Cricket fun on the playground at EFSC this week

We had a great turnout and a lovely session based around Cricket this past Saturday at Oak View School. The weather was good enough for us to be out on the playground all morning and we started as usual with a warm up consisting of jogging and some stretches - all led by Ray.
The kids then paired up for some throwing and catching. We started with basic throwing and catching between each pair but then moved on to bounce passes, trying to hit a plastic spot on the ground between each pair with each throw.
We then moved on to some games of Champion with birthday girl Valentina doing the throwing for one of the groups, whilst Ray did the other group.

After a quick drinks break the kids took part in some fielding drills. First is was about running and picking up a ball from a cone and then placing it on the next cone before running back and tagging the next person. The ball would be moved up and down the cones. Next, the drill was extended to include some throwing at the wickets once the ball was at the end of the row of cones.​

After the main break the group split in to two teams for some games of three tee cricket. The batting team take it in turns to hit three tennis balls off of three plastic tees. Once they have done that the batter tries to get as many runs as they can in the time it takes the fielding team to get the three balls back on the three tees. It is a fast and frenetic game that the kids love but it also uses all the skills practised earlier in the session.
To finish off the session we moved back indoors for a couple of games of Boccia.​

At the end of the session to the three members who had a birthday this week, namely Sonny, Theo and Valentina. Our Stars of the Week this week were Valentina and Joseph so well done to you both.
Join us again next Saturday when we will be playing a different sport.