Fielding and visual skills key points
A well-known name in the cricketing circles, Jolene Campher, presented a clinic at Penryn College and Curro Nelspruit last week.
On Tuesday she coached Penryn’s u/15 and open boys team, and on Wednesday she assisted the girl teams specifically with fielding skills and visual skill training exercises.
“Visiting schools from all over the country, it has come to my attention that there is a huge gap in players’ fitness and wicketkeeping skills. That is merely what I focused on these couple of days,” said Campher.
In 2006 she started her own business, Eyes @ Peak. The mission of this programme is to help the athlete perform and achieve his or her maximum potential. Just as exercise and practise increase strength and speed, so can visual performance be improved to achieve maximum results.
She has worked with top athletes and teams such as the SA u/21 men’s hockey team, Olympic boxers, Highveld Lions, Vodacom Blue Bulls u/19 and u/21 and Tuks soccer men and ladies team.
“Cricket gives me the opportunity to make a difference in the players’ fielding. I enjoy learning about this sport and to see how I can improve on the various levels that this sport has to offer.”
She currently works with Proteas wicketkeepers Quinton de Kock and Mangaliso Mosehle.
Penryn College girls’ cricket team will face Uplands College in a T20 match next week. The girls will also travel to Jeppe College in September for a cricket tour.
