A revealing read (behind The Cricketer’s paywall).
Taken alongside the ECB’s Talent Pathway Action Plan, October 2024, it shows how the ECB have re-interpreted one ICEC recommendation and, apparently, disregarded another.
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Review — Football, The People’s Shame: How to Revolutionise a National Sport
A fascinating read on the “theft” of a national sport, and how the “People’s Shame” could be reversed.
Football has always been the people’s game, so how can we reclaim it from the corporations and oligarchs who have stolen it from us?
Micky P Kerr, in “Football, the People’s Shame”Starting with an historical perspective on the (professional) game, and how its governance has diverged so far from the fans, Kerr presents a radical proposal to reclaim the game for the people, and a discussion of the political climate needed to facilitate such a radical change.
I am not an economist or a political scientist, so I don’t feel at all qualified to comment on Kerr’s proposals to reclaim the people’s game. Do read the book!
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What do experienced coaches do?
I wrote about the ECB Batting Fundamentals workshop late last year. And so far this year I have attended learning workshops on spin bowling and fielding.
Lots of ideas, lots of drills.
But what stood out, for me, is how these experienced coaches and coach developers took the time to emphasise the coaching process.
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