So as you know, fielding is key in cricket. The quicker the ball gets caught in air, the less runs the batsmen are likely to make. This makes fielding as important as tyres on any vehicle. Pointless without them. We have created a list of the best possible fielding drills which you can do to improve your fielding experience!
Catch Volleyball
This might be a hard to understand and set up drill, but it is the most effective. It is not just catching, but trying to throw it at a target too. To set this up, you need 3 teams (4-5 players in each are fine, no need for any more).
One of the teams makes a line in the middle, next to each other. The other 2 spread across the playing field in their respective side of the pitch. One of the teams starts off with the ball and throws it towards the other team. Basic volleyball rules apply, except for, the ball needs to be held by the player, then returned and not like in volleyball. When the ball is not caught and it hits the ground, the team that last threw it gets a point.
In addition to this, the middle team can try to intercept and catch the ball. When this happens, the middle team will be playing in the position of the team which threw the ball before they caught it. This carries on for as long as you want. It should be at least 10 minutes, and you can use this as a warm up drill,, before proceeding to another drill.
Catching Drill
I have mentioned this drill before, in my catching drills. This very simple and effective drill tests the player's reactions and accuracy. This is the easiest to set up in this list and it only requires at least 2 players.
To set this up, you place 2 cones at your chosen distance and have 2 players stand behind them. The cones must be at a straight line, opposite to each other. Give one of the players a ball and have them throw, so the other player catches. You could set this up so that the players are close together and they make underarm throws, or that they are far away and make more powerful, overarm throws. Or, even better, you could have them closer together t the start, then gradually move them further away from each other.
This could also be converted into a competition to have all players engaged. To do this, you need more people, it could be your friends and family. Have them throw and catch, if a throw is misplaced and the player is unable to catch, they are out of the game. The last one surviving wins. An alternative to this is to have them throw as many throws as possible in a given time (such as 60 seconds). To make this a harder training set, you could have them close together when you start and gradually increase the distance between them. This is not just fun, but it trains your catching ability, because lets face it, sooner or later you need to be a fielder in the realms of cricketing.
I have mentioned this drill before, in my catching drills. This very simple and effective drill tests the player's reactions and accuracy. This is the easiest to set up in this list and it only requires at least 2 players.
To set this up, you place 2 cones at your chosen distance and have 2 players stand behind them. The cones must be at a straight line, opposite to each other. Give one of the players a ball and have them throw, so the other player catches. You could set this up so that the players are close together and they make underarm throws, or that they are far away and make more powerful, overarm throws. Or, even better, you could have them closer together t the start, then gradually move them further away from each other.
This could also be converted into a competition to have all players engaged. To do this, you need more people, it could be your friends and family. Have them throw and catch, if a throw is misplaced and the player is unable to catch, they are out of the game. The last one surviving wins. An alternative to this is to have them throw as many throws as possible in a given time (such as 60 seconds). To make this a harder training set, you could have them close together when you start and gradually increase the distance between them. This is not just fun, but it trains your catching ability, because lets face it, sooner or later you need to be a fielder in the realms of cricketing.
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