Know the Game: Complete skills: Cricket by Luke Sellers

Know the Game: Complete skills: Cricket by Luke Sellers

A clear, simple introduction to cricket skills for players aged 7-10.

The Know the Game Complete Skills series is a perfect introduction to a sport for every budding player. Compiled from the individual Know the Game Cricket titles, the book will teach young players the basic skills they need to start enjoying the sport – by giving them plenty of simple practice drills and showing how the star players do it. In this book, players will learn :

Batting:
How to: control the bat, face a bowler, play all the shots, 'read' a bowler, understand the field, run between the wickets
Bowling:
Profile of a bowler, bowling to a plan , bowling actions, the run-up and release, swing bowling, seam bowling, spin bowling and variations
Fielding:
The field and field placings, the ready position, close catching, catching in the deep, overarm throw, intercepts, retrieving the ball, the long barrier, wicketkeeping skills

Clearly illustrated and written by a professional coach, this book will give every young player the all the skills they need to enjoy cricket.

Luke Sellers is an ECB-qualified coach. He is the community cricket coach for Gloucestershire, working with young players of all abilities and in coach education.

SKU	Unavailable
ISBN 13	9781472919588
ISBN 10	1472919580
Title	Know the Game: Complete skills: Cricket
Author	Luke Sellers
Series	Know The Game
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Paperback
Publisher	Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Year published	2015-03-12
Number of pages	96
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.