I'm going to do sports coaching / development with a few other things thrown in.    Need a change of career and might as well do something that I enjoy and will be motivated for.

Will I be the annoying one asking questions?  Probably not, but then you never know  .

Hahaha. I would love to do sports coaching at uni but I doubt I will be able to be very succesful.

I haven't a clue about the Australian uni system so can't really comment on it.  I think I have the advantage of being mature over here though, the uni I'm going to has a pretty good sports department which is normally over subscribed.

The simple logic of children:

Me: Please don't swing and throw that bat

Child: But I won't hit anyone, there is no-one there

Me: That is not the point, who is to say it'll go where you want it to

Child: But there was no-one there

Me:  What if someone walked in it?  What if you slip?  Would you fancy a cricket bat hitting you after someone had chucked it?

Child: There was no-one there and I know what I'm doing.  A bat wouldn't hurt!

Me:  A bat would hurt but that is not the point, please don't do it again. 

Child: 'Sulks'
 

Random? 

A long story and an even bigger headache.

Oh what darlings 

A long, hot and hard day in the field (well it felt like it, even though the game was reduced to 39 overs).  Wicket was damp due to the storms we had last night although it wasn't doing much.

We got a stuffing mainly due to poor fielding (a few half chances put down as well as some easier ones) and our batsman being intent on giving their wickets away.

Another triumph for me batting as I managed yet another 0 n.o.  I won't talk about the bowling as it was still shocking, I'm still thinking far too much about it and putting stupid amounts of pressure on myself.

Sounds crap - you sound like you're a major league down brother at the moment! What Uni are you going to?

My advice being a lecturer is yes to asking the lecturers heaps of questions - especially at the start, once you get a feel for how it all works then become a lot more independent.

Something Time teaches you:

To progress/succeed we need to know more than we already know at any one time.

Unless you ask the questions, nobody knows you need the answers.

If nobody knows you need the answers, nobody gives them to you.

If you don't get the answers to the questions you need to know... status quo .

When I was 18, I think that I saw having to ask questions as a sign of weakness, but as time has gone on, I've started to view it as something which is beneficial and as Liz says, if you don't ask then you don't get.  I guess it's down to being more confident with age etc.

@ Dave - going to UWIC in Cardiff.

Anyway, new day, new game.  The sun is shining (again  ) and we have an away game on the coast, hopefully not too far away from the beach.

It's the way you ask them too.

I remember being in a tutorial once and I just did not understand where it was going. It doesn't help that I don't think in straight lines   I asked so many questions; it seemed the answer to one just led to another.  I was so embarrassed that I was holding everybody back, because nobody else said anything and they just sat there emotionless, that I apologised.

At the first break everybody, without exception, thanked me.  Not only were they lost too but they did not even know the questions, let alone the answers.  In the end we were all experts on the subject 

If you're going to the beach, don't forget your protection  Have fun, make the most of it... it can't last!

A win to end the weekend with and some sort of return to bowling form for myself.

A warm old day though.

The first midweek game of the season and played on the hardest wickets so far.

Only had 9 players and ultimately lost - not exactly twenty20 at its best  .  Scored my first runs of the year as well getting bowled for the first time but had the bowling back on track with 3 for 14 off 4, including a wicket of the first ball I bowled.

Few days rest now as I watch the weather breakdown.