3 Life Lessons Cricket Taught Me as a Teen That Changed My Mindset
Cricket is not just a sport to me, it’s been a teacher — one that taught me patience, hard work, consistency, discipline, and belief in myself — things no classroom could have ever taught me. Cricket has been a major part of my life, and in this blog, I'm gonna share it with you.
This blog is not about cricket scorecards, matches, or players — it’s about what I learned from it. Hopefully, you'll be able to connect with me and feel what I want to tell you.
This was my biggest mistake because months passed, and I wasn’t able to do that. That’s when cricket taught me what hard work and discipline really are. The dedication of my seniors was much more powerful than mine. It taught me my first lesson:
1. Discipline and consistency is the key
If a person is motivated toward something, he/she might stick to it for a day or two, or maybe weeks — but after some time, they'll give up or fail to consistently do it, because motivation is temporary.
That’s why the key to success in anything in life is consistency and discipline. Because my seniors were disciplined toward their goals, they were able to climb up to that level.
The most important and difficult thing to do for achieving a goal is to stay disciplined. And someone can only be disciplined if they have absolutely no distractions — like social media or a wrong mindset.
Discipline is important because it compounds with what you have done so far. If you’ve read Atomic Habits, James Clear talks about the power of compounding in an easy way through a graph.
So stay disciplined in anything you do.(you could buy the book by clicking the name )
After some time, nearly 2–3 months later, during an open net session, there was a shortage of medium pacers in my batch. Luckily, I was standing near my coach, who asked me if I could bowl. I said yes, because I bowled spin a bit sometimes with my friends.
That day was when I first tried medium-pace bowling. It felt light, and like something I didn’t have to force myself to do — unlike when I was batting, where I had to force myself to play the right shot.
That’s when I learned my second lesson:
2. Do what gives you feel
If you are doing something with an upset mind, there is a 99% chance you won’t stay focused — because your subconscious mind will always tell you that it's not made for you.
You’ll most of the time feel depressed because of something you weren’t able to achieve — like making it into nationals for football or selection in a trial for cricket.
Just imagine — if something is making you depressed, how can you do it or pursue it for the rest of your life?
So always do what you want to do, not what you have to do.
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If we come to the present, I’m currently a senior in my academy as a medium pacer, and now preparing for the trials of the U-19 Board Trophy, focused on achieving that goal.
But some time ago, I gave the U-16 trial, where during the district matches, you had to take at least 4 wickets — and then your economy rate would be checked to enter the inter-district matches.
My economy was perfect, but my 4th catch was dropped, and I wasn’t able to enter the inter-district matches. I was definitely sad — but I never made that fielding mistake my excuse for not getting selected.
Instead, I thought that I’ll practice with more dedication and hard work. That’s where I learned my most important lesson:
3. Never make excuses for your fault
In the U-16 matches, it wasn’t the fielder’s fault for dropping the catch — it was my unpolished skill due to which I wasn’t able to bowled him out.
If I had taken that excuse with me, I would have never been able to go for any other trial — because it would be settled in my mind that catches will be dropped by almost every fielder.
Imagine it this way — if Edison had stopped after 999 failed attempts and not tried once again, making an excuse that it's not possible and he had tried so many times — would the incandescent light bulb have been discovered? Of course not.
That’s why: never make any excuse and just keep hustling until you reach your goal.
Well, this was my learning so far — and I am still learning. This game continues to teach me.
This isn’t the end — just a pause between overs
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Broo i also play cricket this will help me a lot
ReplyDeleteGreat buddy I am from india and love it keep it up
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