Precision
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 MoreMasterclass: What Is Your Job?
Below I have provided some guidelines on developing a clear and simple plan to succeed which may provide you with some ideas to compliment your current planning process. Point #1: Identify your job in as much detail as you can, so you know clearly what it is. A good starting point is to ask yourself the question ‘What does my team need me to do in this situation’. When you have worked out what you need to do you then need to work out how you will do it, which is where you plan comes in. Ponit #2: Develop a...
Read MoreMasterclass: Back Yourself
‘In all things, success depends upon previous preparation, and without such preparation there is sure to be failure’ – Confucius An expression you often hear around cricket is ‘back yourself’. What does it mean to back yourself? Some of the things it means to me are: Trust yourself to perform Be confident in your own ability In order to trust yourself and be confident about your performance you need to be prepared, for example if you lived in France and studied French for ten years you would...
Read MoreMasterclass: Mental Toughness
What does it mean to be mentally tough? It means making the effort to think of and develop a game plan that gives you your best chance of success and then having the commitment and discipline to carry out your plan under any circumstances. To develop a plan for success, you must have a very clear understanding of how your game works and this includes knowing your strengths, weaknesses and how you play best. The odds are that if you have ever performed well in the past you carried out a process to help you...
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