Mayhem

I turned up to the coaching session about 30 minutes early to get prepared as I knew we were at least one coach down. 3 of the lads turned up about 15 minutes early so I went back into the clubhouse to get the kit out. By the time I walked out the front door again there were 18 or 20 kids standing there all asking different questions simultaneously, their parents all wanting to pay the fees, subscription or purchase the kit! As more kids turned up I started to panic, here I was on my own with 33 kids potentially about to cause havoc unless they were given some direction. There are as few simple fielding drills which can include all the kids at once so I started with one of those just to make sure that they were active, I asked all the parents if we could deal with monies at the end of the session and then kept my fingers crossed that one of the other coaches would turn up early.
Thankfully Herman and DelBoy turned up fairly quickly and we were able to break the horde down into more manageble groups. The session turned out to be a roaring success, the kids loving the little games we set up and the parents sat on the sideline watching. We had something like 10 or 12 new kids turn up this week and we also had a good number of the existing group sign their forms. What had started as a desperate effort to introduce a few kids to cricket at our club has become a strong and ever growing youth section with some very promising players. I'm proud to have been instrumental in the success so far and I'm sure that all the kids will be doing me proud out on the field each week. To all that have helped me in this endeavour I pass my hearty thanks.