Dad advice sharing thread.
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@taniwharugby said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@mooshld TR Jnr had Grommets in and adenoids out in the same procedure, think he was about 4 (was his second set of them) Not a fun time.
Yeah my middle fellah had to get a second set at 4. The older one was fine after the first set.
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Son is stepping up to hardball cricket this year. Its a year early for him so playing against older kids plus he's small so a little apprehensive but he dominated in his 8 a side T20 last year for year 3s and made the year 4 (a year up) rep squad.
Any tips for the step up? Will be first time wearing pads, helmet etc.
Had a bit of a net session with him on sat morning and to be honest I didnt like facing him that much with the add speed he gets bowling with the heavier ball. Couple of waist high full tosses came through and I was just happy to get out of the fkn way
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@jk said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
Any tips for the step up? Will be first time wearing pads, helmet etc.
Practice first- get some time in the nets.
Start with throwdowns so it's not scary. Remember full speed for an adult ain't what they'll see from Y3 and Y4. The bounce is lower, the speeds are lower, etc. Also running in pads is hard - practice that a bit!
Practice a bunch of throwing and catching - softly, and getting harder - so that the feel of the ball isn't too worrying. Time with the ball means they are more comfortable.
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@nzzp said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@jk said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
Any tips for the step up? Will be first time wearing pads, helmet etc.
Practice first- get some time in the nets.
Start with throwdowns so it's not scary. Remember full speed for an adult ain't what they'll see from Y3 and Y4. The bounce is lower, the speeds are lower, etc. Also running in pads is hard - practice that a bit!
Practice a bunch of throwing and catching - softly, and getting harder - so that the feel of the ball isn't too worrying. Time with the ball means they are more comfortable.
On the running with pads, we used to do lots of different drills back in the day to try and make it fun.
Suicides with the pads on; team relays of running the length of field take pads off hand them to team mate and then they run. The best was having three pads, one in the middle and two at either ends of the ground, two guys start in the middle and run to either end, put the pad on and then run back to middle with one pad on and whoever got heir first and put he second one won.
As a kid back in the day with the old non-valcro strap pads half the problem was getting the damn things on so you could actually run properly. These games taught us that it was just as important to put the pads on right!
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@jk catching. Once you realise you can catch any high or hard ball hit at you, then you understand the hardness of the ball and how to combat it. If you can catch throws from the field to the stumps then you've had experience of all types of ball hurt
Sounds counter intuitive to expect this to help batting but it all ties in.Get well fitting thigh and inner thigh pads and wear them every time in the nets.
Tennis ball practice for watching and evading short bowling. Wetting the tennis ball helps too.
Remember to point out that even the pros feel anxious with short bowling so it's normal, but it's also pretty easy to evade short stuff if you can sway and duck.
Good luck to him
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Make sure he practices his 'yeah, nah' calling. If he wants to run out his teammates like real pro's do
But seriously getting consistent on your calling, and which end is calling the run, is good to bed in early.
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@paekakboyz said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
Make sure he practices his 'yeah, nah' calling. If he wants to run out his teammates like real pro's do
But seriously getting consistent on your calling, and which end is calling the run, is good to bed in early.
Being able to judge a run is important at that age. I was once run out after a magnificent cover drive where Scott and I argued if there was a run in it. After a fair bit of back and forth I committed and was subsequently run out by less than a metre. Which proved me correct.
For clarity; I hit the shot. Scott called the run. On reflection there was probably two in it.
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@antipodean fucking Scott!!
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@siam said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@jk catching. Once you realise you can catch any high or hard ball hit at you, then you understand the hardness of the ball and how to combat it. If you can catch throws from the field to the stumps then you've had experience of all types of ball hurt
Sounds counter intuitive to expect this to help batting but it all ties in.Get well fitting thigh and inner thigh pads and wear them every time in the nets.
Tennis ball practice for watching and evading short bowling. Wetting the tennis ball helps too.
Remember to point out that even the pros feel anxious with short bowling so it's normal, but it's also pretty easy to evade short stuff if you can sway and duck.
Good luck to him
Yeah, good point on the short stuff. If you can master the sway then you suddenly feel infinitely more confident. Would expand that to ensure he has good overall defense against the hard ball - if he is comfortable getting bat on everything then that will build his confidence and he can move on to choosing which balls to have a go at.
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@antipodean hope you pointed that out to him
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how old is this kid?
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@mariner4life who, Scott or @JK Jnr?
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@taniwharugby said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@mariner4life who, Scott or @JK Jnr?
Fuck Scott, he sounds like a dick. I mean JK Jr
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@mariner4life said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@taniwharugby said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
@mariner4life who, Scott or @JK Jnr?
Fuck Scott, he sounds like a dick. I mean JK Jr
I agree, fuck Scott. If @antipodean hit a cover drive then it's his bloody call.
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@no-quarter said in Dad advice sharing thread.:
Yeah, good point on the short stuff. If you can master the sway then you suddenly feel infinitely more confident. Would expand that to ensure he has good overall defense against the hard ball - if he is comfortable getting bat on everything then that will build his confidence and he can move on to choosing which balls to have a go at.
If the kid is Year 3 or 4 (8/9 yrs old) then I'd be very surprised if there is short stuff going on. Very few kids can bowl even half well.
That said, last season one wee fella was ripping down good accurate leg spin. We were farking amazed, and he bamboozled the boys.
Also, it may not yet be 'out is out'. They usually start people with partnerships (5 overs) to get them in the groove, and only lose runs when they get out. Gives time to work on the 'yes, no, sorry' calling we're used to (and how to turn down a run)
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@nzzp yeah, I tend to get a bit carried away when dishing out advice on cricket. Never to early to practice the sway though, it's a superpower against angry fast bowlers later in life.
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@nzzp if he is that old then all of this advice is waaaay over the top. Inner thigh guard? learning to sway past bouncers? jesus.
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@mariner4life dude! you think Kane waited till he got pubes to learn how to play a bouncer!!
