Sunday 17 April 2011

THE MAN WHO IS CLOSEST TO THE PLAYERS...PERFORMANCE COACH - JEREMY SNAPE

JEREMY - WE'VE HAD 2 AMAZING WINS & 1 LOSS, CAN YOU GIVE US SOME FEEDBACK FROM THE GAME AGAINST KKR...?
  

" WE PLAYED A REASONABLE GAME, CAME UP AGAINST A TOP CLASS BATTING DISPLAY FROM KALIS AND GAMBHIR.  THE SECOND HALF OF THE GAME WAS PLAYED UNDER LIGHTS AND THAT ALSO SEEMED TO HAVE A FAVOURABLE IMPACT OF THE BATTING CONDITIONS.


"IN TERMS OF OUR BOWLING – THERE IS VERY LITTLE MARGIN FOR ERROR WHEN BOWLING AGAINST ANY OF THE WORLD'S TOP BATSMAN , IN HIDNSIGHT, BEEN ABLE TO TIGHTEN OUR GAME PLANS FROM WHAT WE SAW IN KKR’S SUCCESS.


AND HOW ARE THE TEAM GETTING ON...?


"WE'VE HAD A GREAT START TO THE TOURNAMENT, BRINGING A TEAM OF 20 DIFFERENT PEOPLE TOGETHER IS ALWAYS A UNIQUE CHALLENEGE OF THE IPL, BUT WITH SOME OF THE WORK THAT WE'VE DONE WE FEEL LIKE WE'RE AT AN ADVANTAGE.
SO NOW IT COMES DOWN TO MAINTAINING THAT TEAM SPIRIT AND INDIVIDUALS EXECUTING THEIR GAME PLANS."


"AS WITH MOST TEAMS ITS NOT A SHORTAGE OF INFORMATION THAT IS A BLOCK TO PERFORMANCE BUT IT'S HOW THAT KNOWLEDGE IS SHARED AROUND. WE'VE BEEN LUCKY  WITH OUR OVERSEAS PLAYERS, AND THE LIKES OF RAHUL DRAVID IN THEIR KEENESS TO MENTOR AND SHARE THEIR EXPERIENCES WITH LOCALS TEAM PLAYERS. "


TELL US MORE ABOUT YOU... MOVIES ... MUSIC?


" 'GLADIATOR'  IS A CLASSIC AND MOTIVATES ME, BUT IN TERMS OF HAVING A LAUGH -  'THE HANGOVER' IS A GREAT FILM"
" MUSIC... I LIKE IRISH BAND 'THE SCRIPT' / MINISTRY OF SOUND DANCE CLASSICS / ANYTHING CHEESEY! "

THANKS JEREMY, GOOD LUCK TODAY

"THANKS ALOT"

YOU CAN FOLLOW OUR PERFORMANCE COACH ON TWITTER AT @thesportingedge or visit his website thesportingedge.co.uk

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