Berkshire Cricket Foundation

With the success of our older County Age Groups and First XI it has been difficult to find a time and location outside where we can host our observations. Therefore, we will be hosting the observation sessions at The Piggott School in Wargrave on the following dates/times:

Monday 19th September
5:45 – 7:45pm – U14
7:45 – 9:45pm – U16

Tuesday 20th September
5:45 – 7:45pm – U15
7:45 – 9:45pm – U18

Wednesday 21st September
5:45 – 7:45pm – U16
7:45 – 9:45pm – U18

Thursday 22nd September
5:45 – 7:45pm – U14
7:45 – 9:45pm – U15

Sunday 25th September
10am – 12noon – U13
12noon – 2pm – U13
2 – 4pm – U13
4 – 6pm – U14

These sessions will be limited to 24 players in each session. If required, we have the capacity to host more sessions the following week. Players will attend 1 session only.

Players school arrive 5 minutes before their registration time, and not before.

Players will be observed by our coaching team across competitive nets, fielding and movement stations overseen by our Pathway Manager and Performance Manager alongside our Performance Coaches. The application requires the players to outline their primary and secondary playing skill, and we will also use our Scouting Network across the clubs and schools to discuss players with their coaches.

The outcome of our observation sessions will see selected players invited to attend our Winter Specialist Skill Sessions between October and December. There will be additional trials later for the U14 & U16 regional Hub programme later in the year/early next year which sits underneath our County Age Group programme.

When nominating players, please consider how they compare with their skills in comparison to County Age Group players they have played against in the past. To view our Berkshire CCC Talent Development Framework which illustrates what our coaches will be looking for, please CLICK HERE: As a brief overview:

Seam Bowling – Threats – Pace, Bounce, Movement, Understanding of Method
Spin Bowling – Threats – Spin, Revolutions, Bounce, Understanding of Method
Batting – Ball Striking, Awareness, Balance, Capability to play bowlers with CAG skill sets
Fielding – Movement, Repetitive Catching/Stopping Method, Awareness
Character – Coachable, Looking to take ownership of their cricket

To register players please use the following link: https://booking.ecb.co.uk/d/hmq79b

For the U10, U11 and U12 age groups, we will be running our Pre Christmas Development Courses as in previous years. Information on signing up to these will be available next week, once we have final confirmation of timings and venues. As in previous years, players will be able to sign up for different times over the course of Saturday and Sunday to fit in with other commitments.

FOR COACHES ONLY

Please can you spend a few minutes filling in the following form to give your assessment of the players you are putting forward: https://forms.office.com/r/UQ75VmKQMh

This will help us with our selections and give a good foundation for our feedback.

Please remember this is nominating players for the County Age Group programme. Trials for the Hub programmes at U14 and U16, will be around late Dec 2022/early Jan 2023.