Not many answers…but learning to ask better questions
I watched quite a bit of this year’s WBBL, and a question kept coming up. The off-side field is packed, but the ball keeps getting hit through to the cover boundary. Why aren’t the fielders stopping the ball? Are the batters really striking the ball so well, or are the fielders too close to the …
Continue reading “WBBL thoughts (2) — is the 23m fielding ring too small?”
We have had a few discussions around the Club about a lack of discipline in the field shown by some of the junior teams – fielders wandering out of position between deliveries, not paying attention to the captain when he wants to make changes to the field, even directly questioning and countermanding the captain’s instructions. …
I have been trying out the ‘video game based design’ approach to cricket practices over the last month — aiming to create games that are easy to learn but hard to master, and where learning achievement (acquisition of skills) is rewarded by the opening up of new and more challenging ‘levels’ in the game. I have …
