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DIGICEL
FUNDS FIELDING COACH FOR WINDIES ENGLAND TOUR |
Sponsor Responds to Request from Team Management to Help
Improve Fielding Performance
 Monday,
June 4th, 2007 – Kingston, Jamaica – Digicel, proud sponsors
of West Indies cricket, is financing the cost of an
experienced fielding coach to join the West Indies cricket
team on a full time basis for the current England tour.
Former baseball player and cricketer, Julian Fountain will
now join sport psychologist David Scott as part of
additional support for the Windies team funded by Digicel at
the request of the team management and coaching staff.
Julian Fountain is a strong advocate for cricketers
benefiting from using baseball fielding and throwing
techniques and was a member of the Great Britain baseball
team who narrowly failed to qualify for the Atlanta
Olympics. Previous coaching experience includes working with
Pakistan, ECB Academy and England’s Women cricket team, as
well as coaching baseball in the United States.
"Good fielding is essential in the modern game and will be
made a top priority by Julian Fountain” said Windies team
manager Michael Findlay. “We are confident that a specialist
fielding coach can make a huge difference to our fielding,
as a whole, and as individuals. We are grateful once again
to Digicel for their support and look forward to showing the
benefits on the field”. |
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According to Ben Atherton, Digicel Group Marketing and
Sponsorship Director: “Just before the England tour Digicel
had the opportunity to sit down with the coaching and
management team and discuss areas where we could offer
additional support and resources. We are happy to follow
their requests and provide support in such tangible ways as
funding additional coaching staff. We wish Julian and David
every success during their tenure with the Windies team.”
"At top level cricket, fielding well makes or breaks a team”
said newly appointed Windies Fielding coach Julian Fountain.
“I am teaching the players to field and throw the ball
accurately and powerfully. It takes time to develop the
skills but the results are worth it.
“In men's professional cricket, unlike professional
baseball, fielding hasn't been looked at as a skill but as
something you just did and could either do or couldn't. It's
only in the last two years that they've realised that
players need coaching. In baseball fielding is a graceful
pick up and throw using all the muscles of the body" added
Julian Fountain.
Previously Digicel also sponsored the addition of a fitness
and conditioning coach to the West Indies cricket team in
2005-6. The mobile telecom sponsor continues to work with
the coaching staff and players in exploring additional
benefits and initiatives to help support improved
performances. |
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