Hi Everyone!  Welcome to Upskill Cricket!  A site where hopefully you will find plenty of useful cricket tips to improve your game at whatever level you are at.  We are based in Brisbane, Australia, in the Sunshine State of Queensland.

Throughout our pages, we aim to present lots of content from all angles where you can watch demonstration videos and replay them as many times as you like.  There will be loads of actual short coaching sessions where we are speaking and experimenting with things that are common place amongst cricketers in everyday sessions.  Our hope is that you can go away and try implement what is presented.

We present videos of players performing skills at a high level as well as videos of lower grade and young players trying to “get it right”.  This therefore allows many viewers to be able to relate to different types of players as we all play differently and be at various stages of our development.

Rather than strive to have perfect looking outcomes, we have attempted to edit as least as possible to highlight that mistakes are a part of improvement.  We want to show that in some cases, how basic advice can make all the difference, and quite quickly at times.  We have allowed for plenty of mistakes on these videos as that is in fact what happens during practice sessions.  

These are not your typical “HOW TO PLAY CRICKET” coaching videos.  Some clips will simply show a skill and allow you to replay it so that you can then attempt to implement the skill.  Other clips will showcase us talking through the short skill session and at times engaging with the players – from First Class to younger players, raw lower grade cricketers, and give them an opportunity to share their thoughts.

No doubt many, if not all of these drills have been around for decades, along with some of the equipment being very common –  especially in the light of more recent inventions with are marvellous.    However, we also cater for situations where the appropriate gear is not available and the bare minimum is all that is on hand.

We also endeavoured to include some silly videos as it should be remembered that sport is meant to be fun and a laugh along the way is very healthy – and that we shouldn’t take ourselves too seriously!

Every coach will have his or her favourites, and their own drills to draw from.  Our hope is that players can experiment and try new variations, making it an overall more fun training experience.  At the end of the day, all players need to be able to bat, bowl, catch and throw well so anything that contributes to achieving that can only be of great benefit!

We have utilised drills from other sports as well with the aim to provide a popular resource for cricketers, parents and coaches throughout the world, so that they can be implemented, practiced and result in maximum enjoyment.

So whether it is an individual practice drill, or one of the many fielding exercises, our hope is that for both players and squads, Upskill Cricket can assist in advancing the game of cricket on a small and large scale.

We will continue to add to the collection – in the meantime, if you would like to contact us, please do!  Follow us also on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube & TikTok.