Even as the Board of Control for Cricket in India restarted a programme to train lower-level coaches, it has decided to stick with a coaching manual that the national Under-19 coach felt was outdated, The Times of India reported on Monday.
The programme, the report said, was put on hold three years ago after Dravid pointed out the need for the National Cricket Academy’s coaching manual to be updated.
An unnamed BCCI official quoted in the report claimed that the board tried to revamp the manual by hiring a private firm. “But negotiations between the two did not work out,” the official was quoted as saying in the report.
Dravid, the official said, had recommended upgrading the manual even before he was officially made the coach of the junior teams.
“The current officials in cricket operations felt that the previous manual is good enough for this level of coaching,” the official said.
The report mentioned that the board conducted Level A coaching exams in February-March this year.
It also said that the board has decided to bring about uniformity in wages for coaches, physiotherapists and trainers at the Zonal Cricket Academy and NCA.
