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The Ultimate Training Tool

To take your club’s training to the next level, you need a tool with a big point of difference

The Crazy Catch nets are ideal for use at clubs. It’s two sided design with the unique sane or insane option challenges the very youngest at the club through to the elite. The insane side encourages development of the complex reaction, reflex, coordination and visual skills that are required to deal with the unpredictability of match day. Don’t forget, catches win matches!

Latest technology

We are always working on further development of the Crazy Catch prototype and our latest models are now faster and more insane due to advances in net technology. This will provide added fun and greater challenges to your training. 

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Coaching resources and Activities

Crazy Catch provides excellent skill development with lots of repetition in a fun way, and is great for use as a self directed activity for small groups. We have developed a wide range of activities and resources making it simple to incorporate Crazy Catch into your training programme.

Activities     Scoresheets     Download Results Graph

One Minute Challenge

See how your team performs with the One Minute Crazy Catch Challenge. The Challenge provides a lot of fun, excitement and training variety, as well as providing a useful ongoing assessment of players level of performance.

Activities     1 Minute Challenge Assessment Criteria

Feedback

We have researched realistic competency levels for each age group when using the Crazy Catch. We’d like to build on this knowledge and would appreciate your feedback. Simply download a scoresheet to record your team’s results, then fax or post us a copy. We appreciate your participation and welcome your feedback. *If you require a different file format, please contact us.

Scoresheets

Your Sport

Crazy Catch activities and challenges provide training in all 6 areas of visual performance, required in most ball sports. They also provide excellent fitness and coordination components to your training. Below are training schedules for your sport, with appropriate challenges and variations. Of course no sport training is complete without having a go at the 1 Minute Challenges and Gut Buster, Backyard Battle and Crazy Ball.

 American Football  I  Australian Rules  I  Rugby  I  Rugby League  I  Tag  I  Touch Rugby

Crazy Catch is great to use with a rugby ball, but ensure you also try all the Crazy Catch activities using the insane side and a VisionBall. Rugby training can often focus too much on strength at the risk of losing finer motor skills that are often the winning of a match with, for instance gathering the bobbling ball or the intercept pass. You will be surprised how rapidly not only your catching skills develop but also your passing skills.

 Individuals

·    1 MINUTE CHALLENGES # 1, 2, 3 & 5: Use a rugby ball. Then try them together as a Gut Buster.

·    1 MINUTE CHALLENGE  # 1: Kick a rugby ball and catch the rebound. (The Original Crazy Catch with larger target area is the best model for kicking).

·    ACTIVITY # 7 (BOUNCE BACK): Try both passing and kicking into the Crazy Catch, then gathering the bouncing ball.

 Groups

·    ROTATE YOUR MATES: Use a rugby ball – excellent visual skills training. How many successful catches / regathering the ball can you and your mates complete in 1 minute.

·    KICK AND CATCH: Adapt 1 Minute Challenge #1, with a group of people.

·    THROW AND GO (or adapt as follows): Player throws at Crazy Catch while running across the centre of the net from 2m (must be past the net’s centre point before throwing). Retriever runs in from the other side and must gather the rebound, run around the cone and then becomes the thrower.

·    SCORE 5: Use a rugby ball. You will soon work out the best angle to pass the ball to give you a better chance of gathering the rebound.

 Team

·    CRAZY BALL: Fast, skillful and lots of fun. Try these excellent variations for rugby:

- Use a rugby ball or a smaller version of a rugby ball

- Kick the ball into the Crazy Catch rather than throw / pass

- Where you want to emphasise development of kicking skills kick instead of passing to players at all times. (Before kicking each time the ball must be claimed – can’t just kick loose on the ground). (For Australian Rules either kick or punch).

- Have a lineout when the ball goes out of play. The ball must be thrown in straight. Must travel in the air more than 5m but no more than 15m.

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Baseball

Crazy Catch loves baseball and all the Activities are ideal to help improve your catching, batting and ground fielding skills. Quite simply if baseball is your sport you should have a Crazy Catch in your training kit.

Basketball

Crazy Catch develops visual skills and coordination which are excellent for Basketball, even though the ball size is different. We recommend you set the rebound angle high to really challenge your leaping skills, when using the Crazy Cards and Challenges. Try Crazy Ball as a variation for team training, as there are many similarities to Basketball in the game structure.

Cricket

Crazy Catch loves cricket and all the Activities are ideal to help improve your catching, batting and ground fielding skills. Quite simply if cricket is your sport you should have a Crazy Catch in your training kit.

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Football

·    1 MINUTE CHALLENGES # 1-5: Kick rather than throw the ball. Make up your own Crazy Catch Combo and Gut Buster. Make sure you develop your weaker foot.

·    CRAZY BALL. Kick the ball when passing to team mates, but final pass into the base area is caught in the hands. From the base area kick the ball at the Crazy Catch, and (as with the standard rules) the ball can be attempted to be caught. A variation on this is to achieve 2 points the ball must be headed. No points if the ball gets to the ground first.

·    Although the ball size for the random ball return is different than a football, Crazy Catch is ideal visual skills training for goalies.

Gaelic Football

Try some of the Crazy Cards and Challenges, and set the rebound angle high to really challenge your leaping skills. The Crazy Ball game is a must as part of your team training programme.

Handball

Many of the Crazy Catch Challenges and Crazy Cards are ideal for training for handball. Definitely include Crazy Ball as a variation for your team training.

Hockey  I  Hurling  I  Lacrosse

(We reckon anyone playing Hurling has to be a touch Crazy. We like that).

·    1 MINUTE CHALLENGES # 1-3: Use a hockey ball and stick. Even include Challenges 6 and 7. Make up your own Gut Buster and Crazy Catch Combo.

·    THROW & GO + ROTATE YOUR MATES: Adapt for Hockey.

·    1 MINUTE CHALLENGES # 8: If you are a Hockey Goalie this “Throw From Behind” Challenge will really sharpen up your skills, especially on the insane side and if the throwers vary the direction of throw.

·    CRAZY BALL: Adapt to your sport. For Hockey and Hurling a point is scored when the ball is passed into a player with at least one foot in the base area and contact is made between the ball and the stick in the base area. A further point is scored from the hit into the Crazy Catch with the first stick to intercept the ball on the full face of the stick (deflections don’t count).

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Netball

Crazy Catch develops visual skills and coordination which are excellent for Netball, even though the ball size is different. We recommend you set the rebound angle high to really challenge your leaping skills, when using the Crazy Cards and Challenges. Try Crazy Ball as a variation for team training, as there are many similarities to Netball in the game structure.

Softball

Crazy Catch loves softball and all the Activities are ideal to help improve your catching, batting and ground fielding skills. Quite simply if softball is your sport you should have a Crazy Catch in your training kit.

Tennis

While the current target area is a bit limiting for tennis with use of a racket Crazy Catch is excellent for developing your visual and coordination skills. While all Activities will help we recommend Bounce Back as being particularly useful for developing visual skills associated with the change in flight path of a bouncing ball.

Volleyball

Crazy Catch develops visual skills and coordination which are excellent for Volleyball, even though the ball size is different. We recommend you set the rebound angle high to really challenge your leaping skills, when using the Crazy Cards and Challenges.