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Shane Watson Wants To Impart Knowledge On Mental Aspect Of Sports
Watson said that mental aspect of the game is equally important.
Written by CricketCountry Staff
Published: Jun 01, 2022, 08:31 PM (IST)
Edited: Jun 02, 2022, 08:37 AM (IST)

New Delhi: Delhi Capitals’ assistant coach Shane Watson had a fantastic career as a batsman and now he wants to share his knowledge with the other players, especially on the mental aspect of the sport.
“I find the mental side of the sport super interesting and I am obsessed with it. The players show incredible skill in the nets when they play without pressure. But once they go into the game, the players’ mental environment changes significantly,” Watson said during ‘The Delhi Capitals’ Podcast.
The Assistant Coach further added that he is looking to pass on knowledge about the mental aspect of the game to as many cricketers as possible.
Watson stated, “I have spent a lot of time developing my knowledge about this side of the game. Everything is always built around technique. Usually, coaches try to correct players’ technique, but there’s no chat about mindset and if your mindset is not right, then you won’t be able to execute your skills.”
He further added, “That’s why one of my main focus points as a coach is to pass on the knowledge of the mental side of the sport to as many cricketers as I can.”
The former Australian opener also spoke about how he has helped Rovman Powell be at his best during IPL 2022, “Everyone has an internal dialogue going on in their minds. We are in control of those dialogues, but most of us don’t exercise control over those dialogues. Usually, the internal chats are negative thoughts such as fear of failure, don’t make that mistake again, you should be better than that and so on and so forth.”
Watson further added, “But if you want to, you can be in control of your thoughts and redirect them to the right thoughts at the right time, which helps from a performance point of view. Rovman understood that and was able to redirect his thoughts.”
He explained how he worked with Powell. Watson said,” We never really deeply define the best version of ourselves from a mental skills perspective. Working with Rovman and deeply defining his best version helped him. And you could see in the game that he got us home against KKR (Powell scored 33* runs off 16 balls).”
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“He was there to own it when he walked out to bat. He was exactly where he needed to be. In the end, this doesn’t guarantee you the results you’re looking for, but you’ve given yourself the best chance and that’s exactly what Rovman did,” he concluded.