Greg Chappell’s Tall Commend For MS Dhoni: “One Of The Most honed Cricket Minds”
Former India captain MS Dhoni has dubbed “one of the sharpest cricket minds” by Australian legend Greg Chappell, s. Chappell, who also served as India’s senior coach for a turbulent two years from 2005 to 2007, had repeatedly praised the two-time World Cup-winning skipper, who concluded his illustrious career as one of the country’s finest players. The Australian used Dhoni’s example to lament the loss of natural surroundings, which once played an important role in the development of players in powerful cricket nations.Greg Chappell’s Tall Commend For MS Dhoni: “One Of The Most honed Cricket Minds”.
“Natural surroundings that were once an important part of the development structure of established cricket countries have vanished. Young cricketers learned by observing good players and then imitating them in pick-up games with family; and friends in those surroundings “ESPNcricinfo published an article by Chappell.
“Many communities in the Indian subcontinent still lack coaching facilities; and children play in the streets and on vacant space without the benefit of formal instruction. Many of their current stars learnt how to play the game here.” Dhoni, who hails from Ranchi in Jharkhand, is one of them.
“Dhoni gained the decision-making and strategic skills that also have set him apart from many of his contemporaries by competing against more experienced persons on a variety of surfaces early in his development. His is one of the most astute cricket minds I’ve ever met “Chappell explained.
Dhoni began his career under Sourav Ganguly and John Wright before blossoming under Rahul Dravid and Greg Chappell in the Rahul Dravid-Greg Chappell period, with his 183-run knock against Sri Lanka in an ODI being one of the highlights.
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Coaches, according to former Australia batter Chappell, should also establish conditions where players can learn problem-solving and decision-making on their own.
Chappell pointed to England’s troubles in the recently finished Ashes series and stated the issue is a lack of natural places for young people to express themselves.
“England, on the other hand, has very few of these natural situations; and its players are develop in a small group of public schools; that place a heavy emphasis on the coaching manual. This explains why their batting has lost a lot of its finesse and tenacity.
The games that young people invent and play are dynamic, and they develop creativity; joy, flexibility in technical execution, tactical awareness, and also decision-making all of which are sometimes lacking in high-level batting. He continued, “When an adult becomes engaged with children playing cricket; they invariably disrupt the game and sap its enthusiasm by emphasizing proper technique.
This transforms a dynamic, engaging learning environment; to a flat and lifeless collection of drills that do little to improve batting performance in games. According to Chappell, extremely structured settings is not the way to go.
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“The expansion of formal batter preparation training has not only failed to advance batting; but has also resulted in a fall in batting. Cricket is dehumanize by highly regulating conditions and an overwhelming focus on teaching players how to do “perfect” technique.”