Joe Ashdown Sports: Cricket Coaching

My philosophy has always stayed consistent over the years, Just Do It!

I am constantly learning, challenging myself in the practices I use and the way I communicate. Just Do It for me means providing an environment for the players I work with, to have confidence in themselves to perform. Fear of failure holds a lot of cricketers back- the way I coach builds confidence, I look to teach players thats its okay to fail, in fact its how we get better at our skills. I want the players to Just Do It without fear of failure.

Below are the main principles that have always stuck with me since starting to coach back in 2007.

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• Athlete at the Heart: Coach the Player not the skills, everyone is different, and has their own unique way of performing.

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• Keeping it Simple: Cricket is a simple a game, score one more run than the opposition and you win the game. My Coaching reflects this in the way I communicate and deliver the sessions: 

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• #LearnFromEverything: Seeing that every situation is an opportunity to learn. Cricket is a game which requires a huge amount of resilience, the way we react to winning/losing/failure/success is crucial to improving,

• Just Do It: I want the players I work with to play with freedom, just do it, regardless of mistakes, failure or how you look/perceive you might look. The environment I create within my sessions will ensure that this is the case, failing is a huge part of learning, it will happen, and without failing we will not improve.

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