Cricket helmet, gloves, and ball on the ground

Cricket Academy Program

Program Overview

We strive to develop talented young cricket players through best practice quality coaching and dynamic training programs.  We provide a safe and productive learning environment in order to develop young people who can balance sporting and academic performance.  

Aims

Our aim is to provide a disciplined and challenging training environment that will empower all players to maximise their potential in cricket across all five components of the game (technical, tactical, physical, mental, nutritional) and life itself. 

We aim to implement structures into all our sessions which not only teach the game but lessons that can be transferred into life.  The Maribyrnong Sports Academy Cricket Program aims to complement existing players programs without substituting them. 

Whilst we believe that the Program will play an integral role in an athlete’s program, it must not in any shape or form be the only part of a training schedule. 

The Program also aims to educate our athletes about everything they need to know about future life as a cricketer as well as possible future pathways.  

A female softball player in uniform with helmet and face guard, holding a cardboard cutout of a mascot or athlete, on a grassy field.
Group of five female field hockey players in blue jerseys and white shorts, wearing helmets and gloves, standing on a field with their hockey sticks, smiling at the camera.
A young baseball catcher dressed in protective gear, including helmet, gloves, and leg pads, is crouched behind home plate on a baseball field.
Leigh Holmes, head cricket coach, wearing a navy shirt with yellow and red accents, standing against a blue background with text about his coaching background and qualifications.
Schedule for Girls and Women's Cricket Coaches Program listing names and credentials of coaches including Scott Sheppard, George Shaw, and others, on a slide with a MSA logo in the bottom right corner.
Profile of Dean Russ, a smiling man in a dark jacket with a logo, standing against a navy blue background. The image also contains text highlighting his credentials and achievements as a senior assistant coach, cricketer, and scorer.
Sign titled "Coaches - Boys Program" listing coaches and their credentials, including Travis Dean, Duncan Harrison, and Joe Medew-Ewen, with a yellow border at the bottom containing partially visible text with an MSA logo.