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Planning a cricket warm-up

A warm-up prepares you for the session you are about to do. Plan it around the movements and skills ahead, with a coach selecting the activities and intensity for the group.

Watch the lesson

Watch a cricket warm-up example, then use the planning notes below to agree a routine suited to your age, role and session.

Cricket Warm-Up

Cricket Warm-Up
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Know the session

Identify whether the main work is batting, bowling, fielding or a match. The preparation should connect to those demands rather than being an unrelated routine performed without attention.

Build towards the task

Discuss a gradual progression from general movement to the relevant cricket skill. The aim is readiness; the warm-up should not become a competition that leaves players exhausted before practice.

Check readiness honestly

Tell your coach about discomfort, unusual fatigue or a recent injury. A warm-up does not make it appropriate to ignore pain or return to full activity without suitable advice.

Common mistakes to review

A single routine regardless of the task

Connect preparation to the planned session and individual needs.

Using a warm-up to push through pain

Raise the concern and get appropriate guidance before continuing.

How to review it in a session

Before the next session, write its main activity and the preparation your coach chooses. Afterwards, note whether the transition into practice felt controlled. Record any adjustment needed for the following session rather than copying a professional’s routine without its context.

A practice example

A session of catching and throwing should include preparation relevant to those actions, while a batting session has different immediate demands. Discuss the difference with your coach and record why an activity was included. Understanding the purpose is more useful than memorising a fixed sequence.

Take these questions to the nets.

  • What movements will today’s session demand?
  • Do I feel ready rather than already tired?
  • Is there anything my coach needs to know before we begin?
Open your practice journal

Independent practice notes by the DCA website team. Discuss changes to your technique with Coach Ravinder Singh.

Related techniques

Your practice card

Planning a cricket warm-up

Name / date

What movements will today’s session demand?

Do I feel ready rather than already tired?

Is there anything my coach needs to know before we begin?

What did I try and what happened?

Coach’s feedback and next step

Download practice card

https://dehraduncricketacademy.com/learn/cricket-warm-up/