Charlestown, Nevis - Cricket chief on Nevis, Ronald Powell yesterday appealed to cricket coaches or persons who are interested in coaching the game to seize an upcoming opportunity to improve their skills.
Powell indicated that he is in receipt of a correspondence from St.Kitts’ Director of Sports Dave Connor which has informed of a Coaching clinic that will be conducted in St.Kitts shortly.
The clinic will be conducted by Coach Mark Alleyne, an ECB Level 4 Cricket Coach and Head Coach of the MCC who is scheduled to be in St.Kitts commencing Wednesday 10th November 2010 from 2pm. There will be 5 sessions in total made up as follows: Wed. afternoon and 2 each on Thurs and Fri.
This is due to the fact that Coach Mark Alleyne will be unable to arrive before Wednesday morning. The MCC has offered his services to conduct a level one type refresher Clinic for Cricket Coaches within the Federation. This clinic would be conducted under the auspices of the Len Harris Cricket Academy in Partnership with the Dept. of Sports and The MCC.
The following topics will be covered during the clinic:
Coaching Workshop
St Kitts and Nevis
Batting
Player Motivation
Watching other players
Adjusting your game
Trigger movements
Play late, play straight
Playing spin
Scoring runs, not surviving
Technique and Batting management
Working with strengths
Twenty/20
Fast Bowling
Art and science
Age groups
Outcome first, technique later
Engage the brain before the mouth
6- 8 metres
Fitness
Spin Bowling
How to coach spin?
Working with the bowler’s natural framework
Identifying talent
Twenty/20
Trying something new
Ask or tell?
Short term v long term
Fielding
How easy is coaching fielding?
How important is fielding?
How do you measure improvement?
Technique
Different age groups
Physicality
Wicket-keeping
Head, hands, feet and balance
Footwork drill
Characteristic of a keeper
Explosive footwork drill
Working with natural framework
Tennis racket drill
Standing up to the stumps
Head or Hands?
Nature or Nurture?
Half bat drill
Challenging players
Standing back drill
Posture
Diving drill
Any Coaches on Nevis who are interested can contact Ronald Powell so that they can be included in the very important exercise.
PROFILE ON Coach Mark Alleyne
Mark Wayne Alleyne MBE (born 23 May 1968 in Tottenham, London) is an English all-round cricketer who made ten One Day International appearances for England between 1998/99 and 2000/01. Mostly he batted in the middle of the order and bowled at medium pace, but he has also kept wicket for both England and his county, Gloucestershire.
Alleyne impressed early for Gloucestershire, scoring a century for them at 18 and a double-hundred at 22, being in both cases the youngest to achieve the feat for the county. He replaced Jack Russell as captain in 1997, and in 1999/00 made his England debut against Australia at Brisbane. In 2000 he led Gloucestershire to two one-day cups and the National League title, just missing out on promotion in the County Championship, his achievements winning him a Wisden Cricketer of the Year spot. In the ensuing few years he became renowned as a leading tactician in the one-day form of county cricket, leading Gloucestershire to 4 one day knockout cups in 6 years.
In 2001, however, his performances fell away somewhat, especially with the bat, and as of 2005 had never really recovered, Alleyne relinquishing the captaincy to Christopher Taylor in 2004. Indeed, he played just four county matches that year and did not make his first appearance in 2005 until 10 June.
After Coach John Bracewell left Gloucestershire Cricket Club to join the New Zealand Test Team, Mark took over as Head Coach at Gloucestershire between 2004 and 2007 narrowly missing out on the Twenty20 title in 2007.
He stood down as coach by mutual consent in February 2008 with nine months of his contract remaining. Alleyne then took up coaching at the National Performance Centre at Loughborough, where he coached the England Under-15s. In February 2009 he has been named as the new MCC head coach, succeeding Clive Radley, who is retiring after a 48 year association with Lord's.
Alleyne was awarded the MBE for services to cricket in the Queen's New Year Honours list for 2004.He is also Chairman of the Professional Cricket Coaches Association.
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