Tom Talks Junior Cricket Coaching Podcast

Episode 160 with Dan Creasey on how a personal dislike of the game as a boy turned into a hunger to want to make cricket more exciting for youngsters

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Episode notes

Dan openly admits he found cricket unexciting and dull up to the age of 14 but believes this helped him create the desire to do all he can to make the game more fun and entertaining through a coaching philosophy steeped in making the game competitive for boys and girls.

Also he tells the story of how watching Hepmeyer bat for the West Indies gave him the idea of setting up Calypso Cricket which is a thriving cricket coaching business which Dan leads.

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