Catching Drills
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Topic: Catching Drills
Posted By: kennzo2005
Subject: Catching Drills
Date Posted: 09 December 2005 at 3:10pm
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does anyone know any good catching drills |
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Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 09 December 2005 at 3:25pm
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I have one I do in my room - throw a ball at one corner of the room, where two walls meet at a right angle - aim for the join, but most times it'll hit one wall before the other, then the other and bounce back at an unpredictable angle. You can choose how hard/high you throw the ball (I suggest a tennis ball or lighter). I'm sure I drive my flatmates mad with this! |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 09 December 2005 at 10:09pm
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Yea, I got one. You need another person for this. Sit facing each other. The other person should be holding a bat. You throw a tennis ball (unless you're doing it outdoors) at the bat and he hits it back at you and it will help make your stimulus response faster. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Rebourne_
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 2:00am
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Every training session, my coach takes out a Krazy Catcher, It is a very good item because there are two sides: sane and insane. Sane isnt as hard as insane, sane is just throwing the ball at the net and bounces back to you. Insane side goes everywhere, good for slip pratise. ------------- When everythings going your way, You're in the wrong lane. |
Posted By: cricket_mstr
Date Posted: 10 December 2005 at 3:05am
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I have one of those large bouncy balls that you sit and bounce on I throw a tennis ball at it and catch the wild deflection |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 3:44am
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I got another tip. I do this in my living room all the time and really makes my mom angry. WARNING: Only do this if you have a carpet floor (you can't really call it a floor if it's carpet...whatever).
Anyway stand at one end of the room. throw the ball randomly and dive and try and catch it. It'll get the fear out of you of diving...if you're afraid of diving. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 2:13pm
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It's better if you throw it against a wall and then dive to catch it - make it so you don't move until it's hit the wall for added 'realism.' (This may have been what you meant, I wasn't sure.) |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 2:17pm
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Well, no, that's not what I meant.
You're saying that the ball should bounce off the wall first, and then you should dive for it? ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 11 December 2005 at 2:30pm
| Yup. Mind, both ideas are good. |
Posted By: Rebourne_
Date Posted: 12 December 2005 at 10:06am
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I find JP catching thing really useful. ------------- When everythings going your way, You're in the wrong lane. |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 12 December 2005 at 1:13pm
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Another variation - throw the ball at the wall with your eyes shut and open them when it hits the wall to test your refelexes. |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 13 December 2005 at 12:50am
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That's a really hard one but a very useful one as well. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: snell77
Date Posted: 18 December 2005 at 10:13pm
Just remember to do it with a soft ball, not a cricket ball becuase if you misjudge the bounce or something then.......
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Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 19 December 2005 at 3:46am
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Ofcourse, Using a soft ball is also much more safer for the things around you if you are doing catching drills in your living room or bedroom like me. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: snell77
Date Posted: 19 December 2005 at 4:07pm
I smashed a picture frame with a tennis ball tho. Needless to say i was told off lol 
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Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 20 December 2005 at 3:45am
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I did the same thing 2 weeks ago at my aunts house and she didn't say anything to me, since I was a guest.
But I managed to temporarily fix the picture frame and hang it back up. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Warne in making
Date Posted: 30 December 2005 at 10:10pm
| Me and my mates use a slip catching cradle. We line up (3 of us) and the coach lobs it in. Were divin at all angles tryin to stop it |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 30 December 2005 at 10:54pm
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Our coach does that too, except we play indoors. He sometimes drives the ball really hard on the ground towards us or somewhere in our direction. He sometimes gives a fast catch that is coming at us or in our direction. And sometimes he gives a surprise slow catch and you have to be ready for it, so you can run, dive, and catch it. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 31 December 2005 at 7:55am
in Dubai for my uni we practice but not in great depth like you guys....I guess since were quite talented that could be the reason...but I would always like to go through drills the same way you guys do...It just makes you more confident when you go into a real tough game..having practiced and all that! ------------- Pakistan Rocks and Own the Cricket Stadium!!! World Cup 2007 here we COME..... |
Posted By: Canadian Rocket
Date Posted: 31 December 2005 at 7:56am
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in my house, my broi and I play cricket in the corridor at times....I smaked the ball and hit this glass picture frame...I never got in trouble coz everyone understood the reason afterwards...lol... ------------- Pakistan Rocks and Own the Cricket Stadium!!! World Cup 2007 here we COME..... |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 01 January 2006 at 1:39am
