The youngest players and those new to the game will play 'Kwik Cricket', learning basic technique using a soft ball.

Sessions will always include a variety of coaching and match type activities with the emphasis on enjoyment.

Players will be grouped appropriately according to their stage of development.

Older players will be introduced to hardball practice and matches and the balance of the sessions will move progressively towards technical coaching in specific areas.

The club offers unrivalled opportunity for players to progress through our youth programme into adult cricket via the Sunday 'youth development' squad and the Saturday league teams. With three Cherwell league teams playing from division 7 to the top of division 1 there is a clear route to progress to the highest levels.  

A significant number of young Cumnor players represented the club's first and second elevens throughoiut 2011, and we expect this to continue.

During the season we will identify and nominate players for the OCB and county and District assessment process and additional coaching will be provided to those players to prepare them for these assessments. 

A  record number of Cumnor players are receiving coaching this winter with the District and County squads. In 2010 two players were selected for academy and second XI fixtures at Gloucestershire CCC and Northamptonshire CCC and one player, Miles Hammond, represented England Under 15's.

Three Cumnor players, Jack Metcalfe, Mark Haigh and Shabaz Alam were all  invited to tour Australia with the Oxfordshire development squad in december 2010, but were unable to take up thye invitations for personal and financial reasons.

The club funds a coach development programme and we encourage young people to become involved with the club's programmes via young sports leadership and ECB coaching qualifications

Information about cricket development in Oxfordshire is available from the Oxford Cricket Board website