'I try and instill faith in the players and give them self-belief and really empower them to be the best they can be'
The above line had been quoted after one of his winning matches by Steve Waugh,one of the most inspirational leaders in sports and society.
Steve Waugh started off as a talented cricketer at the age of 17. While playing first grade cricket in Sydney ,he was selected for the New South Wales side, and wore the baggy green cap for the first time in 1985 when he was on a tour of South Africa.
In 1985,Steve Waugh started playing representative cricket for Australia and finally retired in January 2004. He continued palying for eighteen long years in which he produced some outstanding moments in the history of Australian sporting. …show more content…
The hardest part of the job was that he had to reveal the news to Ian Healy that he had been dropped from the game. He had no doubts that Healy was very good but he also knew that it was best for the team. So, instead of hesitating and frowning over the decision,he went upto Healy and told him outrightly what was wrong with,what fronts he could improve on and why he had been dropped. He didn’t outrightly blame the selection team and sympathized with healy because he knew that was not the right thing to do.
“PERSEVERENCE/MATURITY”
People who get run out challenge the umpire’s decision or fume and abuse or whatever, but everytime Steve just turned around and walked away, He never challenged anybody’s decision and also tried to inculcate the same in his team
Later he gave a press statement “We’ve made a conscious decision for this series that we’ll endeavor to accept every decision. Disputes never look good on TV and they replay it many times. Sometimes you don’t realise how bad it looks. The Australian team will be trying to accept every decision in the best way possible . . . We’ve stepped out of line a couple of
The above line had been quoted after one of his winning matches by Steve Waugh,one of the most inspirational leaders in sports and society.
Steve Waugh started off as a talented cricketer at the age of 17. While playing first grade cricket in Sydney ,he was selected for the New South Wales side, and wore the baggy green cap for the first time in 1985 when he was on a tour of South Africa.
In 1985,Steve Waugh started playing representative cricket for Australia and finally retired in January 2004. He continued palying for eighteen long years in which he produced some outstanding moments in the history of Australian sporting. …show more content…
The hardest part of the job was that he had to reveal the news to Ian Healy that he had been dropped from the game. He had no doubts that Healy was very good but he also knew that it was best for the team. So, instead of hesitating and frowning over the decision,he went upto Healy and told him outrightly what was wrong with,what fronts he could improve on and why he had been dropped. He didn’t outrightly blame the selection team and sympathized with healy because he knew that was not the right thing to do.
“PERSEVERENCE/MATURITY”
People who get run out challenge the umpire’s decision or fume and abuse or whatever, but everytime Steve just turned around and walked away, He never challenged anybody’s decision and also tried to inculcate the same in his team
Later he gave a press statement “We’ve made a conscious decision for this series that we’ll endeavor to accept every decision. Disputes never look good on TV and they replay it many times. Sometimes you don’t realise how bad it looks. The Australian team will be trying to accept every decision in the best way possible . . . We’ve stepped out of line a couple of