About Us
I believe that all players, clubs and coaches should have access to high levels of coaching. Coaching that is inclusive and supportive to all. I want you to be stretched, challenged and engaged so you leave every session with greater knowledge, a greater understanding of yourself and others, and greater motivation to push your boundaries, so both you and your club can reach your full potential.
We are INCLUSIVE
We are INNOVATIVE
We are ENGAGING
AJ Harris, Founder of SEAMS Cricket Coaching
Values
Coaching Philosophies
POSITIVE LANGUAGE - The use of positive phrases to reduce inhibitions ensures players are focused on what they want to achieve, rather than what they want to avoid.
IMPLICIT LEARNING - This is a performer driven coaching method that develops both technical and tactical awareness through adapting to a constraint placed on the individual. That constraint can be task, performer, or environmentally based but encourages the learner to acquire the skill without conscious awareness, therefore developing deeper and more robust methods.
PERFORMANCE PSYCHOLOGY - Without pushing our limits and learning from failures, players are unaware of what they can achieve. Allow players the freedom to fail and learn.
PULL-PUSH-PULL - Drawing information from the individual / team provides a stronger learning environment and a more robust understanding of their methods. Let them tell you!
LESS IS MORE - We are guilty of trying to tell players what to do and what not to do too much. By keeping interferences to a minimum and providing non-judgemental feedback, we allow them the space and time to figure things out for themselves.
FEEDBACK - By sharing knowledge with each other of what they have learned improves their understanding of what they do and don’t know, and where performance gaps may lie.
PLAYER - OUTCOME - PERFORMANCE - Always check for any individual needs and understanding of outcomes before expectations of performance.
EXPRESS GROW DELIVER
We want players to EXPRESS their individuality, their personality, and unique attributes.
Our environments and innovative coaching techniques should allow individuals to GROW into the player or coach they wish to be and to maximise their potential.
Our integrated approach to all aspects of development will ensure players are well equipped and confident to DELIVER performances when it matters.