The Teesra

Category: coaching

  • Developing the batting fundamentals, the England way — where do you look?

    Developing the batting fundamentals, the England way — where do you look?

    I was very fortunate to snag a place on a workshop with Paul Shaw, Tim Boon, Matt Maynard & Mark Garaway, looking at batting fundamentals from the viewpoint of highly experienced coaches who have worked extensively with the national teams.

    Fascinating to hear how they simplified the art of batting — from complex technical & biomechanical analyses in the coach’s brain to the simplest possible concepts, drills & activities for the player.

    And an insight into how they approach Observation (one of the old “coaching bugs” from my level 1 coaching badge).

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  • Session plans — front-foot defensive, how and why (no, really!)

    This week’s theme was “batting (coach’s choice)”. We do lots of hitting and running activities, so, half in jest, I suggested I could run a session on the front-foot defensive.

    But from that jest arose an actual session, presented here as delivered to a group of yr2s (under 7s) (minus references to sharks & islands).

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  • The Book of Pace — mini review

    The Book of Pace — mini review

    In spite of its title, and the striking cricket ball seam graphic on the cover, The Book of Pace by Shahbaz Choudhry from The Pace Journal isn’t really a book about fast bowling.

    It is a story of personal discovery, of failures and successes, of a striving to achieve. A cautionary tale, in many ways.

    And all the better for not being another technically prescriptive “this is how to do it” guide to bowling faster.

    It is so much more than that!

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