coaching – Page 69

To hit the gaps consistently, you need to know where the gaps are.

Obvious, really. But how often do you see batsmen doing the exact opposite, and hitting shots straight at the fielders. Top batsmen take a quick look around the field, then proceed to thread the ball through the narrowest of gaps. How do they do it? The answer seems to be simple enough…but with a subtle lesson …

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What does a “better cricket” coaching session look like?

It’s all very well to say “everything we do is designed to make a better cricketer”, but in practice, what does that mean? What might the ideal “better cricket” coaching session look like?

Changing the world, one small movement at a time – #thewinningdifference #ECBCAConference

Across the ECB CA Conference, several of the presenters spoke about the opportunity (and need) for coaches to make a real difference at the participation level – we were exhorted to be “the difference that makes a difference”; we were told that “thinking differently [was the key to] performing better”. Frank Dick even challenged the …

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