All Stars and Dynamos Cricket is now live! You can sign up to your nearest All Stars/Dynamos Cricket centre in Oxfordshire, with over 40 to choose from! More information can be found below. If you have any questions please contact Zoe Pugh, [email protected]
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.
Every child that registers will receive a backpack full of goodies. Your child’s pack will include:
- Backpack
- Cricket bat
- Cricket ball
- Personalised shirt with your child’s name
- Cap
All children returning to All Stars again, will receive a new bat, ball, personalised t-shirt and a set of stumps.
The Programme
All Stars Cricket runs annually each year, with most programmes starting in May. The key features of an All Stars programme include:
- A perfect first experience of cricket for all boys and girls aged 5-8 years-old
- Eight 60-minute sessions, held over 8 weeks
- All Stars Cricket kit bag
- Valuable time with your kids – grown ups are encouraged to take part too
- 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 Do At All Stars?
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:
- Batting – hitting a moving ball
- Throwing – underarm and overarm
- Catching – small and large balls
- Bowling – overarm
- Running – lots of movement
- Teamwork – fun games with friends
- Communication – the basics of cricket
- Spirit of Cricket – how to respect others
Finding an All Stars club in Oxfordshire
When the programme launches each May you will be able to find your nearest All Stars centre by visiting the ECB’s course finder page (www.ecb.co.uk/play/all-stars)
Dynamos Cricket provides a fantastic next step for all those graduating from All Stars Cricket and the perfect introduction for all 8-11 year-olds new to the sport!
Complementing junior cricket, Dynamos provides children with a more social offering focused on developing fundamental movement skills and applying them in an exciting game of countdown cricket.
We know how important it is to look like the heroes of the game, so every child who registers will receive their very own Dynamos Cricket New Balance t-shirt, personalised with their name and number.
The Programme
- Children will use soft balls and light wooden bats
- Minimum of six 60-90 minute sessions
Introduction to game play through a countdown cricket match - New Balance personalised t-shirt with name and number
- Valuable time with your kids – grown ups are encouraged to take part too
- Complementary digital app experience
Safe and fully accredited
Prices for Dynamos Cricket vary by centre. Please check the sign-up page and postcode search for your local centre to find out more.
What Will My Child Do At Dynamos?
Sessions begin with a 5-10 minute warm-up to get the children moving and recapping on gross motor skills and basic ball handling.
The sessions continue with skill builders for 15 minutes, providing everything children need to play, particularly focusing on bowling, which can be the make-or-break element of any game of cricket!
The session finishes with a game of countdown cricket that will take 30-45 minutes and give everyone a chance to participate in all elements of the game – batting, bowling and fielding.
Finding A Dynamos Club In Oxfordshire
When the programme launches each May you will be able to find your nearest Dynamos centre by visiting the ECB’s course finder page (www.ecb.co.uk/play/dynamoscricket)