Psycho-Tonic Training for Cricketers Singh Ram Mohan Author

Cricket- they say is ninety percent mental and ten percent skill, yet the time and effort taken to work and improve on this aspect at the grass root level has hardly received the attention it deserves.At the International level there are support staff for just about everything But nothing has been done to mentally train cricketers during their formative years which marks a critical phase in shaping his/her career.This is more profound in cricketers of Asian origin.Cricket at any level can be highly intense because of intensity of competition corresponding to their age and exposure.Hence,there is definite need to learn the methods of handling pressure and be able to focus in trying, match and playing conditions. It is virtually impossible for players to change overnight. Therefore appropriate psychological training at grass root or school level should be incorporated in regular training of a cricketer so that he/she matures both mentally and physically as he/she improves to higher levels. Given the popularity of the sport in country like India,the young children seem to have a natural flair for cricket.Effort on the mental aspect will go a long way in making them not good but great