On a hot sultry afternoon there can be nothing more motivating than a energizing Straight Drive conversation and This time it was up close with the Cool as a Cucumber-Coach Kedar.
Kedar has represented Tamil Nadu state in Cricket and at all levels with distinction. He comes across as a very simple, humble and straight forward cricketer who loves his plate of curd rice ever so more. Currently he is based in New Zealand as a coach for one of the clubs there. In His experience he has played club cricket both in New Zealand and Australia.
Tallboyk can never really be silent as he is the correspondent, photographer,parent, multiple roles into one, so when he is at the ground you can find him trying to get sound bytes from anyone around. Well for those of you who dont know, tallboyk is the short form of TallboyKarthik who also is a large hearted Ashwin fan who loves photography and blogging. Any ways its back to Kedar and Tallboyk who we requested to cover this feature of Straight Drive:
TallBoyk: How did you develop a love for cricket?
Kedar:I started playing at the age of seven,My elder brother Guru was playing cricket. I would come back home from school and since there was nothing much to do at home , I would tag along with him for practice, rest all is history.
Tallboyk: Tell us something about your Early Days as a Coach
Kedar: I started my coaching days in Australia,Melbourne in the summer of 2012. I went as an overseas player. The concerned club coach asked me if I would be interested in taking up a coaching stint, it was by chance that I got into coaching
TallBoyk: Any Differences that you noticed in the Coaching Methodologies between the sub continent system and the ones being practiced in Australia.
Kedar: It is more player focused. it is more transparent and player centric. There it is always about how a player can contribute to a teams success. There is more emphasis that is laid on how a player fits into the system and how one can develop as a player.
Glad that we are talking the same language as the Aussies at Gen-next Cricket Institute
Tallboyk decided to venture into the hitherto un-traversed territories, Kedars childhood memories with Ashwin
Kedar: Ash was with PSBB and I was studying at St. Bedes. I recall Santosh taking Ashwins wicket at MAC-B , clean bowled!!!! We used to play together when we were 14 years old. During one of the tournament tours, while we were travelling together to Goa, the train halted at one of the stations. All of us including Ashwin got off the train on to the platform when one man similar looking to Shirdi Sai Baba approached us, uttered just two words, "Tirupati Sai" and walked away, for the rest of the tour, "Tirupati Sai became the catch phrase for all of us. Till date we do not know who he was.
The Naughty side of Ashwin
Since we would travel and stay together, the night halts at the hotel would be full of pranks. For those of us who who were strong at heart, we would turn spooky and scare the wits out of the others. Pranks would include covering ourselves up with blankets and creating an eerie Ghosty experience. We also turned a bit tech-savy when it came to scaring others. From outside the room we would point the remote control at the mirror and the TV would switch off, mysteriously enough spooky enough not for us but for those in the room. We really did have some great fun together. There were many such incidents. Maybe you could talk to Ashwin and he would be able to tell you more such incidents. Invariably the master of ceremonies of such kind of incidents would be Naughty Boy Ashwin.
Good enough for Tallboyk, Point noted my lord, I have him on my radar for the next session of Straight Drive.
TallBoyk: What is your advice to Parents like me?
Kedar: Enjoy the game and allow the child to enjoy the game. Dont force the child on to the game. Team sport is important as it builds the child's character. Passion is very important.
Tallboyk: Is there any link between sports and academics.
Kedar: Playing sports will help academics as it helps in focus and concentration and makes the child and Happy.
Tallboyk: What is your advice to players going through lean patches?
Kedar: It is hard and every player experiences it. How it is handled differentiates between players. Maturity, support staff and family comes in handy in such times.
Tallboyk: You have played in Australia, the land where sledging has its roots, Your thoughts on Sledging?
Kedar: It can either affect or enhance a player. I enjoyed it. Australians dont abuse or shout, they are smart. Chatter on the field revolves around things like,:Why is the club paying you. you are not good enough. You cant play short pitch bowling or you are from the sub continent, you can only play spin bowling, very much in the face type of sledging but I would enjoy it. Sledging is very subjective, either let it pass, motivate you or be affected by it. Australians play hard on the field and nothing off it.
Tallboyk: How do players learn to react to Umpiring decisions? What role does coaching have here?
Kedar: Learning discipline is very important. Its not just about umpiring alone. Its about inculcating core values.
Tallboyk: Why are we lagging behind in other Sports(Other than Cricket)? Does coaching have a role or a lack of Talent:
Kedar:At the moment in India there is a huge gap between Cricket and other sports, in the last five years the scenario is changing with the corporates playing a very important role. It is going to take time, will not happen overnight. If there is a structure in place India should develop into a sporting nation in the next ten years time.
Tallboyk: If you were not a cricketer what would you have been?
Kedar: Something in the Field Of Technology.
Tallboyk: One Word for Cricket?
Kedar: Passion
Meanwhile it was great having a lovely conversation with Coach Kedar and there is a lot to ponder around his hard hitting answers, while for tallboyk it it is long cherished dream to blog about his Cricketing Hero Ashwin.
