MUGDHA BAVARE A Post Graduate In Counselling Psychology Of Mumbai University ( India ) And A Founder Member Of The Disha Counselling Centre , She Has Experience Of Handling Cricketers. Worked With The Mumbai Ranji Trophy Team. She Is A Former India Swimmer.

Dear cricketers,

Today, sport has become an integral part of our life and especially cricket. Every other child aspires to become a ‘Dravid’ or ‘Sachin’. They spend more time in the nets and gymnasium polishing their skills as a cricketer. True! To become an outstanding cricketer, one needs to take the right efforts and pains. You need to be physically fit. But... have you ever thought of being fit psychologically? Have you ever paid serious attention towards conditioning your mind, a conditioning which is as essential for a game like cricket as physical conditioning?

For a cricketer to succeed, he has to have a combination of sound technique, desired fitness level and proper mental or psychological conditioning.

Now when a cricketer starts doing badly, his coach will analyse his technique or the physio will check fitness but majority of players and their coaches have no clue about assessing the state of mind a cricketer has at that moment. It has to be handled by a specialist.

This is exactly why we are here on the website to sort your problems. A member need not worry as the tests that we will conduct shall be confidential as no other person will have access to your account.

Basically we will be dealing with counselling through administering various psychometric questionnaires such as achievement-motivation, your ability to handle pressure, your ability to handle failure, measuring your focus, measuring your commitment level to the game, your role in the team as a player, measuring your self-esteem and so forth.

We would also have an indigenously developed cricket aptitude questionnaire which will help parents determine the degree of involvement of their children in pursuing the game. This will help them in expecting performance from the child according to the level of interest and avoid unnecessary pressure and tension.

As you take advantage of the counselling section, you will realize that the solutions offered to you after putting you through tests, will help you tackle the match situation confidently. We also presume that you would implement the solutions so as to derive maximum benefits.

Counselling is an ongoing process but it would be our endeavor to encourage you to do well under all possible situations and pressures. We will also post relevant articles especially for parents.