Recently, Paddy Upton, the former Indian mental conditioning coach launched his book ‘ The Barefoot Coach’ and in that book, he has made some interesting revelations regarding the likes of Gautam Gambhir, the former Indian opener, and S Sreesanth, who was banned after the IPL spot-fixing scandal in 2013. In his book, Upton also mentioned the biggest mistake of his professional career.
Ahead of the 2009 ICC Champions Trophy in South Africa, Upton prepared a document for the Indian players where he shared with them information about the benefits of having s*x before any game. In a chapter titled ‘Ego and my greatest professional error’, he revealed the details about the controversial period of his professional career.
Suggesting players indulge in s*x
Upton wrote, “Does s*x increase performance? Yes, it does. So go ahead and indulge. Okay, so that’s the popular answer, the one that everyone wants to hear. I know that if I want to have this article quoted widely, I should leave it at that.”
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Later, Upton, who is presently the head coach of the Rajasthan Royals (RR) in the Indian Premier League (IPL), pointed out that he never asked the Indian players to and have s*x and it was just a piece of information.
Paddy further clarified, “I wasn’t telling the players to do anything. I was sharing information. And what was taken out of context in the media was the jokes that I told them; I wasn’t suggesting players do that. That was just the jokes and tongue-in-cheeks mistakes that I made. It certainly wasn’t instructions or suggestions to players. But, yes, I made the mistake, as I mentioned in the book, easily my biggest professional error.”
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Making more revelations about the matter, Paddy Upton said that Gary Kirsten, the World Cup-winning Indian coach, was deeply hurt by it. Kirsten was made a laughing stock after the incident following which Upton apologized. The bonding between the two grew after the incident.
