Program
In Season
Off Season
Green Shield
Baseline Fitness and Conditioning
90 minute session to baseline each participants fitness, strength and agility.
Indoor Phase
6 Indoor sessions from Jun - July covering fitness, fielding, batting and bowling tactics, fielding and specialist skills.
Outdoor Phase
4 Ondoor sessions from Aug - Sep at Old Kings Oval, Parramatta, covering game sense drills in fielding, batting and bowling tactics, specialist skills and incorporating Green Shield selection trials.
The program consists of 3 components.
Weekly Training
Net and outfield training sessions at Old Kings Oval in both turf and astro nets.
Senior Cricket
Facilitated senior cricket in either the PDCA or Sydney Grade competitions.
Train on Squad Selection
During late July - August, identify from the academy participants a provisional 'train-on' Green Shield Squad of 18-20.
Final Squad Selection
Late August - September, finalise 14 man squad via training and trial games.
Competition
Green Shield competition - Dec 15 - Jan 16.