Exactly. You just have to look at the myriad of players whose confidence has been dented by an event to see the effect it can have on a career. If confidence means nothing, you may as well just pick players who are 25 and younger because physical skills just diminish after that.Richard - still failing to understand basic sports pyschology.
It's called confidence son, and it helps massively with professional sport.
monica seles is the best example.. someone who was on the way to becoming one of the best of all time became a lesser player after the stabbing.. even the time she took to go back on court was reflective of the dent the attack had created in her psyche..Exactly. You just have to look at the myriad of players whose confidence has been dented by an event to see the effect it can have on a career. If confidence means nothing, you may as well just pick players who are 25 and younger because physical skills just diminish after that.
Contractor would be another onemonica seles is the best example.. someone who was on the way to becoming one of the best of all time became a lesser player after the stabbing.. even the time she took to go back on court was reflective of the dent the attack had created in her psyche..
I wouldn't imagine Wasim was bowling at Dravid in 1991, given Dravid was still 5 years from playing for India.Still amazes me everytime I see it, such a magnificent delivery. Not quite as good as Wasim Akram's ball to dismiss Rahul Dravid in 1991, but a special piece of cricket nonetheless.
I'm not.richard... you dont have to bluff so hard...
I'm aware of that. I just don't go saying things that are wrong and then saying "oh yeah that was wrong". If things were wrong I wouldn't say them.it is just a chat forum... there are no prizes for not blinking for too long...
No they're not. Hick patently required everything to be in place for him to succeed. Everyone who knew him well spoke of this. His temperament was fragile. If he felt wanted and comfortable, then things could click for him and he could be an excellent player. But he didn't, and this happened pretty much perminantly from 1996 onwards, then he was awful. He was not someone who lacked confidence all career and could not ever get it.your last few posts about about hick having "right circumstances to succeed" and every team barring west indies being "one man attack" in the 80s are beyond ridiculous..
Nonsense.and people mistaking shot selection for mental strength!!!!!!!!!! it is the most idiotic statement i have ever heard!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
It's "hijacked". And no, I haven't - threads aren't there for hijacking.by making one provocative statement about confidence and self belief having no role in the success of a cricketer you have high jacked the thread.. now all your time is spent on defending yourself, since you cant defend your points..
How on Earth is "gaining confidence" akin to "gaining mental strength"? The whole point is that mental strength is something which means you're, if you like, perminantly confident. Your fear of failure is very low.yes. you can. in simple english it is called gaining in confidence; the opposite of which is - yes, you guessed it right - losing it. and this phenomenon happens in either direction all the time to everyone alive. and this has a bearing on success or failure in whatever they do.
This is simply madness. Where on Earth have I said "confidence means nothing"?Exactly. You just have to look at the myriad of players whose confidence has been dented by an event to see the effect it can have on a career. If confidence means nothing, you may as well just pick players who are 25 and younger because physical skills just diminish after that.
Haha, whoops. I meant 1999. Will edit now to avoid confusion, thanks.I wouldn't imagine Wasim was bowling at Dravid in 1991, given Dravid was still 5 years from playing for India.
Butterflies...It didn't, though. It cost England a World Cup victory, but that's it.
Australia's Test revivial didn't start for another 2 years, and had zero to do with the victory in the 1987 World Cup.
Australia's Test revivial didn't start for another 2 years, and had zero to do with the victory in the 1987 World Cup.
Yeah, of course, Australia's Test performances in 1987/88 and 1988/89 were superlative, weren't they?Wrong again, never mind.
Yeah, of course, Australia's Test performances in 1987/88 and 1988/89 were superlative, weren't they?
....and David Boon saysAustralia's Test revivial didn't start for another 2 years, and had zero to do with the victory in the 1987 World Cup.
So people can choose to believe someone who regularly posts utter nonsense or someone who was involved at the time in the closest possible way.David Boon said:The 1987 World Cup victory was certainly a turning point. It gave us confidence and helped the rebuilding of Australian cricket.