The 58-year-old says his core philosophy has all the time been to offer your very best
Shahid Anwar credited Pakistan’s profitable Asia Cup marketing campaign to months of laborious work. Photograph: PCB
Discussing his teaching philosophy, 58-year-old Shahid stated that whereas the core rules stay unchanged at each stage, teaching an U19 aspect requires a singular method.
“My core philosophy has all the time been to offer your very best in no matter you’re doing within the current. In the event you try this wholeheartedly, you permit your self with no regrets.
“On the U19 stage, our accountability is to look at, diagnose after which put together a transparent plan for execution. Alongside cricket, we focus closely on character constructing and life-style as a result of these gamers are making ready for a lot larger challenges forward.
“After getting recognized what must be carried out, you have to belief the method. The result’s by no means totally in our fingers, however the high quality of our execution definitely is.”
Shahid, who has scored 12,100 runs from 216 first-class matches credited Pakistan’s profitable Asia Cup marketing campaign to months of laborious work, with the teaching workers repeatedly reinforcing the significance of focusing solely on elements throughout the workforce’s management.
“We consistently reminded the gamers to focus solely on what they might management. Climate, umpiring choices and different exterior elements are past us, however our preparation, angle and execution are all the time inside our management. Repeating this message all through our camps helped the gamers keep calm and assured in stress conditions.”
On PCB Chairman Mohsin Naqvi saying incentives for the gamers following Pakistan’s Asia Cup triumph, Shahid stated:
“This was the primary time that the Chairman himself got here to the venue. He joined the celebrations and introduced the workforce again with nice honour. Not solely did he introduce the gamers to the Military Chief and the Prime Minister, however he additionally gave immense respect to each participant. The Chairman hung out with the complete squad, spoke to every participant and made everybody really feel valued.”
Reflecting on the way forward for Pakistan’s rising cricketers, Shahid expressed confidence within the present crop of U19 gamers and burdened the significance of first-class cricket of their improvement.
“The expertise is there. Now the problem is to assist these gamers convert begins into lengthy innings and proceed studying the calls for of longer-format cricket. Endurance, ardour and steady laborious work are qualities that can in the end put together them for worldwide cricket.”
