Junior Development Squads (JDS) provide young and enthusiastic beginners with the skills and knowledge to become hardball-ready cricketers. These skills and the confidence for players to use them are developed during a holistic coaching programme, using skill set drills, small-sided games, video feedback and matchplay.
The programme’s values and the promotion of key life skills (including respect, discipline, commitment, patience, perseverance, confidence, listening and a solid work ethic), combined with the principles of the Long Term Athlete Development Model (LTAD), ensures that your child will grow not only as a cricketer but also as a young person.
The programme is structured across three levels to match your child’s age and development stage. Each level focuses on creating the right environment to learn and develop cricket skills, and can also be used to complement one-to-one sessions.
Each session is 55 minutes and runs over the course of three terms.
Term 1: 9th September to 16th December 2025 (excluding 28th October 2025)
Term 2: 6th January to 24th March 2026 (excluding 17th February 2026)
Term 3: 14th April to 21st July 2026 (excluding 26th May 2026)
Cost: On request
Book online or contact us for more information.
There is a one off registration fee of £25 for each new participant which includes a free Crickets shirt. Extra T-Shirts and Hoodies available to purchase.
Sessions will focus on the generic athletic skills which form the basis of the ‘FUNdamental’ stage of the LTAD model. Small sided games and practices will be used to introduced the basic technical and tactical skills for cricket, delivered in a specialised environment.
Tuesday – 17:00-17:55
Sessions will introduce the ‘Learning to Train’ stage, strengthen the basic technical and tactical skills for cricket, deepen their understanding the game itself and be introduced to hardball cricket, all delivered in a specialized environment.
Tuesday – 18:00-18:55
Players continue within the ‘Learning to Train’ stage of the LTAD model. As well as receiving further support to their technical and tactical development, players are also introduced to indoor and outdoor matchplay which encourages teamwork and greater game awareness, all delivered in a specialised environment. Players will start to gain opportunities to influence their own development which is a key focus of the Senior Development Squad (SDS), ages 12-14.
Tuesday – 19:00-19:55
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