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At the start each hit should be well within the compass of the fielders, but gradually their difficulty in pace, height or direction should be increased; e.g. low, fast catches, hit with cut will be sent to potential covers, extra-covers or third man, whilst, probably at the end  of each session, the deep fields will be catered for at range. This must be done both down and up  wind, even sometimes down sun, and  the importance  driven home of not  moving in to catches hit downwind until their flight has been fully judged. To practice quick sighting and judging of catches a coach may make his fielders stand with their backs to him and not look round until they hear the ball hit and their name called.

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In hitting each ball the coach should call out the name of the fielder for whom it is intended; failure to do so will often mean indecision, frustration or even collision.

Each ball, whether fielded or caught, should be returned, whenever possible, full pitch to the wicket keeper, and the coach should hammer in that this, the final act of fielding is just as vital as a stop or pick up.

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In the early practices of the season the coach should himself demonstrate the correct technique in catching and in both defensive and offensive fielding, emphasizing the essential points and giving the reasons for them. He will probably find it wise, especially in the earlier practices, to begin with defensive fielding, go on to offensive, and en td by catching; by keeping these phases distinct, he will find that he can better emphasize the technique for each. 

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For a “full dress” fielding practice, six to eight boys are the ideal number, but of course, through it are uneconomic in time, a coach can deal with twice that number. They should be disposed in a half circle with their backs to any sun there is and the best available stretch of turf in front of them.

A stump and a wicket keeper, properly padded and gloved, complete the picture.

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As an initial warming up exercise  he can divide his class into circles of  six with an eight to ten yard radius, and for a few minutes make them  throw quick under hands catches to each other, whilst he walks  round himself looking for such faults as unnecessary head movement, bad balance, and wrong positioning of the hands. Then he will get down to business.

Mid on

Fifty years ago mid on was the place to which the weakest fielder in a team was generally assigned. Today  in first class cricket, with so  much  emphasis  on the leg  stump  in attack  and  the  development  of one  side play, it is one  of the most  important.

Most of what has been written about mid off is equally true of mid on. His position too, both in depth and in angle to the batsman, will very within wide limits, especially in relation to the nature of the bowler’s attack and the placing of a forward square leg; indeed none of the regular places is more elastic than mid on. With the stock bowler attacking the off  stump on a fast wicket, he may be about  level with  the bowler’s wicket and  some four yards to the right of it: conversely, with an off spinner bowling  round the wicket and really  turning the ball, mid one’s normal position may  be more or less convered by  the combination of a forward square leg  and the  bowler, and  he may  find  himself 15 yds deeper and either almost behind the bowler or much wider in what is normally now known as “mid wicket”. As with mid off he must always be prepared to save the bowler’s hands by getting up to the wicket to take fast returns.

For him, as for mid off, good hands, quickness of starting and a fast return are essential.

He should cultivate a fast under hand “flip” aimed at the bowler’s wicket: particularly if he is standing deep, this may often provide a  better  chance of a run out  than a throw at the striker’s  wicket.

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