Prepare yourself to be "bowled over" for this is no ordinary cricket tour! It is a complete package for the school, serious about its cricket and excited about developing the teams, and the individuals, cricketing potential.

This tour offers your school cricket team so much more than just cricket matches. It is a three week cricketing adventure which combines cricket coaching, fitness development and mental skills training from the world's best.

Come to Perth, Western Australia, one of the most beautiful cities in the world, the location is perfect for your cricket tour. With over 8 hours sunshine per day and the sand, the sea and surf of the beautiful Indian Ocean there will be a lot for your cricket team to enjoy.

This is a unique programme with the emphasis on quality. It will be an experience remembered for life for all those who participate in it.

Let us know the duration of your tour and your own specific requirements and we will provide you with a timetable and price.

Game On

There is no where else in the world with wickets like those in Perth. Mention the WACA and immediately you think of the hardest and fastest wicket in the world. You will have the opportunity of experiencing playing cricket on the fast, bouncy pitches that Perth is so renowned for. All the famous Western Australian players started their cricketing careers on the grounds that you will play on during this cricket tour.

First Class Cricket Coaching

An important element of the ACE On Tour programme is to work alongside your school's cricket squad to improve their overall performance when on the field. Included in the package are six professional cricket coaching sessions.

During the two hour net sessions your cricketers will be batting, bowling, fielding or wicket keeping under the guidance of world renowned cricket professionals and top cricket coaches. During the group sessions and on a one-to-one basis the young cricketer will receive input followed by ample time to practice the new skills.

James Oval, situated in the heart of the University of Western Australia will be the venue for the coaching and net sessions. Innovative fielding drills will be run on the oval alongside.

Fitness Training

Physical fitness is crucial to improve every facet of the cricketer's game. It is never too early to introduce and develop good training habits. Your team's fitness guru works daily with Australian and UK top cricketing professionals and will guarantee your schools fitness sessions are specific to the needs of the game of cricket. Reputed for his exciting training style he will utilise the natural beauty spots in and around Perth for your fitness training ground. Beach sprints and hill running in Kings Park to name but a few.

The young cricketers in your school team on this coaching programme will leave fitter, faster, and stronger and take with them lasting images of the beauty of Perth. On this programme doing the ‘hard yards’ will be fun.

Sports Psychology

They say that 80% of cricket is played in the head. Your school team has the opportunity to work with Dr Sandy Gordon, Senior Lecturer at the School of Human Movement and Exercise Science at UWA teaches Sport and Exercise Psychology and Sport Sociology.

Typical topics to motivate and inspire your young cricketers may include:

1. Planning and Preparation
Your cricket team will be encouraged to consider a 'total approach' to their game. The skills you would need to succeed in any other discipline are just as important in cricket. Cricketers need to know how to plan their success, target their performance, measure their effectiveness and evaluate their game.

2. Teambuilding
Your schools young cricketers need to know their role in a team game, both as an individual and as part of the team. The results of a team that work well together often harvest the benefits at the end of the match!

3. Behaviour and Emotions
Another area your cricketers should consider is the impact their behaviour and emotions has on their game. This workshop will challenge the thinking of the young players and encourage them to review and try out the disciplines that have taken many of today's great players to the top.

4. Diet and Nutrition
Bodies need fuel. The type of fuel will be different dependant upon the demands we intend to place on the body. Your team of cricketers need to know what will give them strength for tomorrow's match, what will give them energy during the game and a sensible eating plan for those times in-between.

ACE on Tour – The Cost

Cost will depend on duration of stay and what you want us to include in your tour package.

The example below is for a 12 day cricket adventure which combines cricket coaching, fitness development and sports psychology.

The package includes:

• Full Board Accommodation at Trinity College; part of UWA
  
• 3 buffet style meals at Trinity College
  
• 2 x Cricket Matches - 1 x 1 day game and 1 x 2 day game
  
• 5 x Cricket Development Net Sessions
  
• 3 x Fielding Session
  
• 4 x Fitness Development Sessions - Beach Fitness/Boxing Circuits
  
• 1 x Sports Psychology Workshops
  
• 2 x 12 Seater Mini Bus (fuel not included)

*All prices listed are in Australian Dollars. To convert the amount to your local currency we recommend using using an online Currency Converter.

ACE On Tour is available from November – March each year.

Example ACE on Tour itinerary:

Please contact us direct to discuss your tour itinerary. Email info@acecricketcoaching.com

Other ACE programmes: ACE Adventure | ACE Lads and Dads | ACE Pre-Season