when you hear these words the message you get is the person who has said them means business and if you want to trade with him better be in shape than sorry...
but is shape of yuvraj or rohit sharma the real problem...?
i have seen many a waistlines which borders way out of conventional shape yet they were/are good on field and not only with their primary skills... and if shape is the issue then what one would say about players like nehra etc... who seems to be in perfect shape and yet are liabilities in the field...?
there will always be some players who will be ambitious enough only to the level of being in the team by putting just the amount of effort that will escape them axe... there will always be players who would be unwilling to challenge themselves... to either raise their game to next level... to develop the secondary skills to offer some value addition to the team...
but then why we have system in place for...?
although our 'bunch of jokers' often provide lip service to the fitness issue but when it comes to really walk the talk they either develop selective (or collective) amnesia... or just don't have balls to put the foot down... the result... even if the player in question is no way near the fitness level required at international level... they keep selecting him as if his place is reserved for life...
why would a player in question then put that extra yard when he knows he will be the automatic choice come the time for next selection...?
if our 'bunch of jokers' declare that they would put premium on fitness as much as they put on primary skill and stick to it... we will definitely see the change in mindsets of those who are spared or allowed to become lethargic...
the case in point is sehwag... after being dropped from team india after that fateful SA tour... the first thing he worked on was his fitness... all that while when he was in team and developing that tyre around his waist he never thought on working on it and the 'realisation' took no less than suffering the ignominy of being dropped from the team to work on his fitness... so it was not a coincidence that when he made a successful come back to team india... he was lighter by few kilos...
this brings me to question... india has had history of appointing captain series to series basis... why can't they do the same for the fitness too...?
so mister harsha... i think you are knocking the wrong door... the real culprits are not those players... but some 'bunch of jokers' who are letting them off the hook time and again... and getting paid for it...
shape up or ship out...
shared by straight point on Saturday, May 29, 2010
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there will always be players who would be unwilling to challenge themselves
Also, some players reach that level where they fail to challenge themselves much before we expect them to.
Harsha is correct in a way...the onus is on the pro sportsman to keep himself fighting fit with full desire..your point is an extention of this..
When a pro sportsman is not willing to take that responsibility anymore...for whatever reason, then it shifts to the selectors to take remedial action.
Ab mann nahin karta mehnat karne ka...bit of success does that to most of us. A tennis player after a small success shifte to doubles rather than take the challenge to break through singles. Something like that...a star in India can quickly lose motivational factors if his/her mind isn't growing alongside.
only a few handful have the desire to keep running keep evolving... we can not expect that to be norm...
so if we want to make it a norm then we will have to put the right system with teeth in place... and that is where i think harsha missed the point... not every body can be sachin, dravid... but system can make or rather force them to have minimum level of work ethics in place...
Their international cricketers though, if you can't keep yourself in a level of fitness worthy of a professional what the heck are you doing!?
Yes the board are to blame to a degree, but the players are to blame just as much.
welcome at sp darks... hope you will keep dropping by...
as i said its not a norm as 'every' player is not supremely motivated... but to make it a norm we have to build the environment around them that compels them to think/behave that way...
just to give you an example... the moment we step in a library our decibel level goes to almost mute level... why...?
Your argument is like saying I did not do quality work because the last time I messed up you did not fire me. So the blame lies with my manager who continues to tolerate my substandard work.
no gol... on contrary my argument is the company/system for which i work for does not tolerate mediocrity... i need to continually improve my skills... meet targets... pass exams to work-up the ladder...
so here if i may be personally lazy but system forces me to be alert... much like the same way when we go abroad we suddenly develop sense of civics and discipline coz we know there (potent) system is watching...
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