The PNCC Junior Coaching Programme has been designed to provide our young Juniors with the opportunity to learn and develop their cricketing skills, while having fun and developing a love of the game. The coaching arrangements for the Club’s Junior section provides for three distinct groups.

The programme has been developed to:

  • give all our Juniors access to quality coaching and training by PNCC’s coaches and others.
  • enable all our Juniors to enjoy the game, while helping them improve their performances.
  • to nurture the needs of our younger Juniors and to help them improve their individual techniques, skills and teamwork as they grow older.
  • give our Juniors access to specialised one-to-one coaching.

The PNCC Junior Coaching Programme has THREE levels, to mirror those adopted by the ECB, with each level distinguished by one of the club colours to set it apart, with SIX defined age groups.

MINI NOMADS – BLUE

The stage should provide players with:

  • Fun
  • General movement and simple cricket skills
  • Game-based learning opportunities
  • Simple tactical elements
  • A range of sporting movements/experiences
  • U9/10s start playing pairs league games (8/10 a-side, set number of overs each, run deduction for wickets)

Age groups:

  • U5-8 – softball
  • U9 & U10 – softball (pairs)

JUNIOR NOMADS – MAROON

The stage should provide players with:

  • Development of physicality
  • Improvement of cricket specific skills
  • Exposure to a wide range of experiences
  • Rules, tactics and strategies through game-based learning
  • Competitive opportunities
  • To become inquisitive about their own development
  • U11s begin hardball league games but still play pairs format (8/10 a-side, set number of overs each, run deduction for wickets)
  • From U12s begin playing regular cricket rules 11 a-side 20 overs

Age groups:

  • U11 – hardball (pairs)
  • U12 – hardball

ACADEMY NOMADS – GOLD

The stage looks to provide players with:

  • Awareness of their own individual needs
  • Individualised and skill-specific training programmes
  • Deliberate practise and a range of competitive opportunities
  • The development of athletic prowess
  • A quest for excellence

Age groups:

  • U13 & U14
  • U15 +

Junior membership enquiries

Rosalind Eaton
Phone: 07876 565980
Email: juniors@preston-nomads.com