Brenden Worth Cricket Academy

26/09/2026

1:1s with me

April

Thu 1 17.00 - 17.45 Tavistock College

Fri 2 20.00 - 20.45 Tavistock College

Sat 3 17.15 - 18.00 Mount Kelly Prep

Sun 4 18.45 - 19.30 Mount Kelly Prep

Thu 8 19.15 - 20.00 Tavistock College

Thu 22 18.30 - 19.15 Tavistock College

Sat 24 17.15 - 18.00 Mount Kelly Prep
Sat 24 18.45 - 19.30 Mount Kelly Prep
Sat 24 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

Sun 25 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep

Thu 29 20.00 - 20.45 Tavistock College

Fri 30 19.15 - 20.00 Tavistock College

£45 per 45 minute session

1:1s with associate coach David Ackford

David has worked with me as lead batting coach on the academy programmes for the past 4 years. A top order batter, he represented Devon throughout his junior years. David is available to book, primarily to meet your batting needs. I will be in the adjacent net.

January

Sunday 17 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

February

Sunday 7 15.45 - 16.30 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 7 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

Sunday 21 16.30 - 17.15 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 21 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

March

Sunday 7 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

Sunday 14 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

Sunday 21 15.45 - 16.30 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 21 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

April

Sunday 4 15.45 - 16.30 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 4 16.30 - 17.15 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 4 17.15 - 18.00 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 4 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

Sunday 18 17.15 - 18.00 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 18 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall
Sunday 18 18.00 - 18.45 Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall

£35 per 45 minute session, payable to me.

Net only, plus a Bola machine, protective net, balls, speed gun, sidearms

January

Sun 10 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

Sun 24 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

February

Sun 7 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

Sun 21 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

Sun 28 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

March

Sun 7 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

April

Sun 4 19.30 - 20.15 Mount Kelly Prep

£15 per 45 minute session

To book email [email protected]

26/09/2026

Cricket Academy programmes - all ages and abilities

Great care is taken in designing and delivering different, progressive, appropriate and fun programmes that meet the needs of clients year on year.

These extremely high quality programmes are grouped by ability, rather than age. The programmes stated below have suggested age ranges for reference. This allows us to cater for all ages abilities, be it new to hard ball, through to performance programmes.

4 coaches delivering technical, tactical and mental aspects of batting, bowling, fielding and wicket keeping. Bola machines, video analysis, bio mechanics advice, speed guns and match play scenarios.

For more information on academy programmes please see https://brendenworthcricket.com/academy-programmes/

When

Saturdays
16.00 - 18.00 = programme 1 - 2 places remaining - (approx school years 4-7)
18.15 - 20.15 = programme 3 - 1 place remaining - (approx school years 9-11)

January 9, 16, 23, 30
February 6, 13

Saturdays
16.00 - 18.00 = programme 2 - 2 places remaining - (approx school years 7-9)
18.15 - 20.15 = programme 4 - 3 places remaining - (approx school years 10-13)

February 20, 27
March 6, 13, 20, 27

Where

Mount Kelly Prep Sports Hall, Tavistock - https://www.mountkelly.com/contact-us/

Price
£180 (payment terms available)

For more information or to book email [email protected]

How can visitors find Mount Kelly or get contact us

01/08/2026

Kat Frost scoring the highest individual innings for a Spain international player. 88*

14/06/2026

The below 1:1 sessions below are all with me.

You are welcome to book sessions at either of the locations.

TCC = Tavistock CC
CCC = Cornwood CC

June

Tue 23 16.15 - 17.00 CCC

Sun 28 11.30 - 12.15 CCC
Sun 28 12.15 - 13.00 CCC

Tue 30 16.15 - 17.00 CCC
Tue 30 20.00 - 20.45 CCC

04/06/2026

STRIKE RATE - and the current obsession with it at junior county level.
Over the past year or so I’ve heard the same story many times over - from high quality county youth and Academy players (and their parents) - being told that their “strike rate isn’t high enough” - they aren’t scoring quickly enough.
This, irrespective of whether they won the game, did it on a tricky pitch or against good opposition.
And it’s concerning - big lads who can hit a long ball are being selected over the more technically adept but smaller ones. Perhaps the smaller lad then gets lost to another sport where he does get picked and does play.

But why the fixation with youth “strike rates” now? Has “Bazball” filtered down through the system or some young coaches been gorging on too much T20?

Player development takes time and patience - from players, parents, coaches and support staff.

When Dawid Malan and Eoin Morgan developed their batting as youngsters it was not with focus, mention or obsession with having huge strike rates.

It was done by both of them hitting thousands of balls on a bowling machine at Finchley Indoor School where they honed their defensive and attacking skills and grew in confidence.
Their strike rates in white ball cricket developed naturally as they got older and played with and against more experienced cricketers. They added a power game when their fundamentals were firmly in place.

Batting is about being effective - winning matches, overcoming challenges. Finding a way.

Virat Kohli is widely regarded as one of the best One Day batsmen of all time - especially under the pressure of chasing a score.

His consistency has come from making calculated, sensible, often low-risk decisions to overcome testing opposition and conditions.

Striking at a high rate to entertain or because it’s en vogue often loses more matches than it wins.

There’s a time and a format for high-risk play and those who do it well in world cricket have well-established techniques at their core. Their risk- taking too very often cleverly calculated.

Let’s be patient with young players and fit the flashy alloys once the strong chassis is in place

From Toby Radford Cricket Coaching

07/04/2026

[email protected] for more details

30/03/2026

'The best version of you is what gets you to where you want to go.'