Walk into Round 1 match-ready.
Summer Ready is Elite Cricket Academy's six-week pre-season program for junior cricketers aged 9–17, built to have your player firing before the first ball of the 2026/27 season.
One 1 hour 45 minute session each week covering advanced batting concepts, advanced bowling techniques, power hitting and strike rotation, specialist fielding and athleticism, and match scenarios with game plans. Every player is benchmarked in Week 1 and re-tested in Week 6, and finishes with a written progress report and individual season goals.
Pakenham version: Saturday mornings — 1, 8, 15, 22, 29 August and 5 September 2026, led by Senior Coach Dhana and his team at our new South East indoor centre, 14/99 Bald Hill Road, Pakenham.
Hoppers version: Friday nights — 7, 14, 21, 28 August and 4, 11 September 2026, with the ECA coaching team on our 40m full-length indoor lanes, 87 Elm Park Drive, Hoppers Crossing.
Your enrolment includes: all six sessions, bowling machine training every week, fitness and skill benchmarking, game-scenario coaching, and the end-of-program progress report. No hidden extras.
Players train in three age-specific groups — Foundations (9–11), Development (12–14) and Performance (15–17). After checkout we'll confirm your child's group by email within 24 hours.
Spots are capped per group and filled in order of payment.
Elite Cricket Summer Ready - 6-Week Summer Preparation
- Technical coaching in batting, bowling and fielding, tuned to tryout standards
- Strength, fitness and athletic prep in our onsite gym
- Match-intent and performance-under-pressure mindset work
- A Pathfinder performance report to share with your club and selectors
- Entry point into the ECA pathway, including VECL
- Small-group attention with limited places
