Cricket Course Overview

Please note, Hampshire Cricket College will not be accepting any intake of students for the academic year commencing September 2021.

A two-year, full-time education and cricket development programme for 16-18 year olds.

Year 1 - BTEC Level 3 - 90 Credit Diploma in Sport
Year 2 - BTEC Level 3 - Extended Diploma in Sport

UCAS POINTS - Up to 420

COST - FREE for 16-18 year olds except for £300 registration fee.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS - 3 GCSE'S A-C, preferably one in Maths or English

CRICKET TRAINING - Elite Cricket

EDUCATION PROVIDER - SCL Education Group

COURSE START DATE - September

LOCATION - The Ageas Bowl, Botley Road, West End, Southampton, Hampshire SO30 3XH

EXIT ROUTES - Full-time employment or apprenticeships, employment opportunities in the leisure industry, coaching opportunities in the UK or abroad, foundation or BA Honours degree at university in a sports-related discipline and employment opportunities in cricket (non-playing)

Cricket Programme

Players will be involved in all aspects of developing their own games, each player will have his/her own player development programme to which they will be working over the two years of the course which will include:

Batting

Developing an understanding of your own game
Batting in longer/short forms of the game
Run acquisition
Power hitting
Batting on different types of wickets
Mental approach to batting

Bowling

Developing an understanding of your own game
Bowling in long/short game formats
Developing good stock balls
Developing variations
Identifying batters weaknesses
Mental approach/tactical

Fielding

Developing your own fielding skills
Fielding in the 3 areas, close inner ring and on the boundary
Effective throwing
Catching
Team work
Movement skills
Energy
Mental approach to fielding
Wicket Keeping

Captaincy

Understanding the role of captaincy
Developing tactical plans around team strengths
Plan B
Managing the game
Player management
Reading of pitches
Decision making
Attacking or defending
Tactics in long and short versions of the game

Coaching Staff

HEAD COACH - RON HODGSON

A Level 3 Performance Coach, Ron was previously the Head Coach for the highly successful Hampshire Women’s Squad, promoted in 2015 to National Division 2 before guiding them to the title in 2017. Ron has come through the ranks working in club cricket, county age groups and is involved with delivering both one-to-one and course coaching at the Ageas Bowl. Ron also works for England and Wales Cricket Board as a talent scout.

CRICKET ACADEMY SPECIALIST COACHES

Our students are fortunate to have specialist coaching sessions with current and former players and coaches. Over the past 3 years the following people have featured in our college coaching sessions:

Charlotte Edwards – Former England Women's Captain

Liam Dawson – Hampshire & England Player

Mason Crane – Hampshire & England Player

Charlie Freeston – Hampshire Cricket Head of Player Development

Jimmy Adams – Former Hampshire Captain & Current 2^ndXI Coach

Chris Wood – Hampshire Player

Brad Taylor – Hampshire Player

Tom Alsop – Hampshire Player

Michael Bates – Former Hampshire Wicketkeeper & Current England Women’s Specialist Fielding Coach

Joe Maiden – Hampshire 1st XI Analyst & Coach

James Tomlinson – Former Hampshire Player & Current Player Development Manager

For more information on Hampshire Cricket College please contact Sam Bracey via sam.bracey@ageasbowl.com or 02380 475603.