Till Tallboyk decides to engage the next superstar at Gen-next Cricket Institute its goodbye from all of us. Keep reading more!!!
Kedar has represented Tamil Nadu state in Cricket and at all levels with distinction. He comes across as a very simple, humble and straight forward cricketer who loves his plate of curd rice ever so more. Currently he is based in New Zealand as a coach for one of the clubs there. In His experience he has played club cricket both in New Zealand and Australia.
Tallboyk can never really be silent as he is the correspondent, photographer,parent, multiple roles into one, so when he is at the ground you can find him trying to get sound bytes from anyone around. Well for those of you who dont know, tallboyk is the short form of TallboyKarthik who also is a large hearted Ashwin fan who loves photography and blogging. Any ways its back to Kedar and Tallboyk who we requested to cover this feature of Straight Drive:
TallBoyk: How did you develop a love for cricket?
Kedar:I started playing at the age of seven,My elder brother Guru was playing cricket. I would come back home from school and since there was nothing much to do at home , I would tag along with him for practice, rest all is history.
Tallboyk: Tell us something about your Early Days as a Coach
Kedar: I started my coaching days in Australia,Melbourne in the summer of 2012. I went as an overseas player. The concerned club coach asked me if I would be interested in taking up a coaching stint, it was by chance that I got into coaching
TallBoyk: Any Differences that you noticed in the Coaching Methodologies between the sub continent system and the ones being practiced in Australia.
Kedar: It is more player focused. it is more transparent and player centric. There it is always about how a player can contribute to a teams success. There is more emphasis that is laid on how a player fits into the system and how one can develop as a player.
Glad that we are talking the same language as the Aussies at Gen-next Cricket Institute
Tallboyk decided to venture into the hitherto un-traversed territories, Kedars childhood memories with Ashwin
Kedar: Ash was with PSBB and I was studying at St. Bedes. I recall Santosh taking Ashwins wicket at MAC-B , clean bowled!!!! We used to play together when we were 14 years old. During one of the tournament tours, while we were travelling together to Goa, the train halted at one of the stations. All of us including Ashwin got off the train on to the platform when one man similar looking to Shirdi Sai Baba approached us, uttered just two words, "Tirupati Sai" and walked away, for the rest of the tour, "Tirupati Sai became the catch phrase for all of us. Till date we do not know who he was.
The Naughty side of Ashwin
Since we would travel and stay together, the night halts at the hotel would be full of pranks. For those of us who who were strong at heart, we would turn spooky and scare the wits out of the others. Pranks would include covering ourselves up with blankets and creating an eerie Ghosty experience. We also turned a bit tech-savy when it came to scaring others. From outside the room we would point the remote control at the mirror and the TV would switch off, mysteriously enough spooky enough not for us but for those in the room. We really did have some great fun together. There were many such incidents. Maybe you could talk to Ashwin and he would be able to tell you more such incidents. Invariably the master of ceremonies of such kind of incidents would be Naughty Boy Ashwin.
Good enough for Tallboyk, Point noted my lord, I have him on my radar for the next session of Straight Drive.
TallBoyk: What is your advice to Parents like me?
Kedar: Enjoy the game and allow the child to enjoy the game. Dont force the child on to the game. Team sport is important as it builds the child's character. Passion is very important.
Tallboyk: Is there any link between sports and academics.
Kedar: Playing sports will help academics as it helps in focus and concentration and makes the child and Happy.
Tallboyk: What is your advice to players going through lean patches?
Kedar: It is hard and every player experiences it. How it is handled differentiates between players. Maturity, support staff and family comes in handy in such times.
Tallboyk: You have played in Australia, the land where sledging has its roots, Your thoughts on Sledging?
Kedar: It can either affect or enhance a player. I enjoyed it. Australians dont abuse or shout, they are smart. Chatter on the field revolves around things like,:Why is the club paying you. you are not good enough. You cant play short pitch bowling or you are from the sub continent, you can only play spin bowling, very much in the face type of sledging but I would enjoy it. Sledging is very subjective, either let it pass, motivate you or be affected by it. Australians play hard on the field and nothing off it.
Tallboyk: How do players learn to react to Umpiring decisions? What role does coaching have here?
Kedar: Learning discipline is very important. Its not just about umpiring alone. Its about inculcating core values.
Tallboyk: Why are we lagging behind in other Sports(Other than Cricket)? Does coaching have a role or a lack of Talent:
Kedar:At the moment in India there is a huge gap between Cricket and other sports, in the last five years the scenario is changing with the corporates playing a very important role. It is going to take time, will not happen overnight. If there is a structure in place India should develop into a sporting nation in the next ten years time.
Tallboyk: If you were not a cricketer what would you have been?
Kedar: Something in the Field Of Technology.
Tallboyk: One Word for Cricket?
Kedar: Passion
Meanwhile it was great having a lovely conversation with Coach Kedar and there is a lot to ponder around his hard hitting answers, while for tallboyk it it is long cherished dream to blog about his Cricketing Hero Ashwin.
Till Tallboyk decides to engage the next superstar at Gen-next Cricket Institute its goodbye from all of us. Keep reading more!!!
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