{"id":107,"date":"2023-02-27T13:27:00","date_gmt":"2023-02-27T13:27:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda23\/?p=107"},"modified":"2023-02-28T14:00:13","modified_gmt":"2023-02-28T14:00:13","slug":"you-cant-be-what-you-cant-see","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cwbblogs.com\/rwanda23\/2023\/02\/27\/you-cant-be-what-you-cant-see\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018You can\u2019t be what you can\u2019t see\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

For those that have volunteered in the past on a Cricket Without\nBoundaries project the occasional frustrations over time keeping and the\ngeneral pace of play will be familiar but often what goes unnoticed is the many\nways that things happen faster and more efficiently than back home. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Today was a great example of how with some initiative, good\ncommunication and planning from the cricket association and the energy, enthusiasm\nof CWB great things can be achieved quickly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I arrived at Gahanga Cricket Stadium on 9.25 on Saturday\nmorning for a 9.30 start to run a day\u2019s coach education with teachers from the\nregions we will be working with across the two-weeks we are in Rwanda.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Having run many such days over the years I was expecting to say\nhello to the couple of early risers and then grab a coffee as the rest drifted\nin over the next hour or so. Today however was different as there sat all 16 attendees\ntaking in the stunning views out on to the pitch at Gahanga, notebooks in had\nready to start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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5 minutes later we were on the field playing games and introducing\nthe new coaches in how to run fun, safe and inclusive sessions. Despite an\nimpressive thunderstorm cutting short the last hour great progress was made and\nit is always a real joy to see how quickly shy and nervous cricket newcomers\ncan change into confident, loud and energetic coaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A mantra for all our coach education is \u2018Less talking, more\nplaying\u2019 and all had grabbed this concept by the end. As was seen in the afternoon\nas we played different fun games after the morning has been more focused on the\ntechnical skills of cricket.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Coach education alone however serves no purpose unless the new coaches are given the opportunity and equipment needed to play the game then nothing can happen. This is why it was such a pleasure to see 2 of the newly trained coaches waiting for us at the first school we visited on Monday morning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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In a week when I have been reading a lot from the ECB and\nICC on the lack of female coaches seeing both Egidie Uwimana and Uwase Nadia\nuse the new skills they had recently developed to run batting and catching\nstations for around 250 boys and girls in pretty limited space was refreshing\nindeed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Finding and developing strong female leaders that can inspire\nand enthuse more girls to play cricket is a must. \u2018You can\u2019t be what you can\u2019t\nsee\u2019 in watching these two at work I am sure that we have found two who given\nthe right support will inspire many in the years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Lee Booth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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