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Mini Cricket Co-ordinators Report on Seminar held on The Annual Bakers Mini Cricket Provincial Seminar was held at 14h00, on Friday 24 July 2009, in the Media Centre of Sahara Park Newlands. This was the first time that the seminar was held in the Media Centre, though the venue was narrow, it suited the occasion perfectly. The topic of the day was Talent & Talent Identification; this was carried out throughout the day by the guest speakers on the day. The speakers on the day were Alan Dawson (Bowling and the importance of the correct action); Paul Adams (Talent identification and how to nurture the players in your care); Shukri Conrad (Coaching and the importance of correct coaching methods); David Mokopanele (CSA and Bakers involvement); Darren Hampton (Bakers Bats for Charity); Paul Phillipson (LTAD Program). The day started with some impromptu ice breakers, to bring the delegates in contact with the delegates from other areas, to put the delegates in a more relaxed mood and set the tone for the day ahead. The day consisted of fun interactive discussions from our guest speakers, as well as some skills sessions downstairs on the tennis courts. There were 85 delegates from all over the Western Cape that attended the seminar, as well as delegates from the department of Sport that were present. Keen enthusiasm was shown by all the delegates throughout the day’s proceedings, especially the skills drills that were demonstrated. The skills and drills that took place on the day consisted of 4 different stations: station one dealt with agility, co-ordination and speed; station two dealt with bowling and the basics of the bowling action; station three dealt with batting and the back-swing and step; station four dealt with fielding and the basics of catching a ball. Great fun was had by all the delegates during the skills drills session and many of them are now going to be attending coaching course to be held at Sahara Park Newlands during the month of August and September.
I feel that this seminar was a great success and can only be improved on next year. The turn out of delegates is very promising and means that there are people out there wanting to improve and continue to grow the Bakers Mini Cricket Program. I would like to take this opportunity to thank the Bakers representative: Darren Hampton; the CSA representative: David Mokopanele; KD Marketing: Deon Rutgers & Bevern Peskin; the Guest Speakers: Alan Dawson, Paul Adams and Shukri Conrad. A special word of thanks to all the delegates from all the different schools and clubs that were present on the day. Without you the day and the program would not be a success. Thank you to you all. |
