South Africa V England and Guidance of selecting and Training of Sports Persons

                                                   South Africa  V  England
                                                         
                                                             SUMMARY
               
                                      *Root Falls for 110 in third over of day.
                                      *Moeen cough behind off Morris -19
                                      *Both batsman caught off in side edge.
                                      *England 238-5 overnight
                                      *England lead 1-0 in four test series

                                                  England First Inning
 
Batsman                                                                                                                                   Runs

Cook                                     c-Vilas                                       b-Vijoen                                     18
Hales                                    c-de villier                                 b-Rabada                                    1
Compton                              c-Elgar                                       b-Rabada                                    26
Root                                     c-Vilas                                       b-Rabada                                    110
Tylor                                    c-Bavuma                                  b-Markel                                     7
Stokes                                                    c & b -Markel                                                              58
Bairstow                              not out                                                                                            26
Broad                                   not out                                                                                            12
Extra                                    3nb           9w         1b           14lb                                                   27
Total                                    71.4 overs                                                                                        309-7


                                                     Graeme Smith  
                           
                                              X-South Africa Captain

England would think 250 to win is reasonable.South Africa will want more because of the inexperience of their attack,if its 220,South Africa have to believe the have a chance.


Guidance of selecting and training of sports persons.

                                 to day the sporting would has become extremely competitive.Every sports person who indulges in training for a sport will not necessarily rende the top most performance or become a champion.It is very rightly said that champions in the field of sport are born and then groomed in later life.Thus,the genetic endowment of a sport person cannot be neglected while selecting talent.Further,the selection of sport persons should be based on through assessment and screening of the individual with regard to those pre-requisites that will enable him to accomplish elite performance in future.It becomes important to sketch the physical physiological and psychological profile of sports persons.This will assist in converging and directing the sports persons to the most appropriate sport,in accordance with the qualities possessed.Thus,the prime responsibility of the experts in to analyse the inherited qualities and potentialities and counsel sports persons accordingly.Training in sports is very exacting.
                                                                           A trainer is not expected to compromise with the extra degree of effort needed in designing a training perogramme.It is a well known fact that haphazard construction of training perogrammes will only produce disastrous effects on the individual but also affect his future course of sports performances.Hence,it is essential to consider the athlete"s potentialities be for designing any training programme.Also,the training most consider various other factors like nutrition ,body weight control,environmental aspects etc.The training most take in to consideration certain physiological parameters like heart rate that will assist the trainer while developing training programmes as well as in supervising the athlete"s work outs.All care should be taken and knowledge imparted with regard to the ill effects from the usage of drugs and ergogenic aids.the experts,especially the physical educationists and coaches should inculcate a positive attitude among the young athletes and adopt appropriate neasures so that the athlete do not fall prey to the usage of artificial,illegal and immoral methods of performance improvement.Therefore,the team of experts definitely most involve the services of sports physiologists/exercise physiologists when selecting and training the sports persons........