When the Worldcup 2015 Matches started, most of us did not consider India as a strong player; India had series defeat just in the past few months with Australia and England.\u00a0 India has its own challenges \u2013 having some of the experienced and star performers exiting from the team, poor form, lot of new players, etc.\u00a0 But, those two opening matches with Pakistan and Proteas \u2013 are eye openers \u2013 what a way to kick start a high voltage competition.\u00a0\u00a0 How could they do this?<\/p>\n
Was it because of the positive vibrations or technical capabilities or strategic captaincy?\u00a0 I was clueless initially. Then, I realized \u2013 it was due to the \u201cperformance change over\u201d.<\/p>\n
Generally, we are aware that for any activity:\u00a0 performance is the key and it is the highlighting factor whether it may be a sport or business or education or anything you do. This key follows you throughout your life, so you need to keep it always updated and keep on increasing which is not so easy. For anyone to achieve something in life, you need five things:<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clear idea of what you want to achieve<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Understanding of your strengths and weaknesses<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Clear plan of how to achieve<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Performance measurement meter (metrics)<\/p>\n
–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Support of your peers and coaches<\/p>\n
It may be bad start when the Indian Team landed Australia but the turn came when they started thinking of performance management. Indian team must have had detailed review and just executed the plan.\u00a0 They have put together the plan in all aspects \u2013 bowling, batting and fielding.\u00a0 You have to see how they curtailed number of boundaries and sixes in Pakistan\u2019s match.<\/p>\n