Not necessarily. I never cared about batting.andmark said:When children play cricket everyone wants to be the batter.
I think it has something to do with fried rice.steds said:And I don't get what you're getting at in your post.
..................and only 3 have been in the right forum.aussie tragic said:Congratulations to andmark as it only took him 36 days to make 26 threads (and only 5 of them have been closed)
Those who can, bowl. Those who can't, bowl leg spin.steds said:Not necessarily. I never cared about batting.
And I don't get what you're getting at in your post.
And those who can't bowl legspin try to qualify for England.open365 said:Those who can, bowl. Those who can't, bowl leg spin.
And those who can't bowl legspin or try to qualify for England are generally called Alok Kapali.Mr Mxyzptlk said:And those who can't bowl legspin try to qualify for England.
You are spot on there Goughy - if you are a batsman and make a golden duck then your games up and you have to mooch around in the field, but if you're a bowler you might get smashed for six first ball yet still have four or five overs. Saying that, I always see scoring runs as a greater achievement than taking wickets: scoring a hundred sounds loads better than taking five wickets.Goughy said:I deal with kids cricket on a daily basis and its fair to say that the vast majority want to bowl.
From what I see everyone wants to bowl and work on their bowling. Its an area to help selection and even if you are a good batsman it is a way to keep involved in the game if you fail with the bat.
A lot of kids I coach when given the choice of batting or bowling in a game choose bowling. Its a guaranteed 4-5 overs and scoring runs doesnt give them the same excitement of taking wickets.
Pretoria, South Africa.open365 said:^Really? What areas do you coach in?
steds said:Of course. What doesn't have something to do with fried rice?
andmark you are a good kidandmark said:When children play cricket everyone wants to be the batter.In the future will bowling be like it is now because they will concentrate on batting.
Wow. Outside of those practicing at sports colleges or boarding schools, I don't think any 13 year old (even those playing county representative level) play that much. The average U13s team over here would probably practice for 1.5hrs on a weeknight, then play a 20/25 over game some time else, either a midweek evening or a Sunday morning. Those who are lucky enough to attend private schools may net twice a week, with a midweek game and a Saturday morning fixture.Goughy said:On this topic of kids cricket, Im interested to ask a question.
How much time do school cricket teams in different places/countries dedicate to the game?
I work with and am affiliated to a number of schools but I will use the team I was talking about above as an example.
It is U'13 cricket. We practice as a team 3 times a week for 1.5 hours a session. The kids then usually do 1-2 hrs a week of individual private coaching a week.
We then play a 25-25 over midweek game and then a 5 hr time game on a Saturday.
I would say the boys put in around 15 hrs a week to school cricket.
Me and about 5 other people at my club play way more than that.Jungle Jumbo said:Wow. Outside of those practicing at sports colleges or boarding schools, I don't think any 13 year old (even those playing county representative level) play that much. The average U13s team over here would probably practice for 1.5hrs on a weeknight, then play a 20/25 over game some time else, either a midweek evening or a Sunday morning. Those who are lucky enough to attend private schools may net twice a week, with a midweek game and a Saturday morning fixture.
TBH that schedule isn't far off overkill with U13s Goughy. There is only so much interest most kids can sustain, and if you practice too much the quality of practice will decrease. At that age it can be unfair to make them practice so much, as they need to have other interests outside of cricket. With that sort of schedule, there is no room for any other sport.
I'm speaking from my experiences here in England however. It may be different in South Africa. But I'd have thought that very few local club sides in any sport play that volume of one sport.