As a kid, when you pick up the bat and hit your first ball, it feels heavenly. There won't be many kids who don't like batting. However, when the kid starts growing up and starts playing well, expectations start growing from within the house & from coaches to perform. Once this happens, I personally feel the joy of bat hitting the ball or just having fun playing the wonderful game somehow starts dimming. Disclaimer: I am not a psychologist or a certified professional cricket coach. All the tips below are from my experience of overcoming challenges during my life and almost all of them relate to how you face or react to a particular situation. Here are my tips to approach batting: 1. Just enjoy the game 2. When you prepare to face the first ball, take a few deep breaths and release it slowly 3. You need to hear just dead air and your eyes focused towards the bowler 4. If you get beaten, repeat #2 and get ready again. If you do this, I guarant...
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