A bowler is struggling with consistency – two or three good balls, followed by several wayward deliveries.
He is getting distracted by the bad balls, with the result that he will become increasingly less consistent.
One approach to remedying a loss of concentration is to introduce a simple pre-delivery routine, with the intention of allowing the bowler one small, still moment to focus on one thing, and one thing only – delivering the ball.
I attended the SportInMind Football Psychology Workshop, with Dan Abrahams, partly because I have just started onto the football coaching pathway, but mostly because I am becoming more and more interested in what Dan describes as “human and performance psychology – the internal that drives the external.”
And I have to say that Dan did exactly what he set out to do – challenged (in a good way) my own approach to how I coach. (more…)
Debate on LinkedIn Cricket Coaches Worldwide group on the merits (or otherwise) of formal S&C training for young players.
The consensus view is that a 10-year-old would do best to simply play games, ride a bike, climb trees (can I say that without including a Health&Safety warning?). I do agree, but with one proviso. A lot of 10 year olds I see simply do not have the basic athletic movement patterns needed to benefit from games-based “fitness” programmes.
So the coach has the responsibility of ensuring his players have acquired “physical literacy” before they try to move on to more structured S&C training. (more…)
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