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England Test Cricket captain Ben Stokes – developing mental fitness

Mind Set Win

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I've Always Been a Big Fan of My Dad's Training Sessions

My dad was professional sportsman himself played rugby league in New Zealand so very tough man. Just being around a professional environment with my dad coaching 15 players definitely rubbed off on me. I never leave a training session until I'm completely happy that I've made sure I've done everything to the best of my ability and have not left anything. In training you'll never see me have a net in the mornings which most batters do because I've done all that preparation. When I'm up against someone I almost would rather have to stop rather than be told to stop. An example was I was bowling a really long spell against West Indies and he was like say yeah you keep going you keep going.

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