Not many answers…but trying to ask better questions
Here is a game variant that can be used to encourage players to apply a specified batting technique in a practice session. We call it “jail-break cricket” – players are challenged to hit a ball to a specified target area to release team mates who have been “sent to jail”. The game encourages the batter to …
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A couple of pieces of coaching technique I won’t be pursuing, from the “England’s DNA: Playing your part” conference last Sunday. “NO, NO, NO – not like that” And (repeated several times during a practical session) – “go on, go on, you’re in…oh, you missed that one” “Trial-and-error” is a perfectly valid coaching methodology, but it has …
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From the FA’s “England DNA: Playing your part” conference, I will be taking the focus on “social” skills, from their 4 Corners model. In particular, I shall be encouraging my players to take five minutes before a game or practice to work together to devise field settings and strategies. If they don’t talk off the field, what chance …
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