FIELDING : Take More Catches

If you want to get better at catching, get random.

Catches can come any time in the field, so having a time set aside for catching during practice is less realistic for your attention skills.

So, build in more randomness by having the coach, captain or your batting buddy hit you a catch randomly throughout the session.

Of course it needs to be safe: So make sure your feeder has your full attention. But it could happen anytime. You might be bowling. Perhaps you are walking out of the net after a bat. Maybe you are doing a ground fielding drill.

This will hone your ability to quickly focus on a catch, even when you are thinking about other things.

Want a progression?

Do the same thing with unexpected situations. Instead of a catch, your feeder asks you "how do you change your approach if the bowler bowls a foot outside off stump with a 7-2 field?". Just as if you were in the middle on your own, you need to quickly come up with a solution.

Give it a go and let me know how it works!