IMPROVE BOWLING PERFORMANCE

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IMPROVE BOWLING PERFORMANCE

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ENGAGING A PAID CLUB COACH

These notes suggest that a Club Coach should try to achieve the following objective – Increase the number of pennant games won. They list four major sub objectives that will help to achieve this objective and then list eleven sub sub objectives that should help to achieve the four major sub objectives. Each of these eleven objectives has a section devoted to it.

Clubs should decide which objectives they believe the Club Coach should emphasise – before finalising any appointment. The last section discusses the need for any Club Coach to have the support of most of the Club Members. Without such support, no Coach can expect to achieve the objectives.

The appointment of a Club Coach rates as a difficult and complex task. These notes aim to help Clubs make wiser decisions on this matter. (3/3/08) 

A GOOD COACH OR A GOOD PLAYER.

Many Clubs appear to want a good Player rather than a good Coach when they advertise for a Coach. These notes compare the advantages of (a) recruiting a good Player as compared with (b) appointing a good coach.

A table assumes that a good coach can improve the performance of all current pennant Players by five percent – on the average . It shows that a Club would need to engage a Player 79% better than their current top-side Players to achieve the same result as a five percent improvement gained by good coaching. Few, if any, Players could achieve an improvement of 79%. Another table looks at the buying of TWO good Players. The table assumes new good Players play at a significantly-higher standard as compared with the average of the Club's existing Players. Even so, a five-percent improvement achieves a better result than adding two good Players.

If all Players in a Side played only a few extra high-quality bowls in each pennant game, the Side would show a ten percent improvement. However – how many good coaches exist? Further, Coaches would need to take a much-broader approach to the improvement of Players than just improving their bowling technique.

The notes – Engaging a paid Club Coach – (on this page) discusses what a good Coach should do.

NOTE- AS AT MARCH 2008, THE NOTES DO NOT CONTAIN THE TABLES. I WILL ADD LATER.  (4/3/08) 

A BOWLS IMPROVEMENT PROGRAM.

These notes list seven major areas that deserve consideration to achieve the objective – Improve the bowl's performance in pennant of (at least) a third of the Club's Pennant Bowlers. The notes discuss various specific objectives that Coaches need to achieve in each of the seven major areas.  (3/3/08)

INCREASE THE DESIRE OF PLAYERS TO PLAY WELL.

Many factors affect the desire of Players to play well. These notes discuss only one – the relationship between the desire to play well and Player's attitude to Selectors . They suggest that some Players have an attitude based on inadequate evidence and suggest that Selectors should provide more information to Players about their decisions. (6/3/08)

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