‘Stop mixing up T20 with traditional cricket’, says schoolboy coach

This season, the ISSA Rural T20 competition has played next to the ISSA / Grace Headley Cup. The final of the T20 competition is played champions St Elizabeth Technical High School (STETHS) and Vere Technical High today between defending.

A week ago, STETHS defeated Manchester High in the semifinals to reach the final of the T20. Just two days before this STETHS topped Vere Technical High gain in a drawn three-day match at the Headley Cup, and earlier this week the same school urban master Excelsior High over three days defeated the All-Island Spalding Cup take.

Barnes said the intricate schedule involved T20 cricket - which requires a fast evaluation and unorthodox approaches - and the more traditional longer format - which requires an orthodox approach - could lead to confusion for young cricketers; and also makes the work of the coach more difficult.


"We are talking about young people, we are trying (Trainer) to teach the basics of cricket," Barnes said.
He identified the case of bats, to emphasize the point. Batsmen, he said, should the need for proper shot selection are taught at an early date; any ball to play on merit; and as much as possible to play with a straight bat. The technical concept was developed by coaches performed cricketer for the traditional formats of the game and prepare for so long should remain the basis of their approach, as they played cricket.

But in T20 cricket, it was often necessary for batsmen because of the need, disobedient to score some of the basic teachings quickly.

"In T20s to take them sometimes from the outside stump a ball and hit it through the onside, because they quickly need a goal, and that is the easiest way to get boundaries," Barnes said.

The coach Manchester High said the current, less given than ideal situation, it made sense for the organizers to the Inter Schools Sports Association, plan the longer traditional formats in the season before, so coaches strive to build a strong technical base.

Then he suggested that the T20 format could be played. This he felt would reduce the sense of confusion for young cricketers struggling to organize their art. It would also make life easier for trainers, he said.

Barnes made it clear that he need Twenty20 Cricket understanding in schools, because "that's the way the world of cricket goes" and young people must be able to play this version.

He also admitted that the crowded sports plan in schools for Issa made it difficult. Already, he pointed out, the students cricket season clashes directly with athletics.

He suggested that additional time games on Saturdays and weekdays could be found by playing Headley Cup. Perhaps the T20 format is could also be extended to research in order approaching the end of the school year, Barnes said.