The Teesra

Month: August 2015

  • We win! Back to the drawing board…

    It’s a common enough refrain from managers and coaches after a heavy defeat, or at the end of an unsuccessful season – we will have to go back to the drawing board/training ground, or (in the modern idiom) get back to our “processes”…

    Perfectly understandable, and certainly not wrong.

    But what to do when you have just recorded a winning season?  When teams have won divisional titles and promotions, when the Colts section has dominated County age group competitions, and produced players who now expect to score runs in senior cricket.

    Back to the drawing board, I say!

    When you are strong, that is the time to put in the hard yards to make next season, and the seasons to follow, even better. (more…)

  • More thoughts on tent pegs – FST again

    I wrote a couple of months ago about Fred Trueman’s bowling action, and how there might be a lesson for modern bowling coaches.

    So I was very interested to see this tweet from @DennisCricket, and the picture of Fred in full stride.

    (more…)

  • Going upstairs – using “DRS” to teach the Laws of the Game

    I have been coaching on several holiday courses over the summer and, in line with the dictum to “let the game teach the game”, I have tried to dedicate as much time as possible to actually playing games.

    One new feature this year has been that almost every umpire’s decision has been greeted with a call from the players to “review”.

    At first, I found this slightly irritating (how many 7- and 8-year olds really know why they were reviewing), but then I realised that this was an ideal opportunity to introduce the Laws of the Game.

    So – starting with the courses this week, I shall be encouraging players to review decisions if they can identify the correct Law in question (this might be good for rule for some Test match players, as well…).

    Of course, I would not be too surprised if every review comes back as “umpire’s call”…