The Coaching special

The District Sports Association (DSA) Silchar has kickstarted the first-ever summer coaching camp for various age group probables by any sports association in the state under the tutelage of the Assam Cricket Academy.
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The new Indian coaching manual, for players and coaches, is almost ready and will be circulated - as a book and in a CD — in the next three months. It is a culmination of eight months of hard work and research, from careful examination of reports and analyses of feedback from four men — Lalchand Rajput, Bharat Arun, Arshad Ayub, Dinesh Nanavati and Rajesh Kamat.
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This is the only platform where gender bias in cricket—stuffed on power and technique —comes to nought. And appearing for the National Cricket Academy (NCA) Level II coaches workshop-cum-examination, Ragini Malhotra and Priyanka Sisodia agree to that. Both cleared the Level I course a year and-a-half ago — the only two in the entire North Zone — and if they clear this exam too, they will be among the most qualified women cricket coaches.
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“There are certain subtle, but crucial changes in technique, like stance, grip, positioning, etc, that the batsman in Twenty20 cricket has to go through. To be able to score at run-a-ball, and not allow bowlers to bowl dot balls, technique is foremost. Power is necessary to hit the ball hard to the boundary,” Ghosh said.