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I broke a picture frame at my aunts house too. I was playing catch and I threw the ball...and it hit the picture frame. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Nick40
Date Posted: 02 January 2006 at 5:53pm
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I have a simple but effective catching drill:
You choose a section of the wall that is fairly big, you stand in front of the wall, and someone else stands behind you. The person at the back throws the ball anywhere on the wall and the person in front (having not looked where the other person is going to throw it) has to catch it after it has deflected off the wall. If you are more confident reduce the gap between you and the wall. This is ideal for playing the back garden. ------------- I took 5-14 in 1 match last season, turned out 2 be the best bowling figures for 1 match in our entire league :D |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 02 January 2006 at 9:14pm
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That is a great catching drill. Thanks a lot! I'll be trying that in my living room some time soon. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Nick40
Date Posted: 08 January 2006 at 12:11am
So what do you think of it saad? any good? Its simple but effective.  ------------- I took 5-14 in 1 match last season, turned out 2 be the best bowling figures for 1 match in our entire league :D |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 10 January 2006 at 7:26pm
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Sorry, I haven't bothered trying it yet. I think I'm going to recommend it to my coach for when we have practices. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: Nick40
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 7:36pm
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cool, nice idea. ------------- I took 5-14 in 1 match last season, turned out 2 be the best bowling figures for 1 match in our entire league :D |
Posted By: saadadvanced7
Date Posted: 12 January 2006 at 9:37pm
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Well, thanks again for the drill. ------------- Regulation without integration leads to suicide. |
Posted By: IbiZZle
Date Posted: 19 January 2006 at 6:27am
Excuse me, but how exactly does that cradle work?  ------------- !~Where Ever You Go, There You Are~! |
Posted By: Warne in making
Date Posted: 19 January 2006 at 4:27pm
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Its a semi circle of wood, the ball is thrown in and it rebounds off the cane this is a link http://www.crusader-sports.co.uk/product.php?productid=176&c at=11&page=2
This is a pic of the one we have |
Posted By: Monty_Mo
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 12:02am
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sorry f0r digging an old topic up but i was wondering if anyone had any tips on cathing..... by this i mean is there a simple technique. this came abouts after thurdays training session. i can catch most balls thrown at me but the ones thorwn high up in the air i struggle with. i bruised my hand trying to catch a highen, anyway if you guys have any tips on catching techniques. cheers people |
Posted By: -JP-
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 12:10am
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Watch the ball, soft hands, steady position. Practice. Here's another drill. Get two cricket balls and 5 or 6 of you (if you're feeling brave it might work with 4). Stand in a circle (about 3 or 4 metres wide) and basically get two balls moving - throwing and catching to one another, trying to keep the balls apart. Good for reflexes, hand-eye co-ordination and quick thinking. We were doing it in Cheltenham the other day with a tennis ball and a rugby ball for added intensity.  |
Posted By: ahses winners!
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 9:42am
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i always go down the nets but if i cant i play in the garden and my bro throws a ball down hard and i catch it on the bounce or if it dosent bounce i practise my long barriers.my most effective way of training to catch is a slip catcher its basiclly a cradle and you throw it and it bounces in very very! un predictable posisitons its simply the best for improving your reactions and catching also sometimes it stays low so you really have to be on the ball as they say |
Posted By: darlo_lad
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 10:34am
| Slip cradles are amaing. I really wish other people at my club liked them because as a keeper I find it very beneficial. |
Posted By: RightHandBat
Date Posted: 10 June 2006 at 12:26pm
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We've got one at our club, they're bloody good bits of tools!
------------- "His classical hits down the ground, met with a checked drive, were Tendulkar at his best. It was though he had a new lease of life." - Sachin Tendulkar's return to cricket with a 91-Ball century. |
Posted By: Middle It!
Date Posted: 04 August 2006 at 9:10pm
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If you have an old fashioned hand roller at your club you can make a slip cordon with a few of ur team and have someone throwing a ball at the roller and it'll come off at different angles. ------------- I didn't know Salix made fishing rods!!!!!!! |
Posted By: rightarmleggy
Date Posted: 04 August 2006 at 11:53pm
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i like your idea, also.. why not make your own stumps out of sticks found nearby or by not make you own ball out of cork and a dead cow ------------- leg spinner - right hand bat - tibberton cc |
Posted By: Middle It!
Date Posted: 05 August 2006 at 7:00pm
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????????????? Are you being sarcastic??????????? ------------- I didn't know Salix made fishing rods!!!!!!! |
Posted By: batman100
Date Posted: 05 August 2006 at 8:14pm
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Posted By: rightarmleggy
Date Posted: 08 August 2006 at 9:20pm
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no disrespect warney but you dont look like a very divey sort of person ------------- leg spinner - right hand bat - tibberton cc |