young adults to learn about the joys of playing cricket, whilst also developing their abilities through a range of age groups. At Great
Horwood, the success of the youth section is seen as being critical to the future of the club. We have the support of 3 ECB Level 2 coaches plus several at Level 1, team managers and senior players in facilitating this development programme, as well as a firm commitment from the whole club. The club has adopted “Safe Hands” into its Constitution and has achieved ECB Clubmark accreditation during 2009 as well as ECB Focus Club status. The long-term objectives of the Youth Section are to have teams at all age groupings from Under 10 through to Under 16, coupled with a stated Policy of providing playing opportunities that will enable Young Adults to transition into Senior Cricket within the club. A 3rd XI was established in 2009, which comprised of a minimum of 5 Under 18 players in every game. This will continue in 2010 with some players graduating to the 2nd XI.

For 2010 we will adopt a structured programme that has been designed to help our players develop from U10 through to senior cricket – covering all the skills of the game:

Ages Activity Squads Focus
8-10
  • Basic sports skills
  • ABCs – Agility, Balance,
        Coordination, Speed
  • Development of power &
        endurance
  • Participation & Variety
 U10

Talent Identification
Introduction to cricket, and some
basic skills
Focus more on encouraging
participation and ABCs than
competition
Links to local Primary schools
11-12
  • Learn how to train
  • Developing basic cricket skills
  • Developing basic tactical
        awareness
  • 75/25 training/compete ratio
 U11
U12

Recruitment
Encouraging players into cricket
Development of basic skills
Entry into local league and cup
competitions at these age groups
Links to local Primary and Secondary
Schools
14-15
  • Develop technical skills
  • Develop tactical awareness
  • Develop specialist skills
  • 50:50 training/competition ratio
 U15

Specialisation
Specialist coaching for specific
areas, such as spin bowling, batting,
seam bowling, wicket keeping
Full competitive fixture list at each
age group
Introduction to sports psychology –
visualisation skills, coping with
stress, building an innings etc.


All coaches, helpers and club officials undergo a full CRB check before being allowed to work with players, and we place child welfare at the core of all we do as a club, with a designated Child Welfare Officer appointed.

The Youth Cricket Committee carries out all Youth Cricket responsibilities on behalf of the Cricket Management Committee. John Goodger is the Youth Cricket Manager and sits on the Management Committee of the club.

The Managers of the respective teams are:

Under 10 & Under 11        Paul Allen
Under 12                         David Brazier
Under 13                         Ian Bridge
Under 15                         John Goodger
Child Welfare Officer        Nicola Ellison

All of the managers sit on the Youth Committee, with the addition of the Club Chairman (Norman Ellison).


The Youth teams are sponsored by