At Test Match level, batting is as much about the ability to cope with the pressure as about technique. Indeed, a player's technique may well be a reflection of his temperament. In this book, one of England's premier batsmen explores the psychology of batting, revealing how he is motivated, how he concentrates and what he feels when he is preparing to face the West Indian fast bowlers. The book incorporates interviews with Robin Smith's wife, with sports psychologist Dr Graham Jones, with Brian Mason (a "motivator" who has worked with Smith), and with Mike Brearley, the former England captain who is now a trained psychotherapist. John Crace is a freelance sports journalist and the author of "Wasim and Waqar: Imran's Inheritors".
- ISBN10 0752209213
- ISBN13 9780752209210
- Publish Date 29 April 1994 (first published 30 June 1993)
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 6 February 1997
- Publish Country GB
- Publisher Pan Macmillan
- Imprint Boxtree Ltd
- Edition New edition
- Format Paperback (B-Format (198x129 mm))
- Pages 256
- Language English