CRICKET COACHING MATS - BATTING FOR THE FUTURE

	"Marvellous, better than a net practice for coaching batting" Don Wilson Yorkshire and England and ex head Coach at Lords
	The best thing we have ever bought for our juniors, Idle CC, Bradford and South Shore CC, Blackpool
	My two twelve year old boys are thrilled with the coaching mat and have already found it very useful. The opportunity to practice particular shots over and over again is brilliant and is just something you can't do when practising in the nets Already their drives are really coming along and at cricket practice the other night the coach commented on how good their off drives were, which was unheard of because they have primarily been bowlers! John Crawley Liverpool
	"A valuable coaching aid for grooving batting strokes" Ian Frost E.C.B. Advanced Coach Master i/c cricket Woodhouse Grove School, West Yorkshire
	"A great new coaching idea that will lead to a rapid improvements in techniques" John Punchard E.C.B. Level 2 Coach Former captain of the Lancashire Cricket Board
	"Allows the coach to control the variables so that the player can concentrate on the shot" Martin Farrar E.C.B. Level 2 Coach. Augustinians C.C.
	"Teaches the skills of batting from the point of view of the youngster" Phil Green Hampshire Cricket Development Centre Coach
	"It will significantly reduce the length of time needed too explain the fundamentals to novice cricketers” Stan Heaton Chairman of the Lancashire League junior section
	I have just spent this evening with 10-13 year olds teaching them to use their feet to hit the ball down the ground!! This mat really works!! Alan Higson Thurgarton CC
	"We use the mat as part of our Primary Schools programme and also extensively at our club. It is an excellent coaching tool" Neil Edwards Secretary of the League Cricket Conference

The CRICKET COACHING MAT has already been used in a wide variety of situations.

	At one school it allowed cricket to be accessed by 80% of the 13 year olds so that talented individuals with little or no cricket background could be quickly identified.
	A squad of 20 girls and boys trained with the mat every day in preparation for the Yorkshire Schools Cup. Links were made to share the facilities with a local club where several of the pupils now play. The coaching mat was then used by that club in a Norwich Union "Inter Cricket" event.
	Schools which have identified individuals as being "Gifted and Talented" at cricket have bought the mats and they are currently being used by a Yorkshire and England Under 15 girl and a Yorkshire under 13 boy.
	The mat has also been purchased by a school for use with pupils with learning difficulties and has been described as "a great resource that has made the game more accessible"
	At a club level it has been used by many clubs throughout this country, in Holland and also in Canada. At the club where I coach (and where the mat was developed) were under 9 champions (with two girls in the team), and under 11 joint champions, with several members of this team playing representative cricket for the district Lords Taverners team.

The CRICKET COACHING MAT has also been demonstrated at a variety of venues during the winter at various Coaches Conferences at places like Old Trafford, Lilleshall, Northants, Derbyshire, Northumberland, Buckinghamshire and the English Schools Cricket Festival at Taunton. The feedback from these venues has been incorporated in the final product.