This session starts with a modified fielding activity from icoachcricket — “all round fielding” (I have also seen this called “fielder’s wheel”, “modified T-drill”, or Williams’ wheel (a reference to a colleague who particularly favours this activity), but then adds a competitive element — fielders vs. runners — to try out the skills under simulated …
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My new AI coaching guru. A “conversation” with ChatGPT about coaching pedagogies.
There has recently been some discussion about a new artificial intelligence (AI) system called ChatGPT, and a lot of that talk very negative. How it might enable students to cheat by writing their essays for them, how it might destabilise white collar work, even how it might become a “morally corrupting influence”. For all that, …
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WBBL thoughts (2) — is the 23m fielding ring too small?
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 …
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