MBTI: In Elite Cricket

Lords – June 2013

Kate Green, ECB National Lead Personal DevelopmentCarl Hopkinson, Sussex CCC Club Coach & ECB U19

All that matters is runs & wickets…

• ‘the fact is, sport operates at a different rhythm from normal life. Its

frontiers are more clearly defined by the simple, primary diktats of

victory or defeat…emphasized by the speed at which a career is

over…an entirely self-absorbed pursuit: all that matters is how well

you are doing. When self-esteem is so uncompromisingly

connected to performance, it can quickly and easily be fractured…’

Jim White, The Telegraph, 16 Jan 2012

“… The significant problems that we

face cannot be solved by the same

level of thinking that created

them…”

Albert Einstein

So we use MBTI in Cricket to help us develop and perform better as individuals

and as a team…

-To enable everyone to learn & understand themselves better

- To understand there’s no right or wrong nor is it an excuse for doing or not doing

something

- To understand and appreciate differences in each other, that each person is unique, even if

your MBTI type is the same

To ultimately help performance…

To help coaches and players improve their relationships on and off the field…

To help with interpersonal skills to enable them to do all the various parts of their job…

To help them prepare for life after cricket…eg The EPP Apprentice

To aid team development…

PERFORMANCE

15 20 25 30 35

England

Academy

County 1st XI

Lions

County 2nd XI

England U19’s

Club 1st XI

AGE

CLUB CHANGE / RELEASEPDW support:

Where to from here?The value of perspective

Career CounsellingDealing with change

Identify career & training needs

INJURYPL Support:

Personal developmentCareer Planning

PrioritisationIntegrated planning – Problem solving &

decision making

SELECTION & DE-SELECTIONPDW Support:

Appraisal preparationInterview & communication skills

Budgeting Advice/ Financial referralsContract negotiations

PLAYING DEMANDSPDW support:

Public SpeakingEffective Networking

Negotiation SkillsManaging Relationships (-ve/+ve),

Dealing with AgentsAssertiveness & Managing Difficult Confrontation

Media Training

EDUCATIONAL SUPPORTPDW support:

Study for examsFlexible learning options

Exams Abroad while competing100% ME Drugs education

PROFESSIONAL PLAYER PREPARATIONPDW Support:Media training

Business of CricketImage & Impression Management

Networking adviceMarketing yourself

RETIREMENT PREPARATIONPDW Support:

Professional developmentRe-training

Career DevelopmentEducational Funding

Winter Placement (PLAN)

CAREER & SELF MAINTENANCEPDW Support:

Sponsorship & Promotion,Financial Planning & Budgeting

Time Management -Personal Organisation

Nutritional Cooking & Preparation

England Player:

County Player:

Case study: Individual & Team

• We make it relevant – age, context, usability

• It is not a one off…

• It is embedded in cultural language

• We make it fun!

• We re-iterate …over & over…

As a team…

• We do work within workshop

• Introduce the basics…

• 1-2-1 after/before re best fit

• Enable them to gauge themselves as individuals as well as group

• Example…J or P?...18/19 year old boys…

“Let’s go out next Saturday

– surprise me!” ;-)

Restaurant?

What to Wear?

Meet Time & Place?

Club Guest List?

Hair Cut?££?

Cinema?

Gift?

HOW DO YOU PLAN THE DATE?

What To Do?

“Sorry, can’t do Saturday, it’s Gran’s B-day - lol!

Let’s do tomorrow instead!!!” ♥☺♥

…. 6pm Thursday:

How do YOU (J’s and P’s) prefer to deal with life?

•Judging

• Scheduled and organised

• Systematic and methodical

• Likes to have things decided

• Gets satisfaction from getting things done

• Dislikes working under time pressure

•Perceiving

• Spontaneous and adaptable

• Flexible and casual

• Likes to keep options open

• Can feel constrained by plans

• Not stressed by working under time pressure

MBTI - Pre Tour…

External Function

E : I

Internal FunctionsS : N T : F

External FunctionJ : P

1) If someone is giving you instructions what information do you like to hear?

2) How do you like to give or receive feedback and make decisions?

Batting Scenario

1st game of the Pune Training Camp…•EDP U-17 versus Combined Colleges (50 overs)

•EDP win the toss and choose to bat 1st

•EDP Innings: 60-4 (18 overs)

No. 3: 28* No. 6: 0*

What type of instructions / feedback would the new batsman prefer to hear?

Sample profile…

Testimonials…

• Parents…

• “You (EDP) have done marvels with my son turning him from a kid to a man on a mission. He has acquired skills, maturity, focus and discipline that will stand him in great stead whatever he chooses to do with his life”.

• Players…

• “Bonding as a team”

• “Helped me learn about myself…”

• “Learnt why others are quiet in the room on tour”