Julien Fountain ambitious to raise fielding standard of Pakistani Players – Cricket News Update
Pakistan’s new fielding coach, Julien Fountain, is confident that his methods of training can bring a major improvement in one of the weakest areas of the national team.
Fountain, who took charge on March 4 2012, believes that fielding is as important as any other area of the game and has planned to start an intensive training regime to bring the Pakistani players upto par with International standards. The new coach is ancitipating
keen participation from members of the national squad in his proposed regime.
“Fielding is a skill, which must be learnt exactly like batting or bowling. The old days where certain players were allowed to skip fielding practice due to their seniority are long gone,” said Fountain.
While the cricketing elites have all been keen on raising their fielding standards, Pakistani players are generally known to be lax in the field at times. To prevent such lapses in the modern-day game, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Pakistan-c755 Cricket Board (PCB) appointed a qualified and
experienced foreign coach in Fountain to ensure that the Green Shirts progress, and improve under his guidance.
We want the players to understand that we have no preexisting thoughts about them. Everybody will be judged on their performance, plain and simple,” said the newly appointed coach.
Fountain will be using a modern technique for analyzing the players' fielding capabilities - a computer programme called “Direct Hit”. This special training programme will facilitate the coaching staff in thoroughly examining the performances of each player
during particular training sessions.
According to the 41-year-old English mentor, his ultimate objective is to not only bring improvement in the national side’s fielding, but also to work on domestic players – laying a platform for everyone to follow from the grass-root levels. However, the
former Windies’ coach asserted that one must not expect quick results, and the process will take time.
“You cannot just coach the top 25 cricketers in the country and leave it at that. You have to get the message out into domestic cricket, into school cricket and specifically to the coaches on the ground,” he explained.
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