The school holidays are just about here and it is a perfect time to practice your skills before the season gets into full swing.
Congratulations to those players who have recently been selected in representative, Green Shield and school teams. Our High Performance Academy is designed for your standard of cricket and provides the opportunity for you to experience an excellent preparation for your season in an elite program offering:
- Turf nets
- Video (frame by frame) analysis of bowling action
- Expert coaching team with low coach to player ratio
Enrolment in this program is for players aged 13 plus, by application only and places are limited
Further details click here
We also still have places available in our popular SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAMS, held in a range of venues in Sydney’s Northern, Inner West and Eastern suburbs.
Further details click here
And for the younger ones (5 – 7 years) looking to have some fun and learn some basic cricket skills our On the Ball program is also available at all venues.
More info click here
OUT OF TIME? For last minute enrolments we now have now available enrolment via email with payment through EFT transfer.
Continuing on our series of articles for players and coaches, below are three additional and very useful articles:
For players I recommend you read the tips from David Freedman. David regularly coaches for Elite Cricket and is part of Cricket NSW’s High Performance Department.
We get many requests from clubs and organisations for assistance with coaching. Just because you’re a good player doesn’t mean you’re going to be a good coach or find it easy and you may find the articles below will help with your coaching skills.
Cheers
Mark
Elite Cricket is excited to announce the venues and dates for our September-October 2008 School Holiday Program
HIGH PERFORMANCE ACADEMY PROGRAM
High Performance Academy application form
This program has a minimum skill requirement and is specifically designed for cricketers playing at representative level or its school equivalent.
Successful applicants for this elite program will also possess high levels of cricket skill and fitness, be self-disciplined, highly motivated and aged 13 years or above.
Over 2 days our Academy players will train like first class cricketers and be challenged by an intensive multi-disciplinary program to further enhance their existing skills and match awareness by a range of high performance coaches.
- Drummoyne Oval – 29th & 30th September 2008
- Waverley College – 9th & 10th October 2008
SCHOOL HOLIDAY PROGRAM
School Holiday Program enrolment form
The program is suitable for ages 7 – 14 and will be conducted from 9am to 3pm in both 2 and 3 day formats across the range of venues listed below.
- Lindfield Oval, Tryon Road – 29th, 30th September & 1st October 2008
- Scots College, Bellevue Hill – 1st, 2nd & 3rd October 2008
- St. Ignatius College, Riverview – 7th & 8th October 2008
- Drummoyne Oval – 9th & 10th October 2008
- Waverley College – 9th & 10th October 2008
THE ‘ON THE BALL’ BEGINNERS PROGRAM
‘On the Ball’ Program enrolment form
‘On the Ball’ is for girls and boys from 5 -7 years, who have perhaps never played cricket or who have just begun their cricketing career. In these sessions run from 9am to 12pm and are a greaqt way to have fun and learn about the game of cricket.
- Lindfield Oval, Tryon Road – 29th, 30th September & 1st October 2008
- Scots College, Bellevue Hill – 1st, 2nd & 3rd October 2008
- St. Ignatius College, Riverview – 7th & 8th October 2008
- Drummoyne Oval – 9th & 10th October 2008
- Waverley College – 9th & 10th October 2008
Cheers
Mark
One of my favourite sayings is, ‘It’s not how many times you get knocked down, it’s how many times you get up that counts’.
I think that this is a very relevant expression for us as cricketers. Basically it means that in order to succeed you have to be prepared to accept and learn from failure.
Although failure is not a pleasant part of your job, it is nevertheless part of your job and as such you will need to deal with it and learn from it. Anyone who has tasted success in any field in my view has been prepared to get up at least one more time than they were knocked down! If you give up or admit defeat you risk never tasting success and let’s face it success in any field does not come easy and one of the main challenges in successfully attaining your goals is coping with failure!
You need to develop the belief and mental toughness not to be beaten by failure, you need to develop persistence. In order to succeed you need to summon the courage to pursue your goals and dreams, despite failure in the short term, after all ‘Form is temporary, Class is permanent!’
I will detail three brief examples of persistence, where successful cricketers have turned adversity into success by persistence.
- Justin Langer, Damien Martyn and Matthew Hayden were all dropped from the Test team in the mid-nineties and came back years later to be devestingly, effective Test players
- Shane Warne’s comeback form suspension and personal crisis to achieve his best ever Ashes series wicket haul of 40 wickets since his debut in 1991
- Ricky Ponting comeback from a disciplinary suspension to become Australian captain and one of the world’s best batsmen
If these guys gave up when faced with adversity, disappointment and defeat they would never have gone on to achieve the wonderful success they did. These guys had the belief, courage and persistence to keep going when they were seemingly knocked down! Persistence is a key attribute of a champion and has very little to do with your outswinger or cut shot and the beauty of it is anyone can be persistent! Persistence does require courage, discipline and effort, but the effort is well worth making if your dreams and goals mean a lot to you.
How is your persistence? Is it strong enough to help you achieve your goals?
Cheers
Mark