Earlier I posted an entry on Ramakant Achrekar, the childhood coach of Sachin Tendulkar. Now, in this post, I would like to identify some major impacts that Achrekar had on Sachin’s career. First, I would like to mention the school changing of Sachin Tendulkar and Sachin’s getting admitted to
Then Achrekar took Sachin in different fields of Mumbai and made him play against and for different clubs. Thus Sachin Tendulkar got habituated to cope up with different conditions very quickly from his childhood. Sachin got chance to play lots of matches in his childhood due to Achrekar’s initiatives. Most of the time, Achrekar made Sachin play against elder and comparatively experienced players both in the net and matches. Thus Sachin got a great exposure and prepared himself for playing in the bigger stage from an early age. Achrekar wanted Sachin to be in cricket as much as possible and he encouraged Sachin Tendulkar to work very hard.
Another important thing is that Achekar came up with a technique of putting a rupee (Indian currency) coin on top of Sachin’s stamps when Sachin got tired having practiced for a long time. Then he offered the coin to all the bowlers of the net. The rule was that anyone who got Sachin out would get the coin. However, if no body could do that, it was Sachin, the winner of coin. This technique worked tremendously to increase Sachin’s concentration level and that helped little master in his international cricket later on.
Related articles:
http://sports.jrank.org/pages/4777/Tendulkar-Sachin-Thirteen-Coins.html
http://www.hindustantimes.com/news/specials/sachin30/gulu1.htm
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sachin_Tendulkar
http://content-ind.cricinfo.com/india/content/player/35320.html
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