Cricket coaching for 4 year old

[smb12]

I have a cricket mad 4.5 year old who is desperate to start learning how to play the game. I have been searching for cricket clubs/coaching in the East Dulwich area but there doesnt seem to be anything available for under 7s. Does anyone know if there is such a thing available in the local area?

[minder]

There is a cricket club opposite the Harvesters in Lordship Lane (my son used to go there during half-terms) but not sure if they cater for 4 year olds.

[womanofdulwich]

its called Streatham and Marlborough cricket club

[claud]

Hi,

I don't know if Alleyn and Honour Oak that play at Alleynians on Burbage Road do under 5s but we've had a bad experience with them at under 9 level. They have a very short season (April until July) and charge ?120 membership. Another parent told us that the short season is because 'they cater mostly for private school boys and the parents tend to have holiday homes so they don't run fixtures through the holidays'. The organisers didn't tell us that the season was so short and let us sign our son up in June so that effectively we paid ?30 a session for the four remaining sessions we had access to (one was rained off)! In addition the fixtures seem really only to be for the prep school boys who play at school and therefore have already had coaching. If you are looking for a club that will coach and bring on a kid who doesn't already play cricket then I suggest you look elsewhere.

Someone else recommended the club opposite Harvester, we'll be looking at that one next time!

[Peckhamgatecrasher]

Kwik cricket might the the way forward for one so young. You can even start your own team.

Best to stick to underarm bowling at this age - too much overarm can cause shoulder/back problems.

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