PRIMARY SCHOOL CRICKET LESSON PLAN – BATTING 1
EQUIPMENT/RESOURCES• Stumps• Battingtee• Cones• Balls• Bats
TIMINGS5mins–WarmUp(choosefromselection)15mins–DevelopmentActivity25mins–3-teecricket
OBJECTIVES• Acquiringanddeveloping skill• Developabattinggripand setup• Gainanunderstandingof wheretohittheball– awayfromthefielders
PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES• Icanholdthebat correctly• Icanhittheball consistently• Iknowwheretohitthe balltoscoremostruns• Iknowthatwhentheball arrivesbelowmyknee Iplaythefrontfootdrive.
QUESTIONSQ – Whatisthecorrectgrip andwhy?A – Handstogetherwith righthandbelowleftfor righthandersandvice versaforlefthanders. Tohittheballhardand withcontrolQ – Whereareyoulookingto hittheball?A – Awayfromthefielders alongthegroundand hard.
OBSERVATIONSPlayersstruggletohitballconsistently • Workongeneralhand eyeco-ordination • Relayracesusingthe batasahockeystick • BatTaps
DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITYDEVELOPMENT ACTIVITY – BATTING PRACTICE• Splitintosmallgroups.• Withineachgrouponeplayerbats whilsttheothersfield.• Batterhitsballfromateelookingtohit theballthroughasetofcones4-5min frontofthem.• Fieldersstoptheballandreturnto batterwhohasasetnumberofgoes beforeswitchinground.• Canprogresstoabobblefeedformore advancedplayers• Canbeprogressedintoagame.5 goesperplayerinrotation.How manytimescantheteamhittheball throughtheircones?Settimelimitof 5-10minutesandyouhaveawinner. Promotesteamworkalthoughnot necessarilyhittingtheballhard.
DRIP IN COAChING POINTS1. Grip–handstogetherwithrighthand belowleft(Righthanders)2. Watchtheball3. Stepforwardsandnexttotheballto createabase(WHY?Createpower.)4. Swingbatvertically(WHY?Increases chanceofhittingtheballwhenitislow)5. Hitithardandalongtheground (WHY?Meansyoucannotbecaught)
SAFETYKeepfieldersbehindconeswhicharesafedistanceawayKeepbattersawayfromeachotherUsespongeballsifspaceislimited
3-4m
4-5m
GAME
CRICKET SKILLS
•Batting–vertical
striking/frontfoot
drive
•Stop
•Teamwork
3 TEE CRICKET
ORGANISATIONSpiltgroupintoappropriatelysizedteams,6or7isideal.Canbeplayedwithlargerteamsorruntwogamessimultaneously.1teambatsfirstandtheotherfields.
ThE GAME• Firstbatterhitsthethreeballsoff theteeforwards• Fielderscannotmoveuntilfinal ballhasbeenhit• Assoonasfinalballhasbeenhit batterstartstoruntogreencones andbackscoringaruneachtime• Thefielderscollectthethreeballs andconesandreplacethem wheretheystarted.Whenthe threeballsarebackonthetees thebatterstopsrunningandthat
isthenumberofrunstheyhave scored.• Allbattingteambatbeforeteams switch.
EASIER/hARDER•Fielderscanmoveassoonasfirst ballhasbeenhit.•Usebiggerballs.•Usebobblefeeds
EXTRA INFO:- •Adaptationscanbemadetoget waitingbatterstorunrunsandso beinvolvedaswell•Canbeplayedindoorswith spongeballs•Canbeusedtointroduceawide rangeofcricketskills.Batting, stopping,throwing,teamwork
VOCABSporting•Co-ordination•Watchtheball•StrikingCricket•BattingGrip•Hitthegaps
SET UP STEP CONTACT FOLLOW ThROUGh
SAFETYBattingteamkeptasafedistancebehindthestumps.Fieldingteamkeptasafedistancefrombatterbehindcones.Thinkaboutsafetyaroundtheareawherefielderswillbesettingupteesandballswithbatterrunningnearby
5-6m
