New Mantra for Indian Cricketers: Eat, Play, Love!

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Wonder what the crickets purists in India will say for this :hehe:

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CRICKETNDTV.com: New Mantra for Indian Cricketers: Eat, Play, Love!

India’s first match at the Champions Trophy on Saturday is also the biggest, at least as far as the fans are concerned. It’s Pakistan versus India, after all.

So Coach Gary Kirsten has given the Indians some basic self-help instructions. Julia Roberts is in Pataudi shooting Eat, Pray, Love - a movie based on the best-selling book of the same name. Gary Kirsten’s version for India’s Men in Blue: Eat, Play, Love.

Players have been asked to eat well, because the Coach says acid in the body can lead to fatigue, irritability and over sexuality. The Indians have also been asked to love themselves, quite literally. **Coach Kirsten says going without sex can lead to a significant drop in testosterone levels, and that means reduced aggression and competitiveness. So sex is a must, even if it means going solo. **

More instructions on self-reliance: the team has been told to take responsibility for its performance, and to stop blaming others.

The captain of the English cricket team says his team’s strategy for success doesn’t resemble India’s. At a press conference in South Africa, Andrew Strauss laughed, “With regards to sexual habits, I don’t think that’s come up in any of our dossiers! And I don’t think it’s likely to! I don’t know, I am not sure..”

Not everyone’s coach thinks Eat, Play, Love apparently.

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Re: New Mantra for Indian Cricketers: Eat, Play, Love!

And drinks? :D

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**Garry :rotfl:

n i thought he was a sensible man … perhaps the famous bouncer from Shoaib Akhter damaged his senses :smiley:
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I am waiting for the furore over his comments, and then the usual clarifications etc. :hehe:

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If this is true, we should fire out team and send a selection committee to Las Vegas :)

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Kirsten is probably relating his own experiences as a player. So this is what he was doing…

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Have sex, play better Kirsten tells Team India

Seems like Indians have solved their performance problems :smiley:

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‘No pillow talk and no hugging required. Just roll over and go to sleep,’ Gary Kirsten’s secret document says. -Photo by AP

**NEW DELHI: India's cricketers at the Champions Trophy in South Africa are being encouraged by their coach to have sex to boost their on-field performance, a newspaper reported on Wednesday.**

The benefits of sex feature prominently in a secret document circulated among players by coach Gary Kirsten and mental conditioning expert Paddy Upton, the Hindustan Times said in a front-page report.

It came as India take on arch-rivals Pakistan in their first Champions Trophy match in Centurion on Saturday.

The large-selling broadsheet, which claimed to have a copy of the document, said the relevant chapter was headlined ‘Does sex increase performance?’.

‘Yes it does, so go ahead and indulge,’ the document said, before detailing the benefits of a good sex life and even suggesting ‘going solo’ if no partners were available.

‘From a physiological perspective, having sex increases testosterone levels, which cause an increase in strength, energy, aggression and competitiveness,’ the document said.

‘Conversely, not having sex for a period of a few months causes a significant drop in testosterone levels in both males and females, with the corresponding passiveness and decrease in aggression.’

The document quotes Tim Noakes, a professor and sports scientist at the University of Cape Town, Kirsten’s home town, as saying that ‘sex was not a problem, but being up till 2:00 am, probably having a few drinks at a bar while trying to pick someone up, on the eve of a game, almost always was.’

The document helpfully suggests a solution.

‘If you want sex but do not have someone to share it with, one option is to go solo whilst imagining you have a partner, or a few partners, who are as beautiful as you wish to imagine,’ the document said.

‘No pillow talk and no hugging required. Just roll over and go to sleep.’Enforced celibacy may also affect performance, the advice said.

‘You may experience that your mind spends more time focusing on the fire in your groin than on good sport practice, preparation and sleep,’ the document said.

The document also stresses the importance of being aggressive on the field from the start, self-improvement and healthy eating.

First world problems
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No surprise here :hehe:

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Kirsten scandalised, denies sex as stimulant advice

Coach Gary Kirsten on Friday denied that he encouraged Indian cricketers to have sex before matches to boost their on-field performance.

An Indian daily reported on Wednesday that Kirsten and mental conditioning expert Paddy Upton have come up with the suggestion that pre-match sex is good for the players.

A “deeply offended” Kirsten said Upton had compiled the leaked article.

“My family and I have been deeply offended and hurt by the many allegations that I encouraged the Indian players to engage in sexual activity before a match,” Kirsten said.

"I would like to state that I have never, and I repeat never, encouraged or told the team or any player to engage in any form of sexual activity.

“These allegations are absolutely not true and completely against my religious and moral beliefs. The leaked article was compiled by Mr Paddy Upton and provided information for the players on the relationship between sexual activity and sports performance,” he said.

Kirsten said the article was never a part of the team strategy.

"I have been deeply disturbed by these false allegations and wish to focus my attention on helping India have a successful Champions Trophy.

“I never wrote the article and read it for the first time two days ago. It has never been and never will be part of team strategy.”

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*Don't know if he actually wrote it or not ...........
but i guess he has provided enuff material to Pakistani team for today's sledging :D
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he should now complete the mantra:

eat, play, love and Lose. :D

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I guess India lost because "Team India" as advise by Mr. Kirsten probably didn't have enough sex the night before to get a morale boost. What an advice Mr. Kirsten keep up the good work.

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Don't know if he actually wrote it or not ...........
but i guess he has provided enuff material to Pakistani team for today's sledging :DQUOTE]

That's right, as per ZEE News and IBN/CNN Pakistan's "Notorious" agency ISI is behind it by bribing the newspaper to publish such a report to distract the focus of the team.

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:rotfl: :k:

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haha you beat me to it EB!

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Does Yuvi’s ‘finger’ injury have anything to do with coach’s advice? :smiley:

I found this funny pic on cricinfo

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I Nominate this for KK's post of the year!!! :D :D :D :)

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haha!