Mens high performance review report

SEPTEMBER 2022 OUR PROPOSED ACTIONS · Update What it Takes to Win (WITTW) research on the batting and bowling skills required to win in Test and limited overs cricket. This includes broadening the analysis to include a deeper understanding of the physical and psychological factors that predict how well a player may perform in elite cricket · Embed the game’s WITTW analysis into the ECB coaching curriculum and the wider network ethos · Implement mobile ball tracking technology within the domestic game to ensure that any WITTW skills are measured objectively OUR RATIONALE Honing our collective understanding of the key success factors is fundamental to how we identify, develop, and provide opportunities to talent. In other sports, this is known as a ‘What it takes to win’ (WITTW) analysis, and has been critical in the success of other teams and athletes, including in tennis and football. It provides a ‘north star’ which everyone in the organisation can refer back to and ensure complete alignment. Cricket’s understanding of WITTW is improving through ECB conducted research over recent years. However, it has not had a widespread implementation across the game, and requires both updating and broadening to get a holistic view of what skills and attributes players and teams need to succeed both at international and domestic level. WITTW research needs to bind those in performance roles – coaches, players, directors of cricket and others – around a common language and a common process to monitor and evaluate players. RECOMMENDATION: 2 IMPROVE OUR SHARED UNDERSTANDING OF ‘WHAT IT TAKES TO WIN’ HIGH-PERFORMANCE REVIEW OF MEN’S CRICKET IN ENGLAND AND WALES “What it Takes to Win analysis has been critical to the success of other sports, including athletics, tennis and football” 12