Youth Cricket Academy

The cricketers who join the YCA will be devided into groups of 5 or less, according to their individual skill and age groups. This will ensure that strong players can play to their full potential, and that the weaker players are not exposed to a level of play where they feel out of their depth. The weaker groups will focus on the basic cricket skills so that their game will rise to a level of the stronger players. The stronger players will be encouraged to learn drills that are more advanced and work on finer points of their technique to ensure that they keep improving their already high standard of play. The size of the group is designed to give the coach enough cricketers with which to work and do the necessary drills, but also, and very importantly, will keep the groups small enough to ensure that each cricketer will be worked and improved on. Each lesson, grades 3-7 will run for 90 minutes. If the cricketer is in grade 1 or 2 the lesson will be 60 minutes. A child may attend more than once a week if he or she chooses. Each term at the YCA will coincide with the dates of school terms. Every aspect of cricket will be worked on at the YCA, from batting, bowling, fielding and wicket keeping, to the laws of the game, captaincy and teamwork. There will be good quality nets as well as a ball machine and cricket kit available. DVD footage of a cricketer's progress can be made if prior arrangements have been made with the coach. The YCA is situated at Heatherbank Sports Club, between 10th and 11th Avenue, Villiers Road, Walmer. Cricketers attending the Academy will be expected to wear their school cricket clothes or other suitable white attire.