Those slightly bewildered or exasperated with Carlos Braithwaite’s match-ending dismissal against New Zealand earlier in the World Cup — with six required off seven balls, he tried to smash it out of the park when the ideal thing would have been to take a single to get back on strike the next over — Paddy Upton has a much-needed explanation.
The Indian cricket team’s former mental conditioning coach, Mr Upton, in his new book, The Barefoot Coach: Life-Changing Insights from Coaching the World’s Best Cricketers, says that “playing to strengths delivers excellence; merely fixing weaknesses does not”. Mr Braithwaite’s
The Indian cricket team’s former mental conditioning coach, Mr Upton, in his new book, The Barefoot Coach: Life-Changing Insights from Coaching the World’s Best Cricketers, says that “playing to strengths delivers excellence; merely fixing weaknesses does not”. Mr Braithwaite’s