At Under 10, all players train and play with a hard ball. Coaching programmes continue to develop sound cricket techniques. There is increased attention on developing match awareness. Sessions are designed and plenty of matches are organised with both these in mind. It’s a busy and fun age group.
Training is on Wednesday evenings, from 24th April 2024 from 6pm-8pm, for 15 weeks. Training venue will alternate between New Road and Shrewsbury House School Sports ground. All training is included within the Club Membership and is delivered by our professional coaches.
All players have opportunity to play plenty of matches on well kept grass wickets. All matches will be hard ball and played mainly on Sundays but also some midweek evenings. Some matches will be proper cricket, some pairs cricket. There are development benefits to both formats at this age group.
We’ve also entered into cup competitions and will again look to host our own very popular Esher tournaments
Match playing Kit: All players will be required to have their own protective kit (Bat, Helmet, Pads, Gloves, Box) For matchplay we play in the Esher Navy Blue Playing Shirt and Navy trousers. Kit is available to purchase from the club kit shop and is supplied by Masuri. For the shirt, numbers are allowed on the back, but no names please. https://eshercc.co.uk/kit/
Training and Matchplay Focus – U10 Player Pathway
| Batting | – Developing the shots already learned |
| – Introducing additional shots | |
| – Understanding the importance of hitting from a solid base | |
| – Introducing more power from the shots | |
| – Developing footwork, when to play forward and back | |
| – Rotating the strike by looking for & taking singles | |
| Bowling | – Have an understanding of how to swing the ball both in & away |
| – Understanding the techniques used to make the ball spin | |
| – How to increase the pace for seam bowlers | |
| – Introduce the various techniques used to bowl slower balls | |
| Fielding | – To have a good understanding of all the ground fielding and throwing techniques |
| – To be able to use these techniques at speed | |
| – To be able to set fields when Captain | |
| – Understand responsibilities when not fielding the ball |
Representative cricket: Congratulations to the following players who have been successfully selected for Surrey Performance Squads for the 2024 season: Charlie Hebburn, Charlie Thompson, Charlie Walton, Joe Crowley, Marcus Cotonet, Monty Calder, Nayan Desai, Noah Hopkinson, Rafferty Guest, Rajveer Behniwal, Ryan Arora, Toby Morgan, Xander Milton
Age Group Manager: Mark Hopkinson
If you are interested in joining us, please contact Mark on the email above.
Please see below for our 2023 Season Report (U9s):
The U9’s had another strong year this year, with the step up to hard ball cricket. If success was based on participation alone, having 60+ boys all playing Tier 1 hard ball cricket should be celebrated as an incredible achievement and really sets the boys up well for further challenges down the line. We entered six league teams across three divisions, all in Tier 1 Hardball and organised additional weekly internal matches with an aim to provide as much matchplay experience at an appropriate level to as many players as possible. The strength of the age group was clear as we ended up league winners of 4 leagues which is quite remarkable as no other team in any league had more than one Tier 1 entry, so we were constantly up against the best boys from opposing clubs. If their development trajectory continues there are exciting times ahead for this group.