Introduction to Soft Ball Cricket
with Lydia Greenway
Dates & Venues
This Soft Ball Cricket course introduces the basic techniques for batting, bowling and fielding. It's an ideal course for those new to coaching and teaching cricket.
After attending this course you will be able to:
- Understand the basic rules of the game
- Become more familiar with the terminology used in Cricket
- Be familiar with the signals used for umpiring a game
- Deliver a range of fun and engaging drills for pupils to practice the skills
- Run different types of games including pairs cricket for various ages and abilities
- Teach the main fielding positions
- Run a pairs cricket match
Prices
1 place £209 + VAT
2 places £339 + VAT
3 places £435 + VAT
Course runs 10am – 3.30pm. Prices include refreshments, lunch and resources. In the event of you needing to cancel a place on a course, please note we require ten working days' notice.
Course Leaders
Lydia Greenway
Lydia represented England during a career spanning 13 years with 225 appearances in all formats of the game. One of the most capped players to play for England. Lydia played an integral part in winning both the 50 over and T20 ICC World Cups in 2009. Lydia is also a five times Ashes winner. Since retiring Lydia has built and developed Cricket for Girls which specialises in supporting schools and clubs in the development of women and girls cricket. Lydia also coaches at the elite level, she is the Mumbai Indians fielding coach in the Womens Premier League and previously worked with the Sydney Sixers in the Big Bash as assistant coach. Lydia also launched the Female Cricket Store in June 2020 and continues to commentate on the game for both Sky and BBC.