Kumble and Ganguly to be part of coaching clinics

[Sachinism]

Former India captains Anil Kumble and Sourav Ganguly will head the expert panel for a series of specialist skills coaching clinics starting at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore on Tuesday. The clinics, to be held over ten days, will be attended by qualified Level Two and Three coaches from all over the country. A release said: "The initiative is in line with the BCCI's mandate that all states establish their own academies by April 30 this year, and will ensure they are headed up by highly-skilled personnel." Besides Kumble and Ganguly, the others in the panel of 'master coaches' include Robin Singh and Venkatesh Prasad - India's fielding and bowling coaches - besides former internationals Saba Karim, Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Venkatapathy Raju. The panel will be supported by NCA staff under Dav Whatmore, the director of operations. "B Arun, Dinesh Nanavati and R Sridhar will oversee the various cricket skills, supplemented by Dr Kinjal Suratwala (nutrition, psychology) and Paul Chapman (fitness)," the release said. "Noted Australian biomechanist, Dr Rene Ferdinands, will anchor the courses at the Academy's facility at Chinnaswamy Stadium in Bangalore." Ferdinands, who played first-class cricket in New Zealand, developed the first three-dimensional kinetics model of bowling. -=---- They say it will be for level 2 and 3 coaches from all over the country, you think they would allow coaches from outside, if so I'd do coaching up2 level 2 and go there

[Fontaine]

Awesome, Ganguly can teach the others how NOT to run between the wickets.

[jf1gp_1]

kumble i understand why ganguly

[fineleg]

kumble i understand why ganguly

^ Read fontaine above - we need someone skilled in the art of how not to run-between-wickets :D (BTW - in interest of disclosure - RD and VVS can teach this very well too).

[msb1991]

Interesting that the BCCI is so serious about increasing the standard of coaching. However, I suspect further enterprise will be required in looking to devise new physical training techniques, new techniques for fast bowling actions, new spinning deliveries; etc - but this is certainly a promising start.

[Fontaine]

All joking aside if Kumble and Ganguly can use this as a learning experience then they can use the coaching skills they've learned from the others like Prasad etc and apply them to domestic cricket as well in their regional areas. I'm all for coaching development.

[Chandan]

Kumble's own spin on coaching In his own subtle manner, Anil Kumble has told coaches to back off a bit. And India's highest wicket-taker should know, having never formally been coached himself. Kumble - speaking at a specialist skills coaching clinic at the National Cricket Academy in Bangalore - said that a coach's role was only to guide and "create an environment" where a spinner goes out and discovers himself". "He's there to ensure that no bad habits creep in, rather than teaching him how to do it," Kumble said. He also hoped that young players would not get lost in the system during their progression up the ranks, urging the NCA and respective state associations to nurture talent. Kumble especially emphasised that those aged 12 or 13 should not try spin bowling due to the distance he or she has to propel the ball. “The easier option is to bowl medium-pace at that age and then see if he is strong enough to reach the ball past 22 yards," said Kumble. Anil Kumble’s advice to budding spinners Bangalore: Anil Kumble stressed that emerging spinners should learn to bowl with the new ball as cricket has gone through a slew of changes especially with the advent of Twenty20. “Normally a spinner is looked at as someone bowling with an old ball. But with new concepts and the game getting shorter, the challenge is to bowl with the new ball and try different grips, try to come up with different types of deliveries, try and bowl from different angles,” Kumble said during the course of the specialised session on spin bowling for coaches at the National Cricket Academy here on Monday. Kumble also emphasised that 12 or 13-year-old kids should not try spin bowling due to the distance he or she has to propel the ball. “The easier option is to bowl medium-pace at that age and then see if he is strong enough to reach the ball past 22 yards,” Kumble said besides adding that there should be constant follow-up by the NCA and the State associations so that a young cricketer is not lost in the system as he progresses through the ranks. In the afternoon, L. Sivaramakrishnan and Venkatapathy Raju discussed spin bowling techniques and the NCA head of sports sciences Dr. Kinjal Suratwala spoke about the mental aspects.

[EnterTheVoid]

good move by the bcci

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‘Spin bowling more scientific now’ More... ‘Spin bowling more scientific now’ BANGALORE: Former internationals Laxman Sivaramakrishnan and Venkatapathy Raju took the NCA specialist coaches clinic participants through the techniques of video analysis of spin bowling.. This was followed by a practical session of error correction in the indoor nets under the watchful eye of faculty bowling coach, B. Arun. NCA strength and conditioning expert, Paul Chapman, outlined the physical fitness requirements for spin bowling. Raghuram Bhat of Karnataka, Ashok Patel of Gujarat and Ex-Indian women’s team skipper, Sudha Shah, also spoke of their role as off spinners during their era.