Cricket Coaching

On Wednesday 21 October Dion came from the Otago Cricket Association to teach us some cricket skills. First we warmed up by playing a game of ball tag. After that we did some fielding  practice. We had to be careful when picking the tennis ball up and placing it on a cone or else it would fall off  and roll away. It taught us the importance of getting down low and keeping our eyes over the ball. The next skill we practised was bowling. We learnt the correct technique and the importance of keeping our bowling arm straight. Dion explained that our front arm was like a pulling a chain except that we were actually pulling our bowling arm into position to bowl the ball. We spent a lot of time practising bowling at sets of wickets. It was fun and we will try to apply these skills the next time we play cricket.