By September, when the 2011-2012 school year starts, there will be over 750 American schools playing cricket, in over twenty US states. In the past month alone, over 50 American schools have contacted USYCA about its Schools Program.
School children at Fountain Valley ES in Orange County, California playing with an American Cricket Champ set.
USYCA has created the first custom USA-branded children’s cricket set, the “American Cricket Champ,” which will soon be available for purchase online, and shipped from the USA along with other USYCA logo items, at americancricketchamp.com.
USYCA is now partnering with over a dozen cricket clubs and leagues on new youth cricket initiatives.
USYCA has engaged dozens of individual cricketers across the country to become youth volunteers.
USYCA’s website has received over 20,000 individual page views and its online instructional videos have been watched over 2,500 times.
USYCA has put international cricketers, such as Irish Wicketkeeper Niall O’Brien and England’s Ingram Jones, together with American youth academies for clinics in the States.
USYCA has fielded many questions from youth players and teams and either answers the questions, or finds out who can, giving youth cricketers across the country a single point of inquiry.
USYCA is a program partner with the President’s Council on Physical Fitness and Sports, which raises awareness of cricket nationally.
The future of cricket in the United States is being written today at USYCA. If you’re interested in becoming one of the authors, we’d like to hear from you. For more information, email us at info@usyca.org.
Jamie Harrison explaining cricket to Physical Education instructors in Howard County, Maryland.