Of late a number of coaches at the grass root level are ignoring the fundamentals of cricket which are key to the development of a successful cricketer.
I was given a job as a temporrary coach for an u/12 club team and on the first day of the job I realised that their previous coach had planted it in them to be big hitters of the ball and bowl as fast as they could. This method had them chasing huge totals and being bowled out for a less than dignifiable score. Not a single stroke player was in the team and even the two spin bowlers wanted to bowl the spin at pace. All the players had the basics worked out of batting, bowling and fielding but they all wanted to bat like Yuvraj Singh,Shahid Afridi, David Warner, Albie Morkel and bowl like Dale Steyn, Shoaib Ahktar, Brett Lee etc. The players mentioned have mastered their techniques through application of fundamentals and practicing the basics. They didin't get to where they are or do what they do by just swinging as hard as they could or bowling as fast as they could.
I believe that coaches have the responsibility to teach the fundamentals at an early age so as to develop quality cricketers and not show offs!
Green
I was given a job as a temporrary coach for an u/12 club team and on the first day of the job I realised that their previous coach had planted it in them to be big hitters of the ball and bowl as fast as they could. This method had them chasing huge totals and being bowled out for a less than dignifiable score. Not a single stroke player was in the team and even the two spin bowlers wanted to bowl the spin at pace. All the players had the basics worked out of batting, bowling and fielding but they all wanted to bat like Yuvraj Singh,Shahid Afridi, David Warner, Albie Morkel and bowl like Dale Steyn, Shoaib Ahktar, Brett Lee etc. The players mentioned have mastered their techniques through application of fundamentals and practicing the basics. They didin't get to where they are or do what they do by just swinging as hard as they could or bowling as fast as they could.
I believe that coaches have the responsibility to teach the fundamentals at an early age so as to develop quality cricketers and not show offs!
Green