SUMMARY – SCHOOL HOLIDAY JUNIOR CRICKET CLINICS

September / October 2016

The Coaches' Association (HKHDCCA) held three junior cricket clinics during the September / October 2016 school holidays, in partnership

with Northern District CC. The first clinic took place on 26-27 September at George Thornton Reserve, West Pennant Hills, with 56 boys and girls in attendance. Clinic 2 was held at Mark Taylor Oval,

Waitara on 28-29 September and attracted 70 registrations, and the last clinic took place on 4-5 October at MTO, Waitara with 36 registrations, which gave us a total of 162 children across the three clinics (average 54 per clinic).

A total of 18 coaches were engaged at these clinics – Rod Hokin (Head Coach), Bruce Wood (Co-ordinator),

Josh Miller, Daniel Anderson, Nathan Middleton, Nicky Miller, Sammy McMahon (all Level 2 accredited); plus Tom Felton, Daniel Wood, Henry Hunt, John Anderson, Nic Badings, Jeremy Bond, Andrew Harvey, Jamie Shaw, Matt Wright, James Brown & Mackenzie Carrall (all Level 1 accredited). They all did a terrific job

helping the youngsters develop their skills in a fun, games-based environment. The feedback from the young players and their parents was excellent, in line with previous clinics. See Photo Gallery – bit.ly/Photos-Sept-Oct-16-Clinics

The clinics included a wide range of activities for the boys and girls aged between 6 and 14, such as specialist

coaching on batting; pace and spin bowling; catching; wicket-keeping and throwing skills; video analysis of the bowlers’ actions, training in the nets; and a variety of coaching drills, concluding with games on the oval to reinforce the cricket skills learnt, develop team work and calling, and introduce a semi-competitive but friendly element to the

match-play. Additional specialist coaches (not assigned to a group) were engaged to provide one-on-one coaching on batting; bowling and wicket-keeping for each player, which is one of the special features of HKHDCCA clinics.

The Coaches' Association’s coaches at Clinic 2 at Mark Taylor Oval, Waitara on 29 September 2016

Back Row: Bruce Wood (President), Daniel Wood, Rod Hokin (Head Coach), Josh Miller (Secretary), Daniel Anderson

Front Row: Jeremy Bond, Nathan Middleton, Nic Badings, Sammy McMahon, Andrew Harvey, Tom Felton, Nicky Miller

We held a ‘Master Class’ session at each clinic to inspire the children and to demonstrate their coaches’ cricket skills. NDCC First Graders, Daniel Anderson & Henry Hunt, impressed the young players and their coaching colleagues with their sound techniques and powerful stroke-play – see short video – https://www.facebook.com/HKHDCCA/

The major award at each clinic is the Phillip Hughes Medal, which recognises outstanding sportsmanship,

performance, team work, enthusiasm and spirit of cricket. This award was presented to the following players – Amardeep Gill – WPHC (Clinic 1); Marcus Ridley – Berowra (Clinic 2); and Cameron Tunks – WPHC (Clinic 3) – see photos below. See historical list of HKHDCCA Phillip Hughes Medal winners – http://bit.ly/PHM-winners

Amardeep Gill (w ith Henry Hunt & Bruce Wood); Marcus Ridley (w ith Josh Miller & Rod Hokin); Cameron Tunks (Josh & Tom)

Daniel Anderson batting MasterClass Henry Hunt & Daniel Anderson Henry Hunt enjoyed signing autographs

Head Coach Rod Hokin videoing the bow lers Henry Hunt (Australian U/19 player) coaching a young batsman