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‘Talking Tactically’ with Lachlan Tighe..... (a new weekly edition, commenced 12/9/2001, of thoughts, observations and commentaries on developments for bowls coaching and competition)
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"Seeing is believing" |
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(edition fourteen, 12/12/2001, of thoughts & observations on lawn bowls) The article this week is another version of last weeks ‘seeing is believing’. I referred to the views of a respected Australian football coach last week on the value of young talented footballers observing the best players in major competitions. Well, today we are on the other side of the world and in our own sport hearing the same stuff from none other than the newly appointed national coach of England, Tony Alcock. In his column in Bowls International titled ‘Thought to skipping’ Tony Allcock, who is also an England International bowler noted that ‘…as a youth I was not allowed on the green which meant hours of watching and exposure to the tactics over many years’ ‘…such lengthy watching / observation gained a foundation of knowledge by following the style and good examples of international players’ ‘… compare this to a club players mediocre approach where I saw 2 former world champs practice in readiness for forthcoming world events and the supposed good club players went off on other rinks and did their own practice rather than sit, observe and learn from the former world champs’ ‘…if I were a rising star I would make it my business to grasp the opportunity to learn from the best and hope this would enable me to set my objectives and achieve my goals; perhaps this is just the difference’ And that is why those two scribes in sport are /were the best in their sport. Both Walls and Allcock pump the same message : it reinforces the ‘thinking hard, hardly thinking’ approach I laid out earlier; if a leading international bowler, who is also recently appointed England national coach too, and a former great of AFL football both encourage us to watch and learn from the best, why are we not seeing more elite squad bowlers and budding champs in bowls watching major events. Over the next bowls season when you play in major events, plan to watch the best in the tournament. Learn from your own game, and, learn by using what is above your shoulders when observing the best competitors who go on to win the event(s). Lets hope one day that is you ( on a regular basis). "Good Bowling"
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Previous coaching columns by Lachlan Tighe |
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