Most young batters in our club bat well for 30 to 50 balls but then start to play across the line and get themselves out. What advice or strategy can we offer to help them bat longer.

At practice do the fielding and PT first so they are “cooked “ when going into the nets , when they get out in the nets they are out .
This will help in putting more value on their wicket .
They will learn to bat time and bat when fatigued .
It works !

This is a really good question, Kevin. I use the philosophy of every ball being an event. So if we are playing a 40 over game it is essentially 240 mini games that are carried out individually. Helping the players to have the mindset of only needing to focus on one ball at a time sounds simplistic but I think when players are able to master this mindset, they will start to bat for longer periods and by nature make more runs. I hope this is helpful.

A young 15 year old batter for Western Suburbs scored 102 in 4th Grade in NSW Premier Cricket last Saturday. Scoring a century is such a terrific achievement for the youngster but what I think is even more impressive is he faced 221 balls. So good. It can be done.

Great question...

Intent drives action... always.

I hear that we get tired and then shapes and skills change. But the thing that changes most, for most cricketers is intent. I can be tired and keep the intent to play straight, rotate strike etc.

Or

I, and I find this true for most cricketers who get out in the 30's, 60's, 90's... they change intent.

Possibly something like... going from focus and process... to 'I am in now... gotta make this count.' Change in intent changes the actions taken.

Some see reaching 30's, 50 as a milestone, and 90's as pressure so they change their thinking in those moments which leads to change in action.

I would do an effort of helping the play understand how they shift their thinking in those moments, get clear on which intentions serve them in performance, get consistent with those as part of their process.

Best way to support emerging sports people is to make them aware of their skills, strengths and weaknesses.
Video analysis with a competent coach will educate the player and their immediate support network ie teammates, family members and coaches.
Video training sessions and become aware of your abilities. This will take time to develop as you will need hours of coaching to perfect the skill. Once empowered and confident in watching yourself and sharing your new skills with your support team, you then video the innings with knowledge and watch the changes in technique and mindset.
Video analysis is the most powerful tool as it cannot be disputed, however the time and truth bombs can be difficult to manage. Over videoing and over analysis can and is an issue for inexperienced coaches, parents and players.
Remember to have fun and when it is too much pressure take a break.
“Rome wasn’t built in a day and a picture paints a thousand.”
I hope this helps