Courses & Training Camps

U-19 Girls & U-17 Boys National Squad Training Camp

The U-19 girls and the U-17 boys national squads took part in a 10 day training camp starting 15th October. The camp saw both the squads followed a daily routine of 8 hours of training sections which consisted of batting, bowling, fielding and a lot of fitness and team work drills. Following the training sessions in the evening for 1 hour the teams got together for a meeting to overview personal performance goals and objectives which had been set for the day. During the course of the camp boysU-17 squad took part in of three 40 over games to help further enforce what had been worked on in the training sections and to gel and operate as a single cohesive unit.

Through the course of the camp all departments showed remarkable improvement. In terms of batting the top order consistently scored runs and build meaningful partnerships (i.e. first practice game 198/5 from the top order). In the bowling department none of the regular blowers more than 5 extras between them in a match while the new ball bowlers were consistently moving the ball both ways (i.e. third practice game opposition 98/10).

Everyone in the squad has shown improvement in terms of fitness, which helped the boys towards the latter stages of the games. As the boys’ fitness improves they will become mentally tougher. With performances like this during the camp it seems that Thailand have the potential to secure the upcoming 2008, ‘ACC U17 Challenge Trophy’.

CAT Basic Coaching Course, Khao Yai 2008

CAT recently conducted a Basic Cricket Coaching Course in Khao Yai from the 13th to the 14th of September, 2008. A total of 16 physical education teachers attended the course. The participants were given an introduction to the sport of cricket with the special attention paid to the coaching element. Considering that this was the first time that most of the participants had been exposed to cricket, the participants absorbed all the material decimated to them by CAT resource group rather well. The course was conducted by Mr. Mohideen A. Kader, Mr. Shan Kader and Mr. John Hottinger. CAT hopes to see all those that partook within the course to implement cricket as part of their physical education curriculum at their respective institutions. CAT is looking at building up the capacity of the Khao Yia region with more advanced cricketing courses at an appropriate time in the future.

ACC Curatars Course - August 2008

The Asian Cricket Council Curators Course began on the 11th of August, 2008 in Bangkok. The Module 1 will run from the 11th of August to the 16th of August, 2008 and will be followed by the Advanced Course which will begin on nthe 18th and end on the 20th of August, 2008. Participants from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Malaysia and Thailand are attending the Module 1 and the Advanced Course participants will come from Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Kuwait, Malaysia, Singapore and Saudi Arabia, Bhutan, Brunei, Maldives, Myanmar and Hong Kong. Mr. Peter Munro, Mr. Paul Avison and Mr. Phil Stoyanoff from the New Zealand Sports Turf Institute  will present the course.

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CAT Basic Coaching Course, Phuket 2008

The CAT Basic Coaching Course conducted in Phuket has proved to be very successful. The Phuket Devlopment Officer Khun Supatra Jarumoon reported from Phuket that all the PE teachers who attended the course have introduced cricket in their respective schools.  The total number of schools playing cricket in Phuket stands at twelve. The course was conducted from May 13 to 15, 2008 by CAT's resource person Shan Kader.

CAT Umpirers and Scorers Course 2008

CAT held its second Umpirers and Scorers Course from May 29th to June 1st 2008 in Bangkok at Royal Parkview Hotel and AIT. The course attracted participants from all around Thailand interested in umpiring and scoring gradually building local number of both umpires and scorers.