Edition 20 The Nightwatchman 2019–2020 Season Its all systems go in the machine that is South African cricket. All leagues and competitions are well underway and the work that coaches put in during the off season, will be evident as players show- case their skills and training on the field. There is no better practice than playing and this affords coaches the best opportunity to coach, being able to give real time feedback on the work put in leading up to the game, once the questions have been asked on the field. The 2019-2020 season has many questions hanging over it as a change in the system and pipeline at the top end is imminent. What the knock-on affect of this through the pipeline is going to be, is hard to tell, but there is much excitement in the region as SWD will be taking part in the new top tier of cricket in the professional era. The SWD Board of Directors took a decision to move the headquar- Inside this issue ters to George in line with this and so there is a lot to look forward to in the coming years. From a coaching perspective, this means that we as coaches should be trying as far as possible to SWD Provincial Men's news ........ 2 give our youngsters the best coaching possible so that their talent potential can be realized. I am SWD Provincial Women's news .. 3 sure every coach dreams of seeing one of their players grace the field in the home town team or Proteas. You never know who is passing through your hands as a coach and what an impact you can Coaching Corner ......................... 4 have on a young persons life (not only cricket) when they are under your guidance. It is our duty to continue to grow this country through sport and so I hope that this newsletter with some of the Coaching Corner ......................... 5 coaching tips, as well as the various coach development programs available to coaches, will assist Coach development news ........... 6 you in fulfilling your objectives when you are next out on the field with your players! CSA Coaches Academy ................ 7 I encourage you to get involved in one of the coaching forums in your regions and to continue to develop yourself as a coach and person. Coaches Corner ........................... 8 Garry Hampson—SWDC Coach Education Manager SWD contact details .................... 9 Special points of interest SWD COACHES FORUMS AND GROUPS • Karelse Richards debut for SWD If you are based in the SWD region ( from Plett - to Swellendam - to Beaufort West and all the towns in between) and you would like to join one of the coach development groups or forums, or would • Three SWD Women's players like additional information please submit your details by clicking here. Alternatively you can head included in CSA T20 Super League over to our websites coach development page and forward your details from there. Please note this • Coaching Tip: Building Confidence is only for coaches based in the SWD region. • Coaching Tip: Effective Coaching SWD SQUAD RICHARDS & CARELSE It has been a busy period for the SWD Senior Provincial team to date. August saw five T20 match- DEBUT FOR SWD es at Langenhoven Gymnasium vs the University of Stellenbosch (Maties) under the guidance of Ryan Bailey and three T20 matches vs Eastern Province in September, in preparation for the Two school learners, Heath Richards Provincial T20 Competition in Kimberley. These matches were hosted in Rheenendal (Knysna) by Keith Cretchley and his staff and what an amazing setting and facility for cricket they have. and Tyrece Karelse made their 1st class debuts against KZN Coastals at SWD played two Provincial Challenge and List A fixtures versus KZN Coastal and Free State re- spectively. Brendon Louw played his 100th First Class match vs KZN Coastal at Kingsmead, the Kingsmead in Durban. Both cricket- same team he made his first class debut against back in January 2010. Two up and coming under ers showed their talent in their first 19 boys, Tyrese Karelse and Heath Richards made their First Class and List A debuts while the two outings with Karelse scoring a union welcomed Renaldo Meyer and Richardt Frenz to the SWD team for the 2019/20 season. crucial 52 against KZN, while Rich- ards produced two different in- nings’ against Free State with a circumspect 41 in the 1st innings and a blistering 75 in the second innings with 6x4’s and 6x6’s. Tyrece Karelse plays his cricket for the Bridgton RPC which has been producing many fine cricketers under the guidance of its three coaches: Head Coach Elridge Booysen and his assistants Merlin Masimela and Anver Venter. Heath Richards is the second Glenwood- Top left: The SWD squad that took part house pupil to play for SWD in in the Africa T20 Cup and above: against Maties in the pre season T20 warm up recent years, following in Jean Du matches. Left: Brendan Louw (center) Plessis’s footsteps under the guid- before his 100th 1st class game at ance of Cricket Director Danie Oost- Kingsmead huizen and his team of coaches at Glenwoodhouse. Right: Keith Cretchley and his superb ground staff preparing one of their five fields set in the beautiful Rheenendal countryside, for the SWD teams warm up fixtures. A man with a passion for the game, Above Tyrece Karelse (Bridgton Keith has built these five fields in RPC) and below Heath Richards Rheenendal, just outside Knysna and (Glenwoodhouse) they play part to various festivals during the year and specifically the September holidays, as well as hosting friendly leagues which bring people from different communities together on the field. It is people like Keith who do things in this unselfish manner that deserve recognition and we would like to thank him and his staff for their efforts and passion for the game. We salute you! 2 SWD WOMENS SQUAD 2019 2020 will see a new face at the helm of women's crick- et in SWD after Shaun Pretorius took up the position of Head Coach: Gauteng Women's during the off season and his absence has left a very big gap. He put in a lot of hard work to develop the women's game in the region and he will be missed! SWD Women's cricket is growing, and growing healthily. More and more clubs are beginning to include women's teams in their set ups, following CSA’s Presidential Plan vi- sion and this has opened the doors for more women to play the game in our region. The SWD Women's squad has been hard at work preparing themselves for their first game which will kick off against EP in Oudtshoorn, at the Recrea- tion Ground on 19th October, followed by a game against the Border Women's XI in East London on the 23 Novem- ber. Interim Coach, Elridge Booysen has done a fine job of man- aging two programs whilst a suitable candidate is found to take over from Shaun, and his side with a number of talent- ed young players will be keen to start the season well Three SWD Women's players in CSA T20 Super League Three SWD Women's players were selected to take part in the Inaugural CSA T20 Super League. Two rounds will be played with the top players from the women's competition taking part alongside Protea Women's Squad players. The first round took place in September and our players did us proud! This is a great initiative by CSA to further develop and enhance the women's pipeline. Michaela Andrews, Jane Winster (both Union Stars CC) and Annerie Derksen (Sentraal High School and SWD Girls U19 Captain) were included in three of the four teams, in recog- Above left: Michaela Andrews, above right: Annerie Derksen and below: nition of their performances for the SWD Women's and U19 Jane Winster who took part in the inaugural CSA T20 Women's Super teams. League. The women will again take the field at the end of the year in the final set of games. We wish them well! 3 COACHES CORNER: YouTube links BUILDING CONFIDENCE Our YouTube suggestions this month If you ask a top coach what is a crucial the level they would like to be, are the focus on fielding . Although from the aspect to a player performing at the challenging ones. archives, no fielding discussion would highest level, confidence and self confi- be complete without a mention of dence specifically will be a common Ultimately every coach would like to hit every match with a team full of self con- the man who revolutionized fielding theme mentioned. In my opinion, confi- fident players. This however is very rare- at the 1992 World Cup. The first one dence underpins all performances. ly the case and it is your job to know is with our very own Jonty Rhodes. We are not talking about self esteem your players inside out, what makes We hope you find these video clips them tick and what ticks them off, so useful and that you can translate here (the two are often confused) be- that you know who needs a confidence them into drills to use with your age cause that is something you as a coach cannot change, but can only manage it boost. There are different ways you can group and team. do this and each coach may have his or better. Players with high self esteem Jonty Rhodes Fielding Master Class her own approach, but when perfor- https://youtu.be/2ppk84W1-2Y find, ‘finding’ confidence easier.