Athula Samarasekara - Head Coach
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A former Sri Lankan Test Cricket All-rounder, with an international career spanning
over 15 years, Athula(Sammy) brings with him an abundance of cricket experience
at the highest level. His career has taken him around the cricketing world competing
against some of the best players in recent history, and has had no greater honour
than representing Sri Lanka in 2 Cricket World Cups – 1983 in England and in 1992
in Australia and New Zealand. His First Class debut in 1982 at the age of 21 was
made as an opening batsman against the Aussies, which included Dennis Lillee and
Rodney Hogg.
He specializes in
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Batting |
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Fast Bowling |
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Spin Bowling |
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Wicket keeping and Fielding Skills |
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Sammy specializes in innovative
coaching techniques and practice drills for all of the above. One of his strongest
assets is error detection and correction for these disciplines. Sammy
provides immense coaching experience as the Head Coach of a coaching team. Being coached in many countries
including Bangladesh, England, Sri Lanka and New Zealand (Sammy coached
13 schools in new
Zealand on a weekly basis covering about 300 students). Now a
resident with his family
here in Melbourne, Sammy still plays cricket in the suburban leagues
of Victoria and is heavily involved in coaching throughout the year for various schools and club teams. Sammy's vision is to give the best possible advice
to cricketers at all levels. His unique coaching team consists of former international
cricketers, aiming to give players the best quality coaching from experts in the
game including the opportunity to be coached within match situations. All players
will receive highly intensive coaching sessions |
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