da prosport bet： Barbados’ Busta Series team for 2002 should be one of thebetter prepared national teams in recent years
da stake casino： Haydn Gill01-Nov-2001Barbados’ Busta Series team for 2002 should be one of thebetter prepared national teams in recent years.In a departure from the norm, the team is expected to bepicked by the end of this month at least five weeks ahead ofthe start of the competition.That is a great thing. It will give us a month and some toactually prepare the representative squad, team coach HendySpringer said yesterday.Prior to this, you had two weeks or a week before the teamactually played. More timeIt will give some guys who are in the squad the opportunityto be together before they actually start to play. That isall part of teamwork.The additional month, the coach said, would give the teammore time for off-the-field sessions which would involve ahost of activities geared towards developing players aspersons.To this end, a number of lectures and motivational sessionshave been planned.I believe that if you have got to develop as a cricketer,you have got to develop holistically, Springer said.It is not only about batting, bowling, fielding and generalcricket skills. You have also got to use life skills.Cricket is a situation game. We’ve got to be able to handlesituations, no matter how they come. They may come in thegame or outside the game, but we must be well-rounded.Topics such as injury prevention and management and handlingpressure would also be on the programme.That is very much needed when you’ve got youngsters orindeed the more senior players, Springer said.In this 2001 era of first-class cricket, these are thingsthat you need to be prepared for.He was speaking during a training session at Queen’s Park aday after the Barbados Cricket Association announced therewere four additions to its year-round training programme.The newcomers to the squad are Spartan fast bowler PhilipBrowne, fellow pacer Fidel Edwards of YMPC, Combined Schoolscaptain and left-arm spinner Derick Bishop and Cable &Wireless BET all-rounder Ryan Layne.Three trial matches have been scheduled from November 9 to12, 16 to 19 and 23 to 26 at venues to be announced later.
