Young cricketers from around the region had the opportunity to learn from former Australian players Nathan Bracken and Ray Bright when Shaun Brown’s cricket clinics made their way back to Armidale this week.
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Bracken and Bright spent time on Monday and Tuesday with 43 young up-and-comers in the sport who came from as far as Moree and Tenterfield and worked on bowling, batting and general cricket skills.
Coach Phillip Turtle said the clinics step the participants out of their comfort zones and help them learn new ways of training.
“It has been a good two days and hopefully the kids here can show some improvement and have enjoyed it,” he said.
“It definitely gives them a pep up, they feel like they have learned something from special people which is good.
“It is just a good experience for them to learn from different people than they normally would at their club level.
“They get to make new friends and meet new people and that's what sport is all about.”
Kids from seven through to 16-year-olds had the opportunity to learn elite training methods including video analysis of their performances.
“We video their batting and their bowling and I think they really enjoy that bit so they get to see what they're doing wrong and what they have to improve,” Turtle said.
“That's the biggest push with the Shaun Brown cricket - that we make sure that is there.
“We normally do the video batting on the first day and then they can work on it from then on.”