Sussex Women and Girls pathway criteria

U10’s 

Batting  

  • Step & Swing – Bat pathway  
  • Front & back foot options. 
  • Consistent in their set up  

Bowling  

  • Rhythm in run up  
  • Alignment  
  • Drive  

Fielding  

  • Overarm & underarm throw at pace  
  • Exposure to catching with hardball.  

Tactics  

  • Running between the wickets 
  • Begin to understand “movement off the ball”. 
  • Understand basic field positions. 

U11’s 

Batting 

  • Exposure to sweep  
  • Head into the ball, front & back foot 
  • Decision making (line) 

Bowling 

  • Consistent run up  
  • Awareness of outcome  

Fielding 

  • Movement patterns 
  • Solid catching and throwing technique.  

Tactics 

  • Running between wickets 
  • Attacking mindset  

U12’s 

Batting 

  • Exposure to all sweep shots  
  • Exposure to using feet to spin  
  • Pull shot to full and short balls  
  • Power hitting  

Bowling  

  • Consistent in their process  
  • Bowling to left and right handers  
  • Introduction of physical/bowling drills  

Fielding 

  • Diving  
  • Close catching  
  • Long range throwing (on the bounce) 

Tactics  

  • Understanding of opposition strength and weaknesses  
  • Game plan  

U13’s 

Batting 

  • Judging length 
  • Execution of strengths/clarity of strengths  
  • Exposure to batting roles and situations  
  • Pressure testing  
  • 360 awareness  

Bowling 

  • Introduction of variations  
  • Bowlers to be setting their own fields  

Fielding  

  • Reading the game/anticipating  
  • Individual strengths/positions  

Tactics  

  • Game plan for spin & seam  
  • Angles and depth (fielding) 

U14/15’s 

Batting  

  • Clarity of game plans versus different bowlers, situations and surfaces 

Bowling  

  • Confidence to bowl a variation.  
  • Clarity of game plans versus different batters, situations, surfaces  
  • Use of crease/angles  
  • Know field to each delivery. 

Fielding  

  • Attack the V, defend the goal!  
  • Execution of diving  

Tactics  

  • Ball management  

U16-18 

Batting  

  • Execution of game plans versus different bowling, situations and surfaces. 
  • Have boundary options versus full and short ball. 
  • Perform under pressure.  

Bowling 

  • Execution of variations  
  • Execution of game plans versus different batters, situations and surfaces 
  • Confidence to use crease and angles.  
  • Perform under pressure.  

Fielding  

  • Understand own skill set and execute.  

Tactics 

  • Captain every ball in your mind 
  • Good decision making under pressure.  

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