All Stars Cricket
What is All Stars Cricket?
All Stars Cricket provides a fantastic first experience for all children aged 5-8 years old where they’re guaranteed 8 weeks of jam-packed fun, activity and skills development. The programme is designed to introduce children to the sport, teaching them new skills, helping them make new friends and have a great time doing so.
MHCC and All Stars...
Each year we are involved with the England & Wales Cricket Board's entry level participation programme "All Stars Cricket" which is aimed at providing boys and girls aged 5-8 with a great first experience with cricket. It is an 8 week course with one hour sessions each Friday from 5-6pm starting on Friday 10th May.
Every child that registers will receive a backpack full of goodies. Your child’s pack will include:
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Backpack
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Cricket bat
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Cricket ball
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Personalised shirt with your child’s name
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Cap
All children returning to All Stars again, will receive a new bat, ball, personalised t-shirt and a set of stumps.
The Programme
There are over 2,200 clubs and centres currently running All Stars courses so you’re guaranteed to be able to find a session close to you. Use our centre finder to find your nearest club or centre.
Courses start from 15th May 2020, with key features including;
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A perfect first experience of cricket for all boys and girls aged 5-8 years-old
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Eight 60-minute sessions, held over 8 weeks
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All Stars Cricket kit bag
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Valuable time with your kids – mums and dads are encouraged to take part too
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Safe and fully accredited
Prices for All Stars Cricket sessions vary by club, so please check the sign-up page and post code search for your local club to find out more.
What will my child be doing?
All Stars is all about giving children the best first experience of the sport, with an emphasis on fun!
Children will learn fundamental movement skills including catching, throwing and batting. Soft balls and plastic bats are used by everyone and all participants are given their very own cricket bag full of everything they need to play the game.
Every child will earn stars in their own activity booklet that match the skills learned during the programme:
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Batting – hitting a moving ball
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Throwing – underarm and overarm
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Catching – small and large balls
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Bowling – overarm
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Running – lots of movement
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Teamwork – fun games with friends
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Communication – the basics of cricket
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Spirit of Cricket – how to respect other
Interested to join us?
Sign up and find more information here:
https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars
https://www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars/register-interest
