Masterclass: Get a Winning Attitude
You will develop your game by turning up to training and working hard when you get there. However if you really want to be the best player you can be and take your game to the next level developing a winning attitude is critical. Knowledge is Power – Gain as much knowledge as you can about how to succeed. Do you understand your own game tactically, technically, mentally and physically? How do you play pace, spin or medium pace bowling? How do you get batsmen out? How do you bowl an outswinger? How do you...
Read MoreGive Pup A Chance
Michael Clarke deserves a fair go! Sure some people don’t like him (the vast majority who hold this opinion don’t know him!). I’m a fan and think he will do a great job in the role of Australian captain if he is allowed to develop as a leader in his own right (I’m not sure if having his former captain in the same dressing room helps) and to do this he needs a reasonable time period and adequate support. Pup has lots of great attributes that make him ideal for the role – he is experienced yet still...
Read MoreMasterclass: Hard Work
We all know that in order to be successful you need to work hard. To be a little more detailed about this the skill acquisition experts tell us it takes 10 years or 10, 000 hours of focused practice to develop expertise. So I have listed below a few tips on how you can add some focus to your practice. Check out the links in the article below for further reading. Good luck. Here are some hints: Be precise – understand in detail how the basic technical and tactical skills of your game work Be...
Read MoreIs T20 The Answer?
Is T20 the answer? This is a very reasonable question at a time when the Test cricketing fortunes of Australia are the lowest they have been since the 1980’s (we are currently ranked 5th as a Test playing nation behind India, South Africa, England and Sri Lanka and above Pakistan, West Indies, New Zealand and Bangladesh). At the same time Cricket Australia appears to be placing ever increasing emphasis on T20 cricket including the expansion of the Big Bash League, the national roll out of the T20 Weet-Bix Cup...
Read MorePrecision
There are two levels at which you need to deliver precision in your performance as a cricketer one is the strategic level and one is the technical level. The strategic level concerns the plan you have in place and deals with the selection of shot or delivery you make in a given situation. For example if a batsman chooses to defend a ball on the front foot which he thinks will miss the stumps he takes on the risk of being caught behind the wicket for a return of no runs as opposed to a batsman who leaves the same...
Read MoreThinking Batting
‘To handle the situations which you face during a game, you must think clearly and sensibly. You will then be able to apply your skills in the best possible way to overcome the difficulties you face. You won’t get over these problem if you don’t think properly’ - Sir Garfield Sobers In order to bat well you must think well! Better players make better decisions more often or in other words the thinking that drives successful batting involves making accurate decisions over time. One of the most...
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