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Adult and Juniors Cricket Helmet Selection Guide

Safety Standards and Certification All cricket helmets must meet specific safety requirements to ensure proper protection. The current...

Junior Cricket Bat Buying Guide: Finding the Right Bat for Young Players

Choosing the right cricket bat for a young player can be a hard task, worry not, I’m here to walk you through the fundamentals. This...

Making the Perfect Adult Cricket Bat Choice

Selecting the right cricket bat is crucial for any player's performance and development. This comprehensive guide will help you...

Cricket Coaching: Transform Your Game Today!

Cricket is a sport that requires skill, strategy, and continuous development. Whether you're a beginner trying to master the basics or an...

First Ball Academy vs ACE (24. 05.2023)

In 2022 we played ACE (African Caribbean Engagement) in a U15, T20 match. Despite fielding a U17 player that went on to score a century...

Croydon Cricket Club Partnership

After intense negotiations between the two parties, a deal was finally struck. FBA will coach Croydon Cricket Juniors in 2022 and 2023. ...

Let the Indoor Cricket Season Begin!

What are you doing this weekend? First Ball Academy is always excited about cricket, so when the outdoor season ends, we’re just...

FBA Vs ACE Academy

On a beautiful sunny day in Chaldon, FBA pulled the rabbit out of the bag and Aced the ACE Team. We are super proud of our U15’s today,...

Junior cricket in Caterham, Chaldon, Redhill, Merstham

In partnership with Chaldon CMO CC, we will be coaching every Tuesday evening and, on a Sunday, from late morning to afternoon. Our...

Chris Powell – Inspiring Us All

One of our main goals for FBA is to run aspirational events for young people – aiming to provide Opportunities and inspire Possibilities...

Survey Results

11 months in, we are very grateful to our Members for their honest feedback about our work. With any new business, there are always...

Cricket Coach Vacancies

Due to ongoing growth, we are looking to appoint a number of Cricket Coaches to play a key role in developing an ambitious academy. You...

All-Girls After School Cricket

Ahead of the All Girls Academy Hub Launch at Coloma (the only girls state school in Croydon) we are already running exhilarating cricket...

2022 Cricket Timetable

Following the festive break, we’re back this week and after weeks of good grub and too much TV we’re looking forward to running around! ...

FBA Bowling Party

Bowling forms a fundamental aspect of cricket, but luckily not this kind of bowling – turns out Tenpin ain’t really our thing 😉 With...

Croydon Girls Cricket Hub

FBA are hugely excited to announce the launch of our new Croydon Girls Cricket Hub, in partnership with Coloma Convent Girls School – the...

Welcoming 16-18yr olds Inside

In November we launch our weekly Thursday Indoor nets session for 16-18 year olds. Many clubs do not support the coaching of young...

Fishing for 1-2-1s?

During our first indoor season we faced lots of challenges with school hall availability during exam times. This left us calling round...

‘Tis the season to play cricket (indoors!)

Let the Winter Season commence! FBA look forward to providing a regular schedule for young people aged 8 through to 18 years over the...

Trevor’s T20 World Cup Adventure

Ever since a brief stop-off in Dubai on the way to Australia in 2011, with the (then small) kids, we’ve always nick-named it ‘Goodbye’....