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Garvin Nedd launches Foundation Coaching for pre-teens
Level 2 Cricket Coach and former Guyana off-spinner Garvin Nedd has launched a foundation Coaching Course on Saturdays for Children between the ages of 6-9 and 9-12.
Former National off-spinner and Guyana Youth player Gavin Nedd with his young charges.
The Forty-seven year-old Nedd captured 29 wickets with a best of 6-23 from 14 First-Class Matches in a career that spanned between 1994-1999 and explained that his first session will be next Saturday from 09:00hrs to 12:30 hrs at the Tarmac of the National Cultural Center on Mandela Avenue.
“We wanted to use the National Gymnasium but it is being refurbished and as soon the work there is completed we will move over to that venue,” said Nedd, who along with Roger Harper and Otis Gibson, did the level 1 Coaching Course at Old Trafford in Lancashire, England in 1998.
“The main aim of these session, which is open to any Boy or Girl from anywhere in Guyana, is to the help them develop the basics at a very young age,” said Nedd who played professionally in England, the USA and Trinidad.
“Bio-mechanics is very import and that age group is a critical stage of their development. We often see cricketers at First-Class Level with Technical flaws which should have been dealt with long before they reached that level. We will start with a soft-ball and then, depending on their level of skill, gradually introduce them to the harder ball,” Nedd stated.
According to Nedd, who is the father of West Indies U-19 left-arm Spinner Ashmead Nedd, the sessions will also include early preparation for other cricket related work such as Umpiring, Cricket Broadcasting, Scoring and developing social skills to become a well-rounded individual.
“We will have facilitators dealing specific areas like Batting, bowling, fielding and leadership. I have seen senior Players who don’t know how to eat with a knife and Fork and we will have someone from Carnegie doing sessions on etiquette, while making everything fun so as not to get the kids bored,” added Nedd.
Although rated among the better spinners to play for Guyana, the former DCC and Demerara off-spinner did not play many First-Class games but he has developed into arguable the best Youth Coach in Guyana presently as he continues to churn out cricketers from U-15s to Test level as is the case with Keemo Paul.
As National U-15 and U-17 Coach, Shimron Hetmyer was also one of his charges.
“I love working at the grassroots which produces players for the Guyana youth team which is a feeder for the higher level. I am sure that this programme will produce a few Guyana U-15 players in a few years from now,” Nedd continued.
“I believe that being good at Academics or learning a trade will be of great value to a Child when he or she gets older, but I also feel that to be well balanced, sport is important since it teaches teamwork and discipline. Exercise is good for many things, it keeps you healthy and do you better at your studies since you are fitter and can concentrate for longer periods,” Nedd opined.
Nedd also believes that while the GCB’s Academy programme is good he feels that not enough technical work is done with those players.
Registration forms can be collected at DCC on Lance Gibbs Street and Nedd can be contacted on telephone number 617-9381 for more information on the Foundation Coaching Course. (Sean Devers)
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