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  • Emma Raducanu is looking for a new coach…again

    Emma Raducanu is looking for a new coach…again

    BBC Sport running another story about Emma Raducanu, the British tennis player US Open Champion in 2021, once again looking for a new coach.

    Emma Raducanu is ranked 24 in the world (March 2026), her highest ranking since 2022.
    Raducanu to ‘tap into a few people’ over coaching — BBC Sport, March 5, 2026

    Raducanu parted company with coach Francisco Roig after January’s Australian Open — the Spaniard was the seventh full-time coach Raducanu had worked with since her US Open win.

    There is an unpleasant undercurrent to a lot of the comments BTL, and not a lot of understanding of how player-coach relationships can go wrong. I do wonder how many of them have ever coached, at any level, let alone a Grand Slam winner?

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  • Having a hit with HiTZ

    Having a hit with HiTZ

    A couple of weeks ago the Guardian ran an article on their website about HiTZ cricket.

    HiTZ is the “performance” implementation of Batfast’s bowling simulation technology, as used in the “Sixes” entertainment venues (now, sadly, in administration).

    In the article, the emphasis was firmly on “getting back into the game” and “building confidence” rather than suggesting it could be a really serious training tool. But it looked interesting.

    I paid a couple of visits to HiTZ @ HPC Chigwell to find out for myself.

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  • REVIEW: Dynamic Coaching — A Playbook for Cricket Coaches

    REVIEW: Dynamic Coaching — A Playbook for Cricket Coaches

    I have very much enjoyed reading Dynamic Coaching — A Playbook for Cricket Coaches by Ian Renshaw assisted by Stephen Rollnick.

    Ian Renshaw’s presentations to the ECB Coaches Association Conference in 2017 were one of my earliest practical introductions to the constraints-led approach, and provided a justification of my own preference for games-based learning. I have been waiting for this book since then!

    And I have not been disappointed.

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