Hope everyone who made it along to the session enjoyed themselves and even learned a thing or two! Don’t forget that as Nigel always says “The biggest room in the world is the room for improvement!”. This is certainly the case when it comes to cricket, and the winter is a great time to be breaking down your game into the basic skills and getting some extra practice in. This week we looked at batting, and in particular one of the most important shots in cricket – the straight drive. This can easily be practised with a soft ball and a tee as the most important thing is the footwork and position of your head. Remember what we showed you and aim to practice before the next session.

Next week we are going to introduce a new element to the blog – example videos starring the Grasshoppers themselves! Those who do well will be asked to demonstrate their skills for the camera and the videos will be shown right here on the blog. The idea is that if you forget – or want to carry on learning at home and need some help, you can check the videos to see how you are getting along. If you want to be included for the videos then please ask your parents in advance if it is OK for you to be on the blog.

The next session is going to focus on bowling! We look forward to seeing you there – please don’t forget that the session times switch this week so if you were at 9am last time you will be at 10.30am this time and vice versa. See you there!