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Cricket is nothing but confidence. However one
can't think of success if you are not going to have
fun. What I mean is that you must enjoy what you
are doing. Initially you play because you love the
game. Playing with your colleagues you learn a lot.
As you go along, you realize that you have
something in you and that's a crucial time. Your
coach gets you to work on the basics.
This is the most important phase everyone has to go
through. You must enjoy that phase. I know one
derives immense pleasure hitting the ball but the
more you work on your basics the more you will
begin to enjoy your game. As a kid you want to be
in the action all the time. No one likes to get out
first ball or get hammered. Once you understand the
technique that helps you perform, you tend to have
fun.
Not many like to work on fitness. At times it's
boring. But as a kid you have got to understand
that unless you are fit you just can't perform and
when you fail, you just don't enjoy. You may not be
able to play for the state or the country but if
you are fit, you are in a position to perform
better in life.
Cricket is a team game which is played for longer
hours than any field game and during that period
you enjoy with your colleagues. You gradually
realize the importance that you will not succeed
all the time. But you also realize you have to play
for your team. In a field game it is your team that
matters. And to make you perform for your team, you
develop your hunger to do well consistently.
There is misconception that to reach the top you
have to practice whole day. That's not correct. You
have to have a set of plan to work on and don't
forget the intensity part. What's the use playing
everyday if the intensity is missing. Why not
practice for 3 or 4 days working on skills and
fitness than playing entire week without doing
anything proper.
As a teenager you have got to realize to spend a
quality time. It's the quality that matters. And
when you focus on the quality time, you have more
chances of succeeding. Another important aspect is
the goal setting. There is a saying perfect
practice makes you perfect but if you have long and
short term goals, you get the direction.
That's a key to your success. You can't be getting
in a match or a tournament without knowing what you
plan to achieve. If you do that there is a
likelihood of you failing. Once you set the goal
you can channelise your efforts. It's a process and
you have to go through that process to succeed.
Kids and their parents think of cricket as a
career. When you think of the game as a career, not
only you don't enjoy the game but you invite
pressure. And then there is a tendency to neglect
your studies. My advise to all the youngsters is to
concentrate on studies because you learn to be
disciplined. You have to do everything on time and
at times you have to have willpower to succeed. You
have to develop the level of concentration while
studying and these are the qualities you require in
cricket.
The endeavour of this website is to guide you in
the game of cricket. Not all the youngsters in this
huge country get the right type of guidance. As I
said earlier have fun with the game but stick to
basics. You will enjoy for a longer time.
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