Smart idea?

Question

i read on sportingo that the south african team has been using conference calling to keep in touch throughout the ipl they have seen this as preparation for the england tour with time in the middle for their batsmen and bowlers was it smart idea and will it help then for the england tour and eventually australia

Answer 1

Here is the article

the IPL is being used by Graeme Smith and Co as a virtual net practice ahead of the tours to England to Oz. And with the help of technology for team members spread round the world, we can rebrand cricket's governing body as International Cricket Conference Calling.

'Smith is under Shane Warne's wing at the Rajasthan Royals and this mid-season injection, many believe, is exactly what the Proteas need'

A high-tech new media company based in Johannesburg has revealed that the South African cricket squad are benefiting from cutting-edge technology designed to use the IPL as virtual net practice for the Proteas' upcoming tour of England.

Normally, cricketers would have 'nets' which traditionally everyone criticises as a poor substitute for practice in the middle. South African cricket, it seems, has taken the concept of middle practice to its logical extreme. They have sourced high-tech video conferencing technology to ensure the IPL can be exploited to its maximum as preparation for successful tours of England and Australia during South Africa's 'Dream Season' in 2008.

The Proteas have had their players at Boot Camp IPL in India, where Graeme Smith, Dale Steyn, Morne Morkel, Makhaya Ntini, Mark Boucher, Jacques Kallis and others have been using the IPL as valuable middle practice.

The high-tech company has explained that they had been contracted to supply Smith with a virtual changing room where he can conference call the rest of his squad spread around India and the world along with Proteas' coach Mickey Arthur.

The $5m investment in technology is seen as strategic and testimony to the focus of the squad during 2008 which many punters are labelling the Proteas' dream season with the ICC throne as its goal.

With this in mind, the Proteas squad are intensively focused on the job at hand and the IPL is being exploited to its maximum, with the aid of technology, to ensure the South Africans will be primed for their English conquest en route to a predicted upset in Australia later this year.

Smith is under Shane Warne's wing at the Rajasthan Royals and this mid-season injection, many believe, is exactly what the Proteas need.

When South Africa become the number one in the world after vanquishing England and Australia in 2008, they will have completed an unrivalled sweep through, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies, Bangladesh, India, England and Australia.

As ICC ODI number one, the Proteas have redefined cricket intensity and will be remembered and probably unmatched for decades to come.

Answer 2

It sure is a smart idea.

Answer 3

I guess they should use everything to help their players. It sounds like a good idea.

Answer 4

i also read that article and i think it will help them because as it said there time in the middle is better than just a net session and i think there is a lot of intensity in these matches that you could never get in the nets the south african players are also gaining experience in different situations which will help them in future matches and the fact that the whole team are keeping in contact through video conferencing means they are still working on things together as a team so the coach and captain can help players with any faults that individual players find in their game