Around 50 aspiring young cricketers from across the region spent two days learning the ins and outs of the sport when the Shaun Brown Coaching Clinic came back to Armidale this week.
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On Wednesday and Thursday, the junior sportsmen and women were put through their paces in every aspect of the game including batting bowling and game preparation.
The participants this year even had the chance to learn from someone who has played at the highest level in former Australian Test and One Day bowler Ray Bright.
The kids range in age and ability and come from as far down as Sydney and out to Moree to participate in the clinic.
Coordinator Rigby Vane-Wood said the participants have plenty of fun and the activities on offer are popular among them.
"They really enjoy the fun aspects, the games and the fielding drills we do and interacting with each other,” he said.
"Every kid goes away picking up new skills and having fun mostly. As long as the kids all go away happy, they all have a good time.”
Vane-Wood said through the years they have been running the coaching clinics in the region, young athletes from across the district are always keen to get in and have a go.
"We normally get a pretty good turnout up here, the regional camps give us decent numbers, always good kids and generally a good camp to get along with,” he said.
"We have got starting from beginners to representative players and in between.”
Throughout the clinic, the kids involved are filmed and are able to pick through their bowling and batting techniques on a television screen. The video analysis has proved to be popular among the groups.
"In terms of sessions we do, we have a general nets session, a video bowling analysis, a video batting analysis and we work on a couple of modified games and fitness building drills as well so it actually covers all aspects of their game,” Vane-Wood said.