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Hi Guys Jemile of The Cricket School Here
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and has asked us to give him some free online coaching
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OK Guys - so what i am looking for from my wicket-keepers and i am keeping an eye on are 3 key things
Head in that i am looking to see my keepers are moving their heads to the line and then adjusting their heads to the length of the ball
and then adjusting their heads to the length of the ball
Hands in that i am looking to see that my Keepers are maintaining a nice wide catching area with their hands
And Feet - in that there Feet are moving together as a unit
and the keeper is staying on the balls of his feet as much as he can
in order to make Sharp Quick Small Adjustments to the ball
Ok Firstly in this clip - what we are seeing here - is that our keeper has got a slightly lazy right foot
In that his left foot is pointing in the right direction towards the bowler & down the wicket
but his right foot is off at a different angle
so the 1st thing we need to do is to get both of those feet aligned up in the same way
the left foot is correct - we just need to get the right foot pointing in the same direction
and have the same angle of bend in our legs through both legs
the way in which we do this is pretty simple - just take your time - & make sure before you take a take - that the feeder - or the feeder throws the potential take that
In addition to this i'd like to see our keeper bring his 2 feet closer together - i think they are a touch too far apart - 8 inches closer would be good
Some Keeper have a preference to keep their feet wider - that's ok - there's no set rule for me - as longer as they are catching the ball well there's nothing more important than that
but in this Keepers instance he needs to bring his feet at least 8 inches closer together
last thing i want to say is that in the footage we've seen of our keeper
in the footage we've seen of our keeper he is taking a lot of balls quickly ..however if you want to improve ....you need to slow down the repetition rate to concentrate on getting your alignment right
for wicket keepers for this kind of thing slower is better and check your alignment very carefully - go through ball repetition quite slowly in order to check that you've done everything properly
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