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Aryan Atreyu-Rehman
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|  ~ Mrs. Steve Harrington ~ It be like that sometimes.
SPOILER!!: Daisy! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra  Daisy was feeling nervous since she played Quidditch, not cricket. Well, used to. Muggle sports weren't her forte. When Adi threw the cricket ball, Daisy, much to her surprise caught the ball in her fingertips. She flashed Adi and Professor Stewart a wide grin, outlining her relief.
Daisy was intrigued by the presence of her Head of House but was more focused on this bowling technique. Wasn't a yorker the name of some kind of dog? No, that was a Yorkie. She was not really looking forward to bowling. Adi grinned back when the girl caught the ball. “Nice reflexes!’’ he complimented. He wondered if she played another sport and that had made her develop them. “Think you need help with the bowling?’’ He was prepared to help! Kaysha beamed when Daisy successfully caught the ball. Playing Quidditch no doubt helped her to develop the reflexes Adi spoke about. SPOILER!!: Caolan! Quote:
Originally Posted by Lottiepot Caolan listened to the Professor and her special guest intently as they explained all the rules of cricket, the different types of matches and everything that he already knew but was happy to hear again anyway. The look of disinterest on a few students faces was incredibly disheartening, mostly because there was a tiny fraction of him that hoped some of the students might want to start a cricket team at school but apparently not..
C’mon people!
He was so engrossed in the lesson that he didn’t even notice Professor Noble join them. Suddenly a ball was tossed in amongst them and had Daisy not caught it he was ready to pounce and save someone from a ball to the face. These people wouldn’t realise how much a cricket ball hurt when it was smacked into you. They moved onto bowling and the sixteen year old practically grinning from face to face headed over to pick up his ball and move to a spare wicket away from the rest of the students.
He placed the ball in his right hand, his thumb on the seam and his index on the seam on the other side of the ball opposite his thumb and his middle finger to the right of that. Bowling was one of his specialities, he loved all the other aspects but he was a pretty decent bowler even if he did say so himself. He was s powerful bowler, he focused more on speed and knocking down the wickets first try. He held the ball up towards his chin, elbow at a right angle before leaning back slightly and making his run up. His left leg planted forward and the arm dropped down, swung over his head like a windmill sail and the ball was released towards the wicket which was knocked down with ease first try.
He headed over to retrieve his ball which he tossed up and down in the air a few times with a huge grin on his face. Maaaan!
This kid was good! Truthfully, he reminded Adi of himself at that age. “You’re pretty awesome!’’ Adi held out a closed fist. Don’t leave him hanging without a return fist bump, Caolan! “You play regularly? You a member of any cricket club? Team?’’ Questions… the guy had them all! Kaysha would be lying if she said she wasn’t in awe. She had not known her Ravenclaw was that talented at cricket. “Well done, Mr. Wilson!’’ SPOILER!!: Hanna! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua It was clear that Adi was a walking Cricket dictionary. Although Hanna had played cricket for a long time, her understanding of the sport was very simple. She had learned by observation, not theory. She didn't really know the specifics, and was happy to take in all of the information both he and Professor Stewart were giving them. She knew they had to hit the ball with the wicket and avoid the stumps from falling down. And if you were throwing the ball... well you wanted to hit the stumps. Or something. And catching the ball was something else you could do.
She watched as Adi demonstrated good bowling form, trying to take in what he did so that she could attempt to replicate it. And then Daisy caught his ball and it was up to everyone else to fetch their own. The ball and wicket weren't an unknown tool in her hand, but the wickets were heavier than what she was used to using. Mostly plastic ones, because she preferred the lighter ones. But after practicing with the beater bat, she was getting better strength. She looked around her before she started waving it back and forth carefully, getting a feel for it. Kay observed the girl as she seemingly became preoccupied with the wicket. “Something wrong?’’ she asked curiously. ”Not sure about bowling? I can help if you want to.’’ SPOILER!!: Daisy! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Ginevra Daisy was feeling nervous since she played Quidditch, not cricket. Well, used to. Muggle sports weren't her forte. When Adi threw the cricket ball, Daisy, much to her surprise caught the ball in her fingertips. She flashed Adi and Professor Stewart a wide grin, outlining her relief.
Daisy was intrigued by the presence of her Head of House but was more focused on this bowling technique. Wasn't a yorker the name of some kind of dog? No, that was a Yorkie. She was not really looking forward to bowling. Adi grinned back when the girl caught the ball. “Nice reflexes!’’ he complimented. He wondered if she played another sport and that had made her develop them. “Think you need help with the bowling?’’ He was prepared to help! Kaysha beamed when Daisy successfully caught the ball. Playing Quidditch no doubt helped her to develop the reflexes Adi spoke about. SPOILER!!: Caolan! Quote:
Originally Posted by Lottiepot Caolan listened to the Professor and her special guest intently as they explained all the rules of cricket, the different types of matches and everything that he already knew but was happy to hear again anyway. The look of disinterest on a few students faces was incredibly disheartening, mostly because there was a tiny fraction of him that hoped some of the students might want to start a cricket team at school but apparently not..
C’mon people!
He was so engrossed in the lesson that he didn’t even notice Professor Noble join them. Suddenly a ball was tossed in amongst them and had Daisy not caught it he was ready to pounce and save someone from a ball to the face. These people wouldn’t realise how much a cricket ball hurt when it was smacked into you. They moved onto bowling and the sixteen year old practically grinning from face to face headed over to pick up his ball and move to a spare wicket away from the rest of the students.
He placed the ball in his right hand, his thumb on the seam and his index on the seam on the other side of the ball opposite his thumb and his middle finger to the right of that. Bowling was one of his specialities, he loved all the other aspects but he was a pretty decent bowler even if he did say so himself. He was s powerful bowler, he focused more on speed and knocking down the wickets first try. He held the ball up towards his chin, elbow at a right angle before leaning back slightly and making his run up. His left leg planted forward and the arm dropped down, swung over his head like a windmill sail and the ball was released towards the wicket which was knocked down with ease first try.
He headed over to retrieve his ball which he tossed up and down in the air a few times with a huge grin on his face. Maaaan!
This kid was good! Truthfully, he reminded Adi of himself at that age. “You’re pretty awesome!’’ Adi held out a closed fist. Don’t leave him hanging without a return fist bump, Caolan! “You play regularly? You a member of any cricket club? Team?’’ Questions… the guy had them all! Kaysha would be lying if she said she wasn’t in awe. She had not known her Ravenclaw was that talented at cricket. “Well done, Mr. Wilson!’’ SPOILER!!: Hanna! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Jessiqua It was clear that Adi was a walking Cricket dictionary. Although Hanna had played cricket for a long time, her understanding of the sport was very simple. She had learned by observation, not theory. She didn't really know the specifics, and was happy to take in all of the information both he and Professor Stewart were giving them. She knew they had to hit the ball with the wicket and avoid the stumps from falling down. And if you were throwing the ball... well you wanted to hit the stumps. Or something. And catching the ball was something else you could do.
She watched as Adi demonstrated good bowling form, trying to take in what he did so that she could attempt to replicate it. And then Daisy caught his ball and it was up to everyone else to fetch their own. The ball and wicket weren't an unknown tool in her hand, but the wickets were heavier than what she was used to using. Mostly plastic ones, because she preferred the lighter ones. But after practicing with the beater bat, she was getting better strength. She looked around her before she started waving it back and forth carefully, getting a feel for it. Kay observed the girl as she seemingly became preoccupied with the wicket. “Something wrong?’’ she asked curiously. ”Not sure about bowling? I can help if you want to.’’ SPOILER!!: Abra! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Felixir Was everyone else following this? Because Abra was not following this. Deliveries? Legal? Illegal? Overs and runs and bowling, oh my.
He tried to listen and pay attention, he really did, and it was any wonder that steam wasn't pouring from his ears as he tried. His brain just wasn't wired for sports other than Quidditch, he decided, though he did stare intently at the guy - Adi - as he spoke, trying to at least look like he was understanding when actually he really really wasn't actually. In fact, the best part of the explanation was not to worry if it was all confusing. Bit of a relief, really.
It wasn't until Professor Stewart spoke to Noble that he realised the Potions professor had turned up, given how intently he'd been staring at Adi while trying to understand what he was saying, and Abra jumped as soon as he noticed him. Merlin, don't sneak up on a guy like that.
Back to the lesson, and it was time to get practicing. This was also something of a relief, because it meant getting up and moving around again, which was just what Abra needed to try and work off this horrible chill. He was a little uncertain about this whole throwing business - or 'bowling', or whatever; Abra was a Seeker, he caught things rather than threw them. But, well, he'd give it a go. He sort of had to. That was sort of the whole point of the lesson.
Retrieving a ball, Abra went ahead and found a free wicker. ... Wicker? Yes, okay, it was called a wicker now. He could have tried to copy the example given, and that was probably the general idea, but mostly Abra was focused on hitting the thing. With some of hesitance, he threw the ball underarm at the wicker, and undershot it by about three feet. Because of course he did.
Well, the ball was heavy! ”I know you can do better than that,’’ Kay spoke to Abra. She was standing a few feet from him, observing everyone. Don’t worry about it, however. You’ll get there. Do you need another demonstration?’’ SPOILER!!: Septimus! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Holmesian Feline He was confident because he was sure, Professor Stewart confirming it all in the end. The topic at hand for today’s lesson was cricket. Septimus listened to the woman explain the history with interest, though the fourth year had to admit the knowledge of Mr. Rehman was just a little more attention-getting. If a lot to take in all at once. And then there was the revelation of the second guest…Professor Noble looking all---very un-Noble if he had to admit. Must be a fan and knowledgeable on the subject himself.
WOAH!
Flying cricket ball. Which Daisy wound up catching. And then they were getting hands on once watching the demonstrations. Septimus moved to retrieve a cricket ball of his own to try his hand at the bowling aspect of the game, heading towards a free wicket to aim at. Seemed kinda like what he did as a chaser except with a smaller, narrower target since he was trying to hit the wicket not tossing through the wider inside of a quidditch hoop. Only one way to find out what his luck was with it. First grip the cricket ball…than move towards the wicket while tossing said ball.
Close…but no hit.
”So close!’’ Adi commented on Septimus’s aim. He grinned down at the Ravenclaw whom he had met a few times. “You should definitely give it another shot. Bet you’re gonna hit this time.’’ SPOILER!!: Little Chloe! <3 Quote:
Originally Posted by Bazinga She frowned and looked to the ground, "I'm sorry professor, I wasn't feeling very well and was stuck in the loo. I'll do better." It was bad being late in Chloe's eyes, but being late with your Head of House could she jump in the lake and hide yet? She took the woman's gloves though and slipped them on, "Thank you" it was super nice of her and Chloe made a mental note to send her a proper thank you after class as well.
Now she was listening to everyone talk about different things that she didn't understand at all. What did she miss when she was late? "Yobers?" Is that what he just said? That was the weirdest name in the history of ever she thought. Looking at the balls she stood trying to figure out this came. "Crucket? That is an interesting name."
As she watched the other with the ball she focused on see what they were exactly doing, when it looked like they were just rolling something that seemed hard. She went after one that was coming near her and picked it up. "So I roll it and not just catch it?" #seekerproblems Kay suppressed a chuckle. She didn't want to seem as though she was laughing at Chloe. "Yorker. Cricket,'' she corrected in a patient voice. "It's more of a throw than a roll. Much like this.'' The woman lifted her arm, bringing it over her head and then directly before her. "When your arm is ahead of you, release the ball. Just take aim at the wicket.'' SPOILER!!: Bel! <3 I'd have been so disappointed if Tegan hadn't posted xD Quote:
Originally Posted by Tegz IF anyone was wondering, despite her boyfriend apparently being ill and leaving class and all, Bel Macindoe was in her ELEMENT. THIS Australian LOVED cricket. LOVED IT. PREFERRED playing a casual game on the beach of course, where you just went ahead and shoved three bits of driftwood into the sand and had at it, but any cricket was good! Even test cricket. There wasn't much better than a day in the sun watching except for a day in the sun playing!
So it was probably no shock to find that this was beyond easy for her. Bel grabbed a cricket ball, enjoying the heft of it in her hand and casually tossing it in the air and catching it a few times. Then she went over to the wickets to set them up, and balance the two bails on top. Would they get to play a real game?????
She went back past the bowling crease and kept going so she'd have space for a good run up, then turned around, rubbed the ball on her knee, and began a run up, launching into a very-practiced overarm bowl. The ball hit the wickets and knocked off both bails, and Bel being Bel turned to look at the adults with her hands up in the air, "HOWZAAAAAT!?"
Maybe a real game wasn't a good idea after all, she definitely was someone who had an advantage here. This young woman caught Adi's keen eyes. Working with teens over the years had given him an intuition to recognise those talented at cricket. Maybe it was their stance, the way they held the ball... it was just something. The actions, down to rubbing the ball on the knee, to him that she was VERY familiar with the game. What was totally impressing was the way she bowled completely knocking the bails off. And her appeal! Adi rather enthusiastically raised his right hand above his head, his index finger pointing towards the sky. That was the sign to indicate that a wicket had fallen or a batsman was out. You know what?
Adi was having a GREAT time! It was as though he were actually conducting one of his coaching sessions. He felt impressed, amused, and the urge to continuously encourage the students.
Batting meant that they all had to take the necessary safety precautions. Merlin knew how dangerous a cricket ball could get. He had seen some nasty injuries and would not like anything of the sort to happen here. “So, guys. When we’re batting, safety gear is necessary. There is no finite amount of times I can stress on this. What you’ll need are pads or leg guards and helmets.’’ Too bad there wasn’t any protection for the belly and arms.
“Everyone, grab a pair of the pads and I’ll show you how to get them on. Grab a helmet while you’re at it.’’ Adi got two pads and a helmet for himself and waited a few minutes while the class got theirs. “Got what you need, guys? Awesome! So, let’s start with the pads. If you look behind each pair, you’ll see there are straps on them. All you need to do is to undo the straps, fit the pad against your leg like soooo…” Adi, without a care in the world, sat down on the ground and carefully demonstrated what he meant. “After that, just put those straps back together. You want to make sure that it’s tight enough so that you can move around without it falling off but not so tight as to cut off your blood circulation. Repeat the exact steps for the second pad.’’ In no time, he had his leg guards on. “Right!” Bounce, bounce! “Who needs help?’’
A few moments for helping any student in need then he instructed them to put on the helmet. “Helmets are easy enough,’’ he happily told the young ones (not that he was old. Hehe). Adi slung his over this head, adjusting the strap beneath his chin. “Now you’re all ready to begin batting!’’ he announced. “What you want to do is to position yourself before the wicket. If you’re dominant or comfortable with using your right hand, you stand before the wicket facing the right. The opposite applies of you’re left handed. Makes sense so far?’’
Yes?
Goody!
“In order to grip your bat properly,use your right hand to grip the lower part of the handle and your left to grip the upper part. Your stance is simple. Your feet must be a little distance apart. This allows you to be able to put more power into hitting the ball while grounding yourself.’’ It was pretty simple! “The reason you’re defending the wicket is because the aim of the bowler is to hit it with the ball. Successfully doing that means that the batsman is ‘out’. That is, another batsman must now take the place of the previous one. The overall aim, in addition to scoring runs, is to get all of the opposing team’s batsmen out. That being said, anyone need me to go that over?’’ Kay had donned her own leg guards and helmet. She felt a little uncomfortable walking in the guards. They slowed her down a little as she was not accustomed to them.The helmet felt heavy on her head. “Go ahead, everyone. Practice your stance and gripping the bat.’’ She was going to get some practice in herself before bowling to the kiddos. “Adi, Professor Noble and I will take turns bowling to each of you when you have mastered holding the bat correctly.’’
OOC: Bowling practice is still allowed, guys! For the batting practice, you need not wait until Adi, Kay or Noble bowls to your kiddo. Just pretend that one of them did, once or multiple times (this is up to you!) and have your kiddos react to the bowling. |