Basel Dragons Online Academy

After a great turnout of nearly fifty players on the Zoom last week and over 200 views on Facebook, we are pleased to give you the details for session two.

Topics for the following sessions:

• Tips for cricket training at home - exploring various cricket drills that can practised at home
• The Cricket Field - Orientation of the field (offside/leg-side, fielding positions etc...)
• Batting - Basel Dragon’s U13 coach Nitin concentrates on batting skills.
• Live with Scott Newman - Scott talks about his professional playing & coaching career and takes questions from the players
• Basic Cricket Rules - including umpire signals etc...
• Cricket Shots - An outline of the various cricket shots, when they might be played and where the ball should go
• Bowling Styles - An outline of the types of bowling, explanation of over and around the wicket etc...
• History and Spirit of Cricket - provide some context for the players on this great game we love
•  ..... If anyone has ideas for future sessions or content, please get in touch!

These follow up sessions will likely be during the week in the evening; date and schedule will be announced soon.

On Sunday 22nd November 2020 Basel Dragons Junior Cricket Club launched of the Dragons Online Cricket Academy.

The academy is open to all the clubs in Switzerland with the intention of contributing to the upskilling of all our Swiss junior players .

The Online Cricket Academy will supplement on-the-ground coaching with various other aspects of cricket to help the comprehensive development of the players.

The idea is to provide the players with:
•    Motivation during these times of less matches and practices
•    Increased knowledge of cricket beyond the technical aspects of the game
•    Provide an additional cricketing touchpoint during the week

It is planned to run this as a regular, ongoing series. Watch out for session details!