Leader Manager Coach Podcast

Rob's guest today is Jack Russell, retired cricketer, cricket coach, goalkeeping coach and artist.  Jack is a retired international English cricketer. Born in Gloucestershire he played for his home county from 1981 to 2004. Starting as a fast bowler he was soon inspired to try his hand at wicket keeping and become one of England’s finest.Known for archetypically being his ‘own man’ following a stellar career Jack went on to coach goalkeeping in professional football. The seeds of his post cricket life were being well sown during his playing days and since hanging up his gloves Jack has become an artist of renown, painting many famous images of his beloved sport and environment.Jack and Rob talk about his childhood and initial interest in cricket, his career and mentors, his understanding of performance and training and some of his biggest and most important experiences in cricket. KEY TAKEAWAYSJack started playing cricket at his fathers village club when he was eight or nine years old. He always competed agai