{"id":713,"date":"2011-09-03T18:46:45","date_gmt":"2011-09-03T18:46:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.revolvercricket.com\/process\/?p=713"},"modified":"2011-10-02T11:32:44","modified_gmt":"2011-10-02T11:32:44","slug":"revolver-far-more-than-%e2%80%98clever-gimmick%e2%80%99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.revolvercricket.com\/process\/2011\/09\/03\/revolver-far-more-than-%e2%80%98clever-gimmick%e2%80%99\/","title":{"rendered":"Revolver far more than \u2018clever gimmick\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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One of England’s most respected cricket scribes has warned cricket authorities they would be misguided and shortsighted if they were to view Revolver as no more than a “clever gimmick”. <\/p>\n

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Charlie Randall, a former long-time London Daily Telegraph cricket writer and member of the renowned Radlett Cricket Club, Hertfordshire, last year described Revolver as “the most potent development in grassroots cricket for a long time”.<\/p>\n

He has since conducted a number of trial games across a range of age groups within Radlett CC’s junior program.<\/p>\n

Reporting on his most recent trials, Randall (pictured top right) says he hopes cricket authorities “have the commonsense to accept overwhelming evidence how user-friendly and educational this game is”.<\/p>\n

At this stage, Randall writes, “they probably see it as a clever gimmick that attracts novices whereas Revolver is a game that teaches AND retains players”.<\/p>\n

“Having run quite a number of Revolver games, I KNOW the concept is exceptional, I have witnessed that ALL players ALWAYS love playing, and consequently one notes that the parents are impressed,” Randall writes.<\/p>\n

“The competitive element can hardly be more realistic \u2013 the scoresheet is brilliant \u2013 and proper match situations happen in abundance, allowing proper applied coaching. I often stop games briefly to quickly make points about cricket playing.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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