The Teesra

Category: cricket

  • No words for this – #putoutyourbats

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  • “Don’ts for Cricketers” – on genius

    Don’t expect genius to trouble itself with rules. No human law need concern the genius: he is a law to himself, and looks down from a lofty eminence on his weaker brethren.

    One that needs to be taken with a little caution – the “genius” first needs to deliver positive outcomes (modern jargon!), and can only rarely afford to disregard the rest of the team.

    But when a player displays “genius”, she needs to be encouraged, not repressed.

  • Who said that? A look at the future of coaching.

    “[the coach] didn’t grow players by nurturing individual talents, he created a regime.”

    “…coaches now are so controlling that they don’t allow players to go and express themselves…[young players] are not able to make decisions for themselves.”

    “The coach should prepare the team, then let the captain get on with it.”

    Recent quotes from England Test cricketers, all of them active over the last decade, all bemoaning the stifling impact of over-coaching.

    Is there a problem with cricket coaching, especially at the elite level?

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