Here's what the players think:
- We find we can get quite excited by the game once it gets underway.
- We like the challenges in the game, and especially the competitive nature that builds up.
- When we play everyone gets a turn at everything.
- Table Cricket helps us develop sporting friendships.
- We can feel proud of ourselves after playing in a game and want to talk about it.
- It gave me confidence and made me accept responsibility as the captain.
- It's good to be able to play a real game against pupils from other schools.
Here's what the teachers think:
- The cross curricular potential adds to the status of PE (Physical Education) activities.
- Pupils learn to work together.
- It helps distract pupils with challenging behaviour so they can focus on tasks.
- Pupils see the game as real cricket.
- It gives teachers the opportunity to 'coach' a team.
- It allows pupils to be involved in terms of both body and mind.
- Pupils have the opportunity to measure their own performance and improvement.
- Pupils with severe physical impairment who have a good understanding of cricket can make an
impression and achieve success.
- The game can be adapted further for those with more complex needs.
Here's what the coaches think:
- Table Cricket creates real sporting tensions... pressure, close scores, individual and team roles.
- It develops a sporting status - kit, coaches, roles, tactics, batting order, team talks.
- It can be discussed in terms of the parallel mainstream sporting process - collapse, nerves,
dominance, psychology, confidence, and statistics.
- It can be set up for team practices and the pupils will then play among themselves.
- The older, more experienced players can also get involved in coaching Table Cricket.
Playing Table Cricket helps to develop:
- Physical Development - motor control, skills and techniques.
- Team Work, co-ordination, confidence, skills, communication skills, and physical and mental development.
- Psychological Benefits - self esteem, tactical awareness and peer respect.
- Numeracy - learning to score and umpire.
- Geography - which counties in the UK and countries of the world play cricket and Table Cricket.
- History - how, when and where did cricket begin and how has it developed through the years.
- PSE (Physical Social Educational) - look at how the teams and students develop and interact with each other as they learn to master the game.
- Citizenship - link in to other schools and look at personal development.
- PE (Physical Education) teachers can integrate the game into their main PE lesson as it's just another
way of playing cricket.
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