Cricket in the sun at Sportability Club

It was a glorious day on Saturday so it was lovely to get out on to the playground to have a session based around Cricket. We were without Coach Alan so Ray led the session with the help of the birthday boy - Ollie.
We started off with the usual warm up of jogging, skipping and stretches then we paired up for some throwing and catching practice. First it was just throwing and catching but then involved a bounce pass trying to hit a plastic disk set in-between each pair. 

After a quick water break we moved on to some fielding practice using cones and splitting in to four groups. Then that developed in to throwing at the wickets, wicketkeeping and finally batting practice.

After the main break we split in to two teams for some games of three tee cricket.
This is where the batting team each have a turn to hit three tennis balls off of three plastic tees. The fielding team cant move until the final ball is hit but they then have to get the balls back on the tees in their original positions as quickly as possible. The batter meanwhile will try and get as many runs as possible by running between two wickets and only stops when all the balls and tees are back in position.
Each person has one turn at batting and the scores and then totalled before the teams switch over so the fielding team get a chance to bat.
There were two main games that were fiercely contested but I am glad to report each team won one game apiece.

At the end of the session Ollie present the star of the week awards to Kerrie and Joseph before we all sang Happy Birthday to Ollie. 
Join us again next week for more fun and another birthday celebration!

Joseph receiving his Star of the Week award from Ollie

Kerrie looking delighted with her Star of the Week award