Secondary School Cricket Lesson Plans www.surreycricketfoundation.org HOMEWORK Pupils should be able to name and explain the Pupils should be able to name and correctly Ten Modes of Dismissal in cricket:- place the fielding positions:- 1. Bowled 2. Caught 3. LBW 4. Run Out 5. Stumped 6. Hit Wicket 7. Obstructing the Field 8. Handled the Ball 9. Hit Ball Twice 10. Timed out PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES GOLD – All 10 SILVER – 7-9 BRONZE – 5-6 PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES GOLD – More than 15 SILVER – 10-14 BRONZE – 5-9 Pupils should be able to recognise Umpire Signals:- Pupils should be able to understand the LBW law:- PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES GOLD – 10-12 SILVER – 7-9 GOLD – 4-5 BRONZE – 4-6 SILVER – 2-3 BRONZE – 1 Pupils should be able to explain the role of the umpire:- 1. Two on field umpires 4. Square leg umpire judges stumpings and run outs 2. One at the bowler’s end, one at square leg 5. At the end of each over (the umpire counts the 6 balls), the umpires change position. 3. Bowler’s end umpire makes decisions on lbw appeals, no balls, wides and leg byes. 6. The umpires indicate no balls, byes, leg byes, wides, boundaries and sixes to the scorers, who keep a running total of the runs scored. PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES GOLD – 6 SILVER – 4-5 BRONZE – 2-3 Lesson 1 High Catching & Front Foot Batting Warm up – Catch & Clap (15 mins) Coaching Point: Two ways to catch a high ball. Hands Each pupil has an incrediball or cricket ball which they must pointing upwards and catching the ball just above the eye throw up in the air, clap while the ball is in the air as many times line or hands in the traditional “cup” catching just below the eye line. as they can and catch the ball when it comes down. OBJECTIVES • Acquiring & Developing skill QUESTIONS • Understanding how to catch a high catch Q: What must you remember when catching a high catch? PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVE A: Get into position early and have a solid base. Hands should be pointing upwards or in a traditional cup. Watch • GOLD – Complete 12 claps or more the ball. Cushion into body. • SILVER – Complete 8-11 claps • BRONZE – Complete less than 7 claps Activity – 6 Tee Game (30 mins) Coaching Point: Hands together on the bat handle with the Introduce how to hold a bat and how to stand in front of the two “vs” lined up down the back of the bat. stumps. Split the group into – a batting team and a bowling team. Our stance should have toes level roughly over middle stump The batting team take it in turns to hit the three balls off of the standing sideways on facing the bowler. three tees towards the fielders who have to stay a safe distance Backswing should be around stump high and over the back. stumps or over first/second slip, not behind the body. Front foot moves forward towards the ball leading with the Two batters strike a once, one hitting one way, and one the other. shoulder and head over the ball. The ball must be hit forwards in a front foot drive. QUESTIONS OBJECTIVES The fielders may not move until the 6 balls have been hit off the Q: Which way should be ball be hit? 6 tees. When they have been they must replace all the balls and • Acquiring & Developing skill A: Forwards tees to their original position while the two batters run between • Understanding how to play a front foot drive the wickets. Q: Which fielding positions in cricket might we be PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES hitting towards? The runs are counted and the batters stop when all the balls and • GOLD – Complete 6 runs or more A: Mid-on, Mid-off tees are successfully returned. The next two batters then go. The • SILVER – Complete 4-5 runs • BRONZE – Complete less than 4 runs winners are the team with the most runs. Q: Why do we have our head over the ball when we hit it and why is that important? A: To keep the ball on the ground so we don’t get caught out Cool-Down – Boxes/Squares (15 mins) Split the group into 4 teams of around 7-8 players and set up 4 equal size boxes for the teams to stand in. Players may throw the ball underarm from their box into any other box. If their throw does not make a box, the thrower is out and has to leave the square. If their throw is accurate, a player inside the box must make a catch. If the ball hits the ground inside the box the nearest player, or the one who dropped the catch, must leave the box. The game continues until only one team has a player of players OBJECTIVES QUESTIONS remaining. • Acquiring & Developing skill Q: How should the ball be thrown? • Improve catching skills The game can be varied by type of ball, distance between boxes, • Decision making A: Underarm/overarm (according to your rules) under arm or over arm throws, minimum height of throw (e.g. • Devising tactics teacher height or above). Q: What must the team receiving the ball do? PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES A: Prevent the ball from hitting the ground in their • GOLD – Last two players left in a square square • SILVER – 3rd-4th last player left in a square • BRONZE – Earlier exit from square Lesson 2 Run Outs & Running between the wickets Warm up – Running between the wickets Relay (15 mins) Split the group into equal teams and set up as above. The first player runs with a bat from their starter cone to the first set of Coaching Point: Stretch out to reach the crease, staying cones (crease) and then back and then the second set and back and low, and run the bat along the ground to just over the third set and back and then hands over to the next player. crease. PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES The distance between the cones can be varied according to type and • I know how to run between the wickets age group. QUESTIONS Repeat once if time. OBJECTIVES Q: What do you need to do when approaching the crease while running? • Acquiring & Developing skill Activity – Run the Batter Out (30 mins) • Understanding running between the wickets A: Stretch out and run the bat along the ground Split the group into teams (for large classes 2 games can be run at once) – a batting team and a bowling team. PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES The first batter stands in a normal batting stance in front of his/her GOLD – Complete three runs and three run outs stumps and shouts “yes” and aims to run a two. SILVER – Complete two runs and two run outs BRONZE – Complete one run and one run out On the shout of yes, the fielder standing next to another set of QUESTIONS stumps runs to try to pick the ball off the cone and throw it back overarm to the wicketkeeper behind the stumps and run the batter Q: How do you pick up the ball in the field? out. A: Place your throwing foot next to the ball, pick up OBJECTIVES with your throwing hand, turn point and throw at the target. If the batter is out they are out of the game. If they are in the team • Acquiring & Developing skill • Practising running between the wickets Q: Where should you aim your throw? scores a run and the batter goes to the back of the line. • Pick up and overarm throw • Catching (wicket keeper) A: Over the top of the stumps for the wicketkeeper The game continues until all the batters are out or until a set • Understand & perform a run out to catch. amount of time has passed (approx. 15 minutes). Coaching Point: Fielder should pick the ball outside their “throwing foot”, i.e. the foot on the same side as the hand they throw with. Throwing arm should be high with non- The teams then swap over and the second team tries to better the throwing arm pointing towards the target. first team’s score. Wicketkeepers stand behind the stumps with hands ready to catch the ball. The game can be made more difficult or easier by changing the length of the two areas for batters and/or fielders. Activity – Run the Batter Out (30 mins) Split the group into teams (for large classes 2 games can be run at once) – a batting team and a bowling team. PUPIL LEARNING OBJECTIVES The first batter stands in a normal batting stance in front of GOLD – Complete three runs and three run outs SILVER – Complete two runs and two run outs his/her stumps and shouts “yes” and aims to run a two. BRONZE – Complete one run and one run out On the shout of yes, the fielder standing next to another set QUESTIONS of stumps runs to try to pick the ball off the cone and throw Q: How do you pick up the ball in the field? it back overarm to the wicketkeeper behind the stumps and A: Place your throwing foot next to the ball, pick up run the batter out. OBJECTIVES with your throwing hand, turn point and throw at the target. • Acquiring & Developing skill If the batter is out they are out of the game. If they are in • Practising running between the wickets Q: Where should you aim your throw? the team scores a run and the batter goes to the back of the • Pick up and overarm throw • Catching (wicket keeper) A: Over the top of the stumps for the wicketkeeper